Arsenal – Aston Villa Preview (FA Cup)

Aston Villa
Position 11th, 6-9-7 (27 points, -3 goal differential)
Away Record: 3-6-2, -1 goal differential
Recent Form: DWLDW
Last Meeting: Aston Villa 1 – Arsenal 2 (December 21, 2011)
Back in action tomorrow (remember when we used to play matches on Saturday) as we square off against Aston Villa in the FA Cup 4th round match.

Maybe it’s just me, but the FA Cup seems to have taken on more importance this season. We’re out of the league title race, it seems quite clear that our squad isn’t good enough to win the Champions League, and with the negativity around the club reaching near-crisis levels, the lifeline an FA...