Premier League football - Aston Villa vs Arsenal

Arsenal travel to Aston Villa tonight in the Premier League needing a win to keep the pressure on Manchester United and Chelsea. The visitors are currently in second place and will hope to bounce back after crashing out of the FA Cup 3-1 to Stoke at the weekend.

The Gunners are favourites for the game at 13/10 (bet $100 to win $130 profit), leaving the hosts as underdogs at 21/10. Last time the teams met Arsenal came out on top, winning 3-0 at the Emirates, but Villa can take a lift from winning their last two matches. The draw is priced at 12/5.

The bookmakers see the two sides as being very evenly matched and have made a 1-1 draw the most likely result for the game at 6/1, slightly ahead of a 1-0 win for the visitors at 7/1. A 1-0 win fo Aston Villa is available at 8/1 and a goalless draw is priced at 10/1.

England striker Gabriel Agbonlahor is joint favourite to open the scoring tonight at 13/2, along with Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin. Eduardo is next at 15/2 and Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas, who scored twice in the previous meeting, is priced at 8/1 to do the honours.

Arsenal are 10/3 to be leading at both half-time and full-time today and 9/2 to win the match after drawing at half-time, with the bookmakers offering 9/2 that both halves end in a draw. Villa/Villa is 11/2 and the hosts are 7/1 to win the match after the scores are level at the interval.

Arsene Wenger`s side are in good form and this year`s title race is the closest for some time. However, the bookmakers believe that they are the weakest of the three teams involved and have made them third favourites at 3/1.

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