The dust has settled at Villa Park following Tuesday morning's clash, with Arsenal leaving Birmingham with all three points after a hard-fought 1–0 victory over Aston Villa. Punters who backed the visitors saw pre-match expectations vindicated, even if the scoreline proved tighter than the expansive markets anticipated.
Arsenal arrived at Villa Park sitting high in the standings with two wins from two games, coming off a 3–0 win against Coventry City. Aston Villa, meanwhile, were searching for a spark after opening their campaign with two losses and conceding five goals without reply, including a 4–0 defeat away to Brighton & Hove Albion on August 23. In the end, the form lines held true as the Gunners added another clean sheet to their immaculate start.
How the tips went
We delivered a clean sweep across our pre-match selections for this fixture, hitting all three published bets as the match unfolded at Villa Park.
Our head-to-head tip on Arsenal to win at 1.5 landed successfully as the visitors secured the 1–0 result, maintaining their perfect start to the season. The line selection on Arsenal at 1.02 also saluted comfortably, while our total goals look at Under 2.5 at 1.96 proved correct as the match fell well short of the three-goal threshold despite late market movement seeing the over price shorten to 1.7.