Without some of their best players as Declan Rice missed out with a knee injury, Arsenal were able to go five points clear atop the Premier League after defeating Aston Villa 4-1 at the Emirates Stadium with a four-minute double from Gabriel and Martin Zubimendi.

The Premier League leaders host the current champions on Thursday evening before a global TV audience. Football betting writer Frank Monkhouse shows how you can use the Flashscore app to create data-led predictions.

Arsenal score four second-half goals to beat Aston Villa 4-1 and end the year five points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

Dismissed by the Gunners in 2019 just over a year after succeeding Arsene Wenger, Emery’s spell at Villa has been a very different story. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Only Bruno Fernandes has been involved in more open play sequences ending in a shot in the Premier League this season (116) than Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai (103). He is one of Liverpool's performers, despite the gameplay problems they had over the past few months, and I'm not leaving him out of my SGP.

ARSENAL are now ahead courtesy of Declan Rice! Bournemouth initially took the lead following a woeful Gabriel mistake. But the Brazilian defender made amends by equalising for the league leaders.

This is another tricky game for Manchester City after they dropped points against Sunderland and Chelsea. Brighton beat them on the south coast earlier in the season and they are another awkward team who I always feel pose a threat.

Arsenal's golden dreams of a first Premier League title in over two decades received a massive boost on Wednesday evening as Manchester City dropped more points