Arsenal are now in a noticeably better playing form and will have two days more to recover from the European Cup. Aston Villa beat Lille at home on Thursday.

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"The Canaries" in the middle of the week hosted Bayern Munich in their home walls in the quarter-final stage of the Champions League. The match ended in a 2-2 draw and now the fate of the semi-final berth will be decided in the return leg. Last weekend, Mikel Arteta's side played an away match against Brighton, where they confidently added three points to their tally with a 3-0 win. This victory extended the unbeaten streak of "canoniers" in the championship of England, which has already 11 matches. At home, Arsenal lost only once in this draw of the APL, having made 12 victories in 15 matches."Villans" started well in the current season and for a long time occupied a place in the top four in the APL standings, but recently the results of Unai Emery's team have deteriorated. Thus, only in the last five rounds Aston Villa lost twice, while last weekend at home played a 3:3 draw with Brentford. For a very long time the home walls were a real fortress for the Villans, but recently there have been misfires. In fact, this is the reason why the team was overtaken by London Tottenham in the fight for fourth place.