Arsenal vs Aston Villa, HIGHLIGHTS: Arsenal beats Aston Villa 2-1 to maintain perfect start

Welcome to Sportstar’s highlights of the Arsenal vs Aston Villa Premier League match from the Emirates Stadium in London.

LINE-UPS!

Arsenal: Aaron Ramsdale (GK), Kieran Tierney, Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, William Saliba, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard (c), Gabriel Martinelli, Albert Lokonga, Granit Xhaka, Gabriel Jesus

Aston Villa: Emiliano Martinez (GK), Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, John McGinn (c), Jacob Ramsey, Boubakar Kamara, Emiliano Buendia, Ollie Watkins, Leon Bailey

MATCH PREVIEW

Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal will look to maintain its perfect start to the season when it faces Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa at home on Wednesday.

With its 2-1 home victory over Fulham on Saturday, Arsenal made it four wins out of four games.

Arsenal has made its best start to a Premier League season since 2004-05 and after the win against Fulham, Arteta said he was delighted with the performances that have led to four straight wins.

"The way we are playing, what we transmit as a team and then getting that into winning football matches -- there's the reason why we are where we are," Arteta said.

"There is still a lot to improve. There is room individually and collectively in many areas that we have to do."

The Spaniard expects a tough battle against 15th-placed Villa, which will be looking for its second win of the season.

"I watch the teams and how physical they (Villa) are," Arteta said. "Every game here is a battle for everybody, and we don't expect anything different.

"Villa are a top team, they have a big squad, top quality players and a good manager, and we expect a difficult game again on Wednesday."

Arsenal will be without Ukraine defender Oleksandr Zinchenko and Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey duo still struggling with knee and thigh issues. respectively.

“We still have to make another scan, especially on Thomas, to see the length (of absence) but I don’t think they’ll be available. It’s a similar area (to the one that kept Partey out last season), but hopefully not as bad,” Arteta said.

- Reuters