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Aston Villa and Steven Gerrard are what stand in Arsenal's way of still being in charge of the exciting Premier League top-four race heading into the March international break.

It's been a mixed week for the Gunners results-wise. Last Sunday they beat Leicester City 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium to reclaim fourth from Manchester United following win over Tottenham Hotspur. However, three days later Mikel Arteta's side were on the wrong end of the same scoreline against Liverpool.

What this means is that Arsenal must avoid defeat at Villa Park on Saturday if they're to end the weekend in fourth place. Although, recent history is against the north London outfit as they have lost 1-0 on their last two visits to the ground.

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With that said, they did end a run of three straight defeats against Villa in the reverse meeting earlier in the season with Thomas Partey, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Emile Smith Rowe all on the scoresheet.

But much has changed since October, most notably in the Aston Villa dugout as Steven Gerrard replaced Dean Smith the following month and is averaging 1.44 points per match, as per transfermarkt. To improve on that record against the Gunners, the