Aston Villa VS Arsenal November 24/2012 (20/11/2012 11:31)

Hello,

The Human Machine once again brings you an article for your enjoyment. I've only done this kind of thing once before,over a year ago. I will be talking about a match scheduled to take place this Saturday in the Premier League. I am talking about Aston Villa VS Arsenal. To most people the victor of this match is a no-brainer and can't envision anything other than an Arsenal victory. I will tell you why I don't think this wont be an easy match...

Let's start with Arsenal. In their last match, they came away 5-2 winners against 10-man Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates. An impressive victory, considering that they were a goal down and that the man that scored and was sent off was a former Arsenal player. After the sending off, Arsenal equalised, took the lead and never looked back. They still spurned chances and looked complacent even when in front. If Arsenal do manage to lead against Aston Villa but get complacent again there is a high chance that Villa will make Arsenal pay. Arsene Wenger will need to sort out the complacency issue before Saturday. 

Now with Aston Villa. To be brutally honest, Aston Villa just aren't the same team. I mean ok they have sparks In Marc Albrighton, Christian Benteke and Gabby Agbonlahor but that's basically it. Darren Bent hasn't been impressive but he'll probably be back in time for the match if he recovers from his ankle injury. Emile Heskey (one of their best playmakers) is gone. Shay Given is barely given playing time. Villa did seriously suprise me in their 3-2 loss to Man U though. I thought it would be a slaughter but Villa actually came close to winning. That being said, they were slaughtered 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium by Manchester City. If Villa can regain the same mentality for victory they had against United, they could really prove spoiler against Arsenal.

Here are the 2 teams I expect to be fielded on Saturday.....

Arsenal(4-5-1):                                                                                                               

GK: Vito Mannone 

RB: Bacary Sagna

CB: Thomas Vermaelen

CB: Per Mertesacker

LB: Johan Djourou

DM: Aaron Ramsey

RM: Mikel Arteta

CM: Jack Wilshere

LM: Theo Walcott

AM: Olivier Giroud

ST: Lukas Podolski

 

Aston Villa(4-4-2):  

GK: Brad Guzan

RB: Eric Lichaj

CB: Ron Vlaar

CB: Ciaran Clark

LB: Matthew Lowton

RM: Marc Albrighton

CM: Barry Bannan

CM: Andreas Weimann

LM: Stephen Ireland

ST: Gabby Agbonlahor

ST: Christian Benteke

All in all, I see Arsenal winning 2-0/2-1

Hope you enjoyed the article and I'm sorry if it's long. Tomorrow I'll be writing an article for a Premier League match on Sunday so look out for that. I'm thinking about reviewing every match for next week's Premier League action. Let me know what you guys think...

The Human Machine out.