[Teams] Arsenal vs Aston Villa: Gervinho Starts

Arsenal welcome Aston Villa to the Emirates today looking to tighten their grip of third place, and we have the confirmed line-ups for you.

Arsenal moved above North London rivals Tottenham on Wednesday with a 1-0 win at Everton, a sixth win on the bounce, and victory over Villa today will be our best league run since 2007.

Here are the confirmed teams:

Arsenal Team

Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Song, Arteta, Rosicky, Gervinho, Walcott, Van Persie.

SUBS: Fabianski, Santos, Djourou, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Benayoun, Chamakh.

Aston Villa Team

Given, Hutton, Cuellar, Collins, Warnock, Albrighton, Petrov, Herd, Ireland, Heskey, Agbonlahor.

SUBS: Guzan, Bannan, Gardner, Weimann, Lichaj, Baker, Carruthers.

We’ll have video highlights from the game up shortly after the final whistle, so check back later.

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