Aston Villa vs Leicester Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th January 2025

Mid-placed Aston Villa face relegation-threatened Leicester at Villa Park in round 20 of the Premier League in a match that kick-offs on Saturday. The visitors have a lot more at stake, but are lacking in quality.

Sitting bottom of the table, The Foxes have claimed 14 points after 19 rounds, while Aston Villa have amassed 29 points. This places the latter as number 9 in the Premier League at the moment.

The last time Aston Villa played Leicester, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win on Saturday.

The Villans go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 20. That amounts to an average of two per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Leicester travel to their next Premier League match, averaging a lowly 0.9 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of nine goals, while also conceding 25 goals. That amounts to an average of 2.5 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

The Villans had a good reading on Leicester in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-1 and 2-1, respectively.

Aston Villa vs Leicester Prediction

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa recorded a win, a loss and a draw in their previous three matches, where they first beat Manchester City 2-1. They were then defeated 3-0 against Newcastle, before drawing 2-2 against Brighton. Aston Villa claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League. They also drew three but remained undefeated, as they scored 11 and conceded seven goals.

Leicester Form

Leicester were unable to pick up a single good result in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 0-3 by Wolverhampton. Next up, Liverpool won 3-1, before losing 0-2 against Manchester City. Leicester managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring 17 time and letting in six.

The crowd usually get a very entertaining encounter, when Aston Villa face Leicester, and we see no reason for this to end this coming Saturday. The value bet lies with goals.

Aston Villa recorded 14 points following four wins from their last six games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 13 goals, but also conceded eight. Leicester claimed one wins and four points from their last ten encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League, while scoring ten goals to 24 against. Aston Villa are looking at a record of eight wins, five draws and six defeats in the Premier League this season. Leicester have a record of three wins, five draws and 11 defeats in the Premier League.

Aston Villa vs Leicester Squads

Aston Villa Squad

Emery will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Leicester from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Emiliano Martinez (0/19), Joe Gauci (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/1), Diego Carlos (0/10), Ezri Konsa (1/17), Ian Maatsen (0/14), Kortney Hause (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/4), Lamare Bogarde (0/3), Lucas Digne (0/19), Matty Cash (1/12), Pau Torres (0/18), Sil Swinkels (0/0), Tyrone Mings (0/2), Amadou Onana (2/14), Boubacar Kamara (0/10), Emiliano Buendia (0/9), Jacob Ramsey (0/11), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/11), John McGinn (0/17), Leon Bailey (0/16), Ross Barkley (2/15), Youri Tielemans (0/19), Jhon Duran (7/18), Morgan Rogers (6/19), Ollie Watkins (8/19).

Leicester Squad

Below is the full team squad of Leicester. The manager van Nistelrooy will pick his starting XI against Aston Villa from these players:

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/2), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/2), Mads Hermansen (0/16), Conor Coady (0/8), James Justin (2/18), Jannik Vestergaard (0/11), Luke Thomas (0/0), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/12), Ricardo Pereira (0/2), Victor Kristiansen (0/17), Wout Faes (1/16), Bilal El Khannous (1/14), Boubakary Soumare (0/12), Facundo Buonanotte (4/16), Hamza Choudhury (0/4), Harry Winks (0/14), Kasey McAteer (0/9), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/12), Wilfred Ndidi (0/15), Will Alves (0/0), Abdul Fatawu (0/11), Bobby Reid (1/13), Jamie Vardy (6/17), Jordan Ayew (4/17), Odsonne Edouard (0/6), Patson Daka (1/7), Stephy Mavididi (2/18).

Aston Villa vs Leicester Team News

At the time of writing, Aston Villa have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Leicester on Saturday. Jhon Duran gets a day off from the Aston Villa squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings nurses various injuries and won't take part for Aston Villa against Leicester at Villa Park.

Aston Villa vs Leicester Lineups

Aston Villa vs Leicester H2H

Aston Villa had a good reading on The Foxes in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-1 and 2-1, respectively. Aston Villa have a 40% win rate against Leicester, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 4-2-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Aston Villa vs Leicester Results

The past ten matches between Aston Villa and Leicester have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals on Saturday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/15 with the bookies.

Aston Villa vs Leicester Betting Tips

Jamie Vardy shows decent form right now for Leicester, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Aston Villa, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Morgan Rogers also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Premier League matches.

Aston Villa claimed four wins, drew five and lost one of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Leicester won one, drew three and lost six of their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Aston Villa on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened seven times for Leicester in their last 10 league games away from home.

The last ten encounters between Aston Villa and Leicester saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with Aston Villa averaging 1.2 goals a game. Leicester scored 1.8 goals on average in these, as both teams scored seven times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Aston Villa’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Leicester, who managed to hit the net 0.9 times on average in these games.