ARSENALVASTONVILLA

Match insight

Arsenal and Aston Villa sit in completely different tiers of this table right now, and the points gap backs that up. Arsenal currently sit 14 places and 10 points above Aston Villa in the table — 2nd against 16th and inside the Champions League places. Arsenal have taken 12 points from their last 5, against 5 for Aston Villa over the same stretch. Aston Villa's underlying rating suggests a stronger side than the actual table currently shows — about 6 places off where our metrics alone would put them.