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Match pointers

• The Emirates is the only stadium that has not seen a goal scored with a shot from outside the area this season

• Ashley Young has won 88 free-kicks, more than any other Premier League player

• If selected Jack Wilshere will make his 50th league appearance for Arsenal

• Aston Villa have used 30 different players so far this season, which, alongside West Ham, is a joint Premier League high

• There has been a 90th-minute goal in four of the last six meetings between these two sides

Team news: Arsenal welcome back centre-half Thomas Vermaelen after eight months out with a niggling Achilles injury for this afternoon's Premier League clash against Aston Villa at Emirates Stadium.

However, captain Cesc Fabregas and midfielder Samir Nasri are still not match fit as the Gunners look to stay ahead of FA Cup winners Manchester City in the race for third place, while Newcastle's late equaliser at Stamford Bridge means victory today would leave them just a point behind second placed Chelsea going into the final match of the season, away at Fulham.

Villa still need a point to mathematically secure their top-flight status. Striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has recovered from illness, but is named on the bench, along with former Arsenal winger Robert Pires.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Squillaci, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Song,
Wilshere, Walcott, Ramsey, Arshavin, van Persie.
Subs: Lehmann, Denilson, Eboue, Chamakh, Henderson, Miquel, Bendtner.

Aston Villa: Friedel, Walker, Collins, Dunne, Luke Young,
Petrov, Reo-Coker, Delph, Downing, Bent, Ashley Young.
Subs: Marshall, Pires, Agbonlahor, Albrighton, Bradley, Heskey,
Cuellar.

Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

Barry Glendenning

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Angelique Chrisafis, Kim Willsher 15 May, 2011

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