Aston Villa vs Leicester – After beating Southampton 0-1 in the Premier League, Aston Villa will be looking for a repeat of that performance.

Aston Villa had a 63% possession advantage and made 16 efforts on goal, scoring on five of them. Ollie Watkins (77′) was the lone player for Aston Villa to register a goal.

Southampton had 8 shots on goal with 5 of them being on target at the other end. In their last six games, Aston Villa hasn’t been able to stop scoring, finding the back of the net each time they’ve taken the field.

In that time, they’ve scored a total of 8, while also allowing a total of 7. It will be up to us to determine whether or not this trend will continue. Aston Villa entered this encounter with a perfect home record in league games.

In their most recent game, Walsall was defeated 0-1 by Leicester City, who are coming into this encounter. In that game, Leicester City had 75% of the possession and 7 of their 27 shots on goal were successful.

Kelechi Iheanacho (68′) was the lone player for Leicester City to get a goal. Walsall made 8 shots at goal at the opposite end, scoring 3 of them. Over their previous six matches, Leicester City’s strikers struggled mightily to score goals, with an underwhelming return of just 4.

The total number of goals scored against The Foxes in those games has reached seven. Leicester City has played two league games without a road victory coming into this encounter.

Aston Villa vs Leicester – Betting Analysis

Reviewing their most recent head-to-head matches, which date back to January 28, 2020, reveals that Aston Villa has won three of them and Leicester City has won two, with one match ending in a draw.

In total, 14 goals were scored between them over those games, with 6 coming from The Villans and 8 coming from The Foxes. That equals 2.33 goals per game on average.

Unai Emery, the manager of Aston Villa, will be without Lucas Digne (shoulder injury), Bertrand Traoré (knee injury), John McGinn (thigh muscle strain), and Diego Carlos (ruptured Achilles tendon).

Brendan Rodgers, the manager of Leicester City, must contend with numerous availability concerns. James Justin (Achilles tendon rupture), Ricardo Pereira (Achilles tendon rupture), Jonny Evans (Calf Injury), James Maddison (Knee Injury), Dennis Praet (Unknown Injury), Ryan Bertrand (Knee Surgery), and Dennis Praet won’t be listed on the team sheet.

We have a tendency to believe that Leicester City will have to exert a lot of pressure in order to score against this Aston Villa team, who ought to be able to register a goal or two during a successful outing.

What are the best odds for this match?

Looking at the bookies’ prices in the 90-minute result market, putting your money on Aston Villa can be had for 1.97, going for the game finishing all-square is 3.6 and putting your money on a victory for Leicester City can get you 3.74. They’re the best of the bets offered right now.

Aston Villa vs Leicester – Head -to- Head

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Our Prediction: Home Win or Draw

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