Aston Villa v Arsenal Pundit Predictions- What do the likes of Lawro, Merson, Shearer & others think?

The game of this weekend sees Aston Villa, coached by former Arsenal boss Unai Emery, host the Gunners in the Midlands. Both teams got their campaigns off to winning starts on the opening weekend- Arsenal beat Wolves 2-0 while Villa got the better of Julen Lopetegui’s West Ham.

Here are the pundit predictions for this GW2 clash.

Chris Sutton

On the BBC, Sutton noted that AVFC did the league double over Arsenal in 23/24– the only team to do so last season.

Sutton thinks the fixture “smells of a draw” but reckons the Gunners will win 2-1.

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