Arsenal vs Aston Villa: Free betting tips, bet builder prediction and odds

The Gunners come into this match floating on a cloud after a third straight North London derby victory on Wednesday evening.

Tottenham were fairly tame and there's likely to be a lot more fire and brimstone from Aston Villa, who ended a bad run away from home with a 1-0 win over Everton.

Here we pick out some juicy selections for a 5-legged bet builder which has odds of 12/1 at the time of writing.

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(All odds are correct at time of article publication)

Arsenal vs Aston Villa tips

Arsenal win - 4/9

Both teams to score - no - 17/20

Saliba to commit +1 foul - 4/7

Boubacar Kamara to be fouled 1 or more times - 1/5

Gabriel to have two or more shots - 15/8

 

Arsenal win

Arsenal haven't had the greatest starts to 2025, with a draw at Brighton and back-to-back cup defeats. 

However, the 2-1 win over Tottenham will give them a real boost, especially as they were missing several key players.

If they carry that momentum into the Villa game, then they should be able to snatch another win here. Despite the 1-0 win over Everton on Wednesday night, Villa haven't been great on the road and weren't that convincing at Goodison.

Arsenal, who beat Villa 2-0 in August, are still unbeaten at the Emirates this season and should have enough to keep the pressure on Liverpool at the top of the table.

 

Both teams to score - no

This has not been a match that has seen BTTS land an awful lot.

Villa drew a blank at Villa Park earlier in the season, and then Arsenal couldn't find a way past Emi Martinez's twice last season.

In the last ten encounters between these two sides, both teams to score 'yes' has only landed three times. So stick with the 'no' selection.

 

Saliba to commit +1 foul

Saliba can usually be relied upon to give away at least one free kick; he's done so in 6 of his last seven Premier League games. 

It's a shame that John McGinn will be missing the game, as he usually draws plenty of fouls. But we are sure Saliba will tangle with Ollie Watkins at some point.

 

Boubacar Kamara to be fouled 1 or more times

Talking of fouls, usually strikers and tricky wingers are the main targets for fouled against bets. But this time we are leaning towards defensive midfielder Boubacar Kamara for a bit of value.

Everton really had it in for him on Wednesday night, hauling him down a huge five times during their match.

Usually it's Kamara who is doing the fouling, but actually as he's in the thick of the action he's usually sinned against. 

He's been fouled at least once in three of the last five matches, expect the same treatment against Arsenal.

 

Gabriel to have two or more shots

Let's dig ourselves out of the misery that is cheering for fouls and instead go for the more positive shots.

Defenders always have better value than attacking players, so we'll lean towards Gabriel to have at least one shot.

He currently averages 0.99 shots per game, and had a pop against Spurs, three against Man Utd and Newcastle in the recent cup defeats, so he's getting about a bit.

You could play it safe and pick one shot and boost the odds of this acca to 5/1, or be bold pick two or more shots and boost your odds to 12/1.

 

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