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Aston Villa returned to winning ways in the Premier League over the weekend against Nottingham Forest
They are six points behind Arsenal at the summit and are level with Manchester City in 2nd. Emery’s men are back in action on Wednesday night with an away trip to Selhurst Park to play Crystal Palace. Their upcoming opponents find themselves in 14th position in the league.
Aston Villa’s next five matches compared to Arsenal and Manchester City
Aston Villa will be relieved to have returned to winning ways against Nottingham Forest. They proved to be too strong for Sean Dyche’s side in the end and ran out comfortable winners. Here is a look at their next five league fixtures compared to Arsenal and Manchester City’s:
Arsenal fixtures
Liverpool (H), Thursday 8th January, 20:00 KO
Nottingham Forest (A), Saturday 17th January, 17:30 KO
Manchester United (H), Sunday 25th January, 16:30 KO
Leeds United (A), Saturday 31st January, 15:00 KO
Sunderland (H), Saturday 7th February, 15:00 KO
Manchester City fixtures
Brighton and Hove Albion (H), Wednesday 7th January, 19:30 KO
Manchester United (A), Saturday 17th January, 12:30 KO
Wolves (H), Saturday 24th January, 15:00 KO
Tottenham Hotspur (A), Sunday 1st February, 16:30 KO
Liverpool (A), Sunday 8th February, 16:30 KO
Aston Villa fixtures
Crystal Palace (A), Wednesday 7th January, 19:30 KO
Everton (H), Sunday 18th January, 16:30 KO
Newcastle United (A), Sunday 25th January, 14:00 KO
Brentford (H), Sunday 1st February, 14:00 KO
AFC Bournemouth (A), Saturday 7th February, 15:00 KO
Aston Villa prediction for next five matches
Aston Villa have some tricky away trips to Crystal Palace, Newcastle United and AFC Bournemouth coming up and will have to be at their best in all of those clashes to get anything. Everton at home will be seen as one that they should win. However, Brentford on 1st February could prove to be a difficult one and they are doing well under Keith Andrews.
Arsenal have got to play Liverpool and Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium which won’t be easy. They face a Nottingham Forest side fighting for their lives, whilst Leeds United and Sunderland are both in good form and are potential banana skins. However, the Gunners will be full of confidence under Mikel Arteta right now.
As for City, they drew 1-1 with Chelsea last time out and will be kicking themselves that they didn’t win after conceding late on. They have tough matches on their travels against Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool coming up. Pep Guardiola’s men should beat Brighton and Hove Albion and Wolves at the Etihad Stadium.
Aston Villa prediction for the next five games
Crystal Palace (A), 2-1 win
Everton (H), 2-0 win
Newcastle United (A), 1-1 draw
Brentford (H), 2-1 win
AFC Bournemouth (A), 2-1 loss
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