2) Win the Midfield Battle
While Villa are not blessed with a great deal of creativity in midfield, they do have some combative players such as Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz and John McGinn.
If Thomas Partey is not ready to return to the starting eleven after injury, the onus will be on Mohamed Elneny to step up to the plate. The Egyptian looked rusty against Fulham so he will need to improve to ensure Arsenal can get control of the ball.
