The English Premier League schedule finishes on Monday with Arsenal and Aston Villa going at it from Villa Park and the match begins at 3 pm ET and the Gunners are looking to get back to the top of the EPL table after Manchester City and Chelsea pushed ahead over the weekend and now Arsene Wenger and his club look to continue playing well as they try to get back into first place.
Manchester City is now tops in the EPL table standings for the time being with Chelsea in second place and Arsenal has the chance to get back into the top spot if they can get a win against Aston Villa on Monday. Arsenal is just ahead of Liverpool and Everton for the time being and the Gunners can get back into first place on the league table with a victory on Monday and they are also up over Tottenham and Manchester United on the EPL standings.
Arsenal comes in after a nice win against the Spurs in the FA Cup third round and now they will play against Aston Villa and that comes after the team won its last three Premier League matches against Cardiff City, Newcastle and West Ham and before that was the scoreless draw against Chelsea and the 6-3 drubbing against Manchester City and now the Gunners can get back in prime position heading into the back end of the February schedule.
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Arsenal has some tough matches coming up and along with that includes the Champions League and that will open up at home at Emirates Stadium against defending champions Bayern Munich and those two legs could be the most entertaining of the knockout round. The Gunners have some tough matches coming up, including against Liverpool and Manchester United and before that the club plays against Southampton, Coventry City in the FA Cup as well as Fulham and Crystal Palace.
Arsenal must figure out a way to get things done without Theo Walcott in the lineup and this comes after he was injured in the FA Cup win against the Spurs and now he will be out for the rest of the EPL season and the World Cup for England. Walcott is out and Oliver Giroud is making a return and the Gunners need all the offense they can get as the English Premier League season pushes on and now the team has the chance to get a nice win to cap off the week against Villa and a good result will put the club back in first position.
