Dean Smith’s Aston Villa and Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal will face each other in the Premier League today.
The game between Villa and Arsenal will kick off at 12:30pm, and it promises to be an exciting game of football.
The Villans are ninth in the league table at the moment with 32 points from 20 matches, while the Gunners are a point behind them in 10th, although the North London club have played 22 games.
This is how Villa and Arsenal will line up at Villa Park today:
Jamie Carragher has raved about Villa attacking midfielder Jack Grealish on Sky Sports Super 6.
The former Liverpool defender, who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports, believes that Grealish, who can also operate as a winger, has been one of the best players in the Premier League this season.
The 25-year-old England international has scored six goals and provided 10 assists in 20 league games for the Villans so far this campaign, according to WhoScored.
Carragher said on Sky Sports Super 6: “I think in Jack Grealish we have one of the best players in the Premier League this season.”
Meanwhile, Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane has said that he did not want Martin Odegaard to leave for Arsenal.
The 22-year-old Norway international attacking midfielder joined the Gunners on loan from defending Spanish champions Madrid in the January transfer window.
The Mirror quotes Zidane as saying: “Odegaard? He wanted to leave, we talked two, three times about it. He wanted to play and I told him to stay and fight for his place. I’ve always wanted him in my team but it was his decision. I wanted him in my team.
“I wanted him back from his loan [at Real Sociedad last season] and I told him to stay because the season is still very long and he would have had his chances. But he wanted to leave and play. I really wanted him in my squad.”
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