Aston Villa 1 Arsenal 0 LIVE SCORE: Odegaard misses huge chance to cancel out McGinn’s opener in tasty Prem match

Welcome to Aston Villa vs Arsenal

Fresh off the back of a huge win against Man City in midweek, Unai Emery welcomes his old employers to Villa Park as they look to cement their place in the top four.

Leon Bailey is a doubt for Villa today as he seemed to be struggling with fitness as he trudged off the pitch after their victory over Man City.

Aston Villa have the option to play Moussa Diaby in the hole he may leave, while Bertrand Traore, Emiliano Buendia and Tyrone Mings all remain long term injury casualties for the hosts.

Matty Cash was on the bench for the midweek win and it is unlikely that the manager will change his defensive formula after keeping a clean sheet against the champions.

Arsenal will be without Takehiro Tomiyasu who will be out for a while after he picked up a calf injury against Wolves on the weekend.

Arteta will also be without Emile Smith Rowe, Fabio Viera, Thomas Partey and Jurrien Timber who all remain out injured.

The Arsenal manager will not be seen in the dugout this evening as he picked up his third yellow card of the season against Luton Town in midweek for ‘excessive celebrating’ after their 97th minute winner.

It will be down to the assistant manager, Albert Stuivenberg, to get Mikel Arteta’s visions across to the players this afternoon.