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McGinn has three cards in last 4 v Arsenal
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All action Havertz backed for a booking
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Ref to brandish cards in high stakes clash
Leg 1 - John McGinn to be booked
Scotland and Aston Villa Captain John McGinn is in the form of his career this season under Unai Emery. It was an Aston Villa masterclass on Wednesday night at Villa Park when they comfortably beat and outplayed last season's treble winners Manchester City.
McGinn was the star of the night and has received huge plaudits from pundits and football fans. McGinn until now has been going a bit under the radar, with all the transfer rumours surrounding his Brazilian midfield partner Douglas Luiz. McGinn will have to step up again here if Villa are to maintain their unbeaten home run, or extend their 14 consecutive home wins, in which will be a very tough game against the league leaders.
Arsenal have won four in a row against Villa, but Villa won the three games prior, so we should be in for a close and eventful game. McGinn will be vital for Aston Villa in the high press, but also in the breaking up play, ball retention and preventing Arsenal counter attacks.
Declan Rice is Arsenal's man in form and we wouldn't be surprised to see McGinn man-marking the England midfielder. McGinn is averaging 1.35 fouls per game currently and is fouled twice a game on average.
This season he has only picked up four yellow cards with three of those coming in the Premier League. He does get away with plenty of bookable fouls and stopping opposition taking quick free-kicks.
He is always in the referee's ear regarding every decision and we anticipate he will pick up plenty of cards throughout the rest of the season. McGinn has been shown the yellow card in three of his last four games against Arsenal.
Leg 2 - Kai Havertz to be booked
Another man in form is Germany and Arsenal midfielder Kai Havertz. Havertz has scored four in his last six for club and country and will therefore expect to retain his place in the Arsenal's side following their 4-3 late win away at Luton midweek.
Havertz has already picked up four bookings this season in just 15 appearances, picking up 0.44 cards per 90 minutes of Premier League football putting him in the 88th percentile for bookings per 90 minutes.
He is one card away from a suspension, but with Brighton coming up at home, followed by Liverpool and West Ham, we would anticipate Havertz would rather sit out the Brighton game than risk missing one of those.
Havertz is averaging 1.52 fouls committed and receiving 1.52 fouls per game whilst competing in 17 duels. Havertz will need to be box to box in what will be a tough away game against a high flying and confident Aston Villa. The 4/15.00 is a very enticing price here on a Havertz single but we will take the double at a huge 20/121.00.
The match official - Jarred Gillett
The man in officiating Saturday evening's big Premier League game is Australian ref Jarred Gillet. He has refereed six Premier League games so far this season, averaging just under five bookings per game. He also shown two red cards this season in all competitions.
The sides average 4.28 cards per game, which is below the league average, but with so much to play for and both sides pushing for the win, we anticipate an above average amount of fouls and cards being shown.
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