Arsenal vs Aston Villa: Why Recent Head-to-Head Will Worry the Gunners

Arsenal will hope to end 2025 on a high when they host Aston Villa in their final game of the calendar year, but recent history suggests the Gunners could struggle.

Villa are the most in-form team in Europe right now, having won 11 matches in a row across all competitions, including a 2-1 victory away at Chelsea last time out.

That triumph at Stamford Bridge left Unai Emery’s side third in the Premier League table and another win at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday would surely underline Villa’s credentials as genuine title contenders.

Despite Villa’s stunning form, bookmakers rate Arsenal as strong favourites to get three points this week.

However, their recent head-to-head record suggests Villa have more than an outside chance of extending their winning streak to 12 games.

Arsenal’s worrying recent head-to-head record against Aston Villa

When Villa beat Arsenal 2-1 at Villa Park on December 6 it was their sixth victory over the Gunners in their last 12 meetings.

Arsenal have beaten Villa five times during the same period. However, the regularity with which they have lost to Villa suggests they are very much their bogey team.

For context, since the start of the 2019/20 season, Arsenal have played 246 Premier League matches, winning 141, drawing 52 and losing 53 times.

Arsenal’s overall win percentage during this period has been 57.32%, while they have lost just 21.54% of matches.

However, Arsenal’s win-rate against Villa since the beginning of the 2019/20 season campaign is just 46.15%. More tellingly, they have also lost 46.15% of their meetings with the Birmingham side.

Arsenal in the Premier League since start of 2019/20 season

	MP	W	D	L	Win %	Loss %
Overall record	246	141	52	53	57.32%	21.54%
Record vs Villa	13	6	1	6	46.15%	46.15%

Recent results between Arsenal and Aston Villa

Date	Result
Dec 6, 2025	Aston Villa 2-1 Arsenal
Jan 18, 2025	Arsenal 2-2 Aston Villa
Aug 24, 2024	Aston Villa 0-2 Arsenal
Apr 14, 2024	Arsenal 0-2 Aston Villa
Dec 9, 2023	Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
Feb 18, 2023	Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal
Aug 31, 2022	Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa
Mar 19, 2022	Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
Oct 22, 2021	Arsenal 3-1 Aston Villa
Feb 6, 2021	Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
Nov 8, 2020	Arsenal 0-3 Aston Villa
Jul 21, 2020	Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal
Sep 22, 2019	Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa

Overall Premier League head-to-head

Despite Aston Villa emerging as Arsenal’s bogey team in recent seasons, their overall Premier League head-to-head record is still weighted very heavily in Arsenal’s favour.

Arsenal have won 32 of their 61 Premier League meetings, drawn 15 and lost just 14. If the results of those 61 games were added up, Arsenal would be ahead by 45 goals.

Indeed, the only clubs Arsenal have beaten more often in Premier League history are Everton (39 wins), West Ham (38) and Newcastle (37).

Arsenal are seven places above Villa in the all-time Premier League table.

Arsenal vs Aston Villa: All-time Premier League head-to-head record

Stat	Total
Games	61
Arsenal wins	32
Aston Villa wins	14
Draws	15
Arsenal goals	103
Aston Villa goals	58
Arsenal win %	52.46%
Aston Villa win %	22.95%

Should Arsenal fear Aston Villa?

Despite holding a strong historical advantage over Aston Villa, many Arsenal fans will be feeling nervous heading into Tuesday’s game at the Emirates Stadium.

Villa beat Arsenal less than a month ago and are currently on an incredible winning run.

Another victory would see Villa move level with the Gunners in the Premier League title race, while also handing Manchester City the chance to replace Mikel Arteta’s men at the top of the table.