Aston Villa v Arsenal: what we need is another run of successive victories

By Bulldog Drummond Our review of the referee performances this year with Arsenal and Aston Villa, and our review of the home and away performances of the club, and the review of recent games, all suggest the two sides are evenly matched.  We’ve also noted that the most common result in the Premier League this …

Aston Villa v Arsenal: “We’re trying to manage Tierney”; Arsenal 5% advantage

By Bulldog Drummond Back in the days of Arsene Wenger the media used to give attention to injury totals in order to “prove” that he was the cause of Arsenal’s high level of injuries. This was of course completely untrue, and we discovered several sets of data that were completely faked in order to “prove” …

Aston Villa v Arsenal: statistics point to a balanced game.

By Bulldog Drummond   For a few weeks at the start of the season Arsenal and Aston Villa were high flying clubs, but that quickly slipped away. Villa have now played a uniquely low level of home games but when it comes to comparing Villa’s home form with Arsenal’s away form, the parallels are obvious, …