Squad sheets: Arsenal v Aston Villa

These are joyously familiar times for Arsenal. Six consecutive wins have enabled the club to reestablish themselves in a position above Tottenham in the Premier League and they will be aware the gap to their north London rivals will increase to four points should Aston Villa be defeated on Saturday afternoon and, earlier in the day, Harry Redknapp's side suffer defeat at Stamford Bridge. The visitors have already lost twice to Arsenal this season but should take some confidence from last week's dramatic win over Fulham. Sachin Nakrani Venue Emirates Stadium, Saturday 3pm Tickets Sold out Last season Arsenal 1 Aston Villa 2 Referee Phil Dowd This season's matches 22 Y 88, R 3, 4.14 cards per game Odds Arsenal 3-8 Aston Villa 9-1 Draw 4-1 Arsenal Subs from Almunia, Fabianski, Park, André Santos, Ramsey, Djourou, Miquel, Diaby, Jenkinson, Gervinho, Chamakh Doubtful Diaby (hamstring) Injured Squillaci (groin, 31 Mar), Coquelin (hamstring, 8 Apr), Wilshere (ankle, 21 Apr), Mertesacker (ankle, May), Frimpong (knee, Sep) Suspended None Form guide WWWWWW Disciplinary record Y53 R4 Leading scorer Van Persie 26 Aston Villa Subs from Guzan, Delfouneso, Heskey, Bannan, Weimann, Stevens, Lichaj, Baker, Johnson, Burke, Williams, Gardner Doubtful N'Zogbia (knee) Injured Clark (knee, 7 Apr), Dunne (collarbone, 9 Apr), Bent (ankle, May), Delph (ankle, May) Suspended None Form guide WDDLLD Disciplinary record Y50 R2 Leading scorer Bent 9 Match pointers • Villa have picked up more Premier League points at the Emirates Stadium (eight) than any other side • Arsenal have won six top- flight games in a row for the first time since March 2010 – they have not won seven in a row since October 2007 • Gabriel Agbonlahor has gone 13 Premier League games without scoring • Laurent Koscielny has made more tackles as the last defender than any other player in the division • Villa have conceded the largest proportion of goals from set pieces (46%)