Leicester vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 31st August 2024

A trip to King Power Stadium awaits Aston Villa in round 3 of the new Premier League campaign. The top 4 hopefuls face Leicester this coming Saturday.

Leicester surely would have hoped for more than a single point so far in the Premier League. They will be feeling the pressure of securing a first win of the season.

Leicester will be feeling the pressure of securing a first win of the season in the Premier League after collecting a modest one point in the first couple of rounds.

Leicester and Aston Villa have high hopes for this new season and should be expected to put up a good game as they chase three important points in round 3.

The Foxes go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.3 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 13 times, while conceding 19. That amounts to an average of 1.9 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Aston Villa travel to their next away match this coming Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 16 goals, whilst shipping 22 goals against. An average of 2.2 goals against a game. They hung on to one clean sheets in this streak.

Leicester were defeated by 1-2 in their last encounter with Aston Villa, but did win the reverse match 4-2, though.

Leicester vs Aston Villa Prediction

Leicester Form

Their last three matches saw Leicester drawing 1-1 with Tottenham, losing 2-1 against Fulham before beating Tranmere by 4-0. Leicester managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored seven and conceded nine goals.

Aston Villa go into a new season as candidates for the podium, but will count themselves lucky to achieve more than a third place.

Aston Villa Form

In their previous three outings, Aston Villa lost 5-0 against Crystal Palace, beat West Ham 1-2 and lost 0-2 against Arsenal. Aston Villa claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads 12 goals conceded and six scored.

While a title battle is perhaps a long shot, a top three finish does not look beyond Aston Villa, should they catch some strong momentum in this early phase of the campaign.

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

Leicester vs Aston Villa Squads

Leicester Squad

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

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/0), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/2), Ben Nelson (0/0), Conor Coady (0/0), James Justin (0/2), Jannik Vestergaard (0/2), Luke Thomas (0/0), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/0), Ricardo Pereira (0/0), Victor Kristiansen (0/2), Wout Faes (1/2), Boubakary Soumare (0/1), Facundo Buonanotte (0/2), Hamza Choudhury (0/0), Harry Winks (0/2), Kasey McAteer (0/2), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/1), Wilfred Ndidi (0/2), Will Alves (0/0), Abdul Fatawu (0/2), Bobby Reid (0/2), Jamie Vardy (1/2), Jordan Ayew (0/2), Patson Daka (0/0), Stephy Mavididi (0/2), Thomas Cannon (0/0), Wanya Marcal-Madivadua (0/0).

Aston Villa Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Aston Villa players that the manager Unai Emery will choose from for the upcoming game:

Emiliano Martinez (0/2), James Wright (0/0), Joe Gauci (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/0), Diego Carlos (0/0), Ezri Konsa (0/2), Ian Maatsen (0/2), Kortney Hause (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/2), Lucas Digne (0/2), Matty Cash (0/2), Pau Torres (0/2), Sil Swinkels (0/0), Tyrone Mings (0/0), Amadou Onana (1/2), Boubacar Kamara (0/0), Emiliano Buendia (0/0), Enzo Barrenechea (0/0), Jacob Ramsey (0/2), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/1), John McGinn (0/2), Lamare Bogarde (0/0), Leander Dendoncker (0/0), Leon Bailey (0/2), Morgan Rogers (0/2), Ross Barkley (0/1), Samuel Iling-Junior (0/0), Youri Tielemans (0/2), Jhon Duran (1/2), Ollie Watkins (0/2).

Leicester vs Aston Villa Team News

Aston Villa face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Saturday against Leicester.

Aston Villa need to do without Boubacar Kamara, Kortney Hause, Tyrone Mings and Emiliano Buendia, who are not fit enough to travel to King Power Stadium.

Leicester vs Aston Villa Lineups

Leicester vs Aston Villa H2H

Leicester took a hit when Aston Villa handed them a 1-2 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 4-2 win. Leicester hold a 5-2-3 advantage against The Villans from their latest encounters. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 7/2.

Leicester vs Aston Villa Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Leicester welcome Aston Villa as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies on Saturday.

Leicester vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Wout Faes, who is performing well for Leicester. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Aston Villa.The visitors will be looking to Jhon Duran to find the net once again, after managing three Premier League goals for Aston Villa in recent matches.

Leicester claimed five wins, drew one and lost four of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Aston Villa won three, drew zero and lost seven of their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Leicester on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target two times in Aston Villa''s last 10 league games away from home.

The last ten encounters between Leicester and Aston Villa saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with Leicester averaging two goals a game. Aston Villa scored 1.2 goals on average in these, as both teams scored seven times in this run. Leicester saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Aston Villa, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.2 times goals per game.