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Leicester City

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Leicester City will be looking for another win after the 4-0 EFL Cup success against Tranmere Rovers.

In that game, Leicester City had 71% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Leicester City, the goals were scored by Jordan Ayew (38'), Stephy Mavididi (51'), Wilfred Ndidi (71') and Harry Winks (90'). For their opponents, Tranmere Rovers got 3 shots at goal with 0 on target.

Steve Cooper's Leicester City have celebrated scoring a sum total of 12 times in their prior 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those same games stands at 6.

Coming into this contest, Leicester City are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Aston Villa

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Arsenal in Premier League action, Aston Villa will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Aston Villa managed 39% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Arsenal got 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Leandro Trossard (67') and Thomas Partey (77') scored for Arsenal.

The numbers tell their own story, and Aston Villa have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 14 goals in total. In defence, Aston Villa seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. That trend might not follow through here, though.

Heading into this fixture, Aston Villa are undefeated by Leicester City when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 18/10/2020 shows that Leicester City have won 2 of these and Aston Villa 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

In all, 16 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 of them for The Foxes and 8 created by The Villans. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 7 on 04/04/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Leicester City 1-2 Aston Villa.

That day, Leicester City managed 35% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Harvey Barnes (35').

Aston Villa got 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. Ollie Watkins (24') and Bertrand Traoré (87') scored.

The match was refereed by Graham Scott.

📰 Team News: Leicester City

We are thinking that The Foxes will probably make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation for this game featuring Mads Hermansen, James Justin, Jannik Vestergaard, Wout Faes, Victor Kristiansen, Harry Winks, Wilfred Ndidi, Abdul Fatawu, Facundo Buonanotte, Bobby Reid and Jamie Vardy.

📋 Team News: Aston Villa

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has to choose a team with limited availability. Boubacar Kamara (Knee injury) and Emiliano Buendía (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be playing here.

From our viewpoint, The Villans seem likely to utilise a 4-4-1-1 lineup, going with Emiliano Martinez, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Leon Bailey, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, John McGinn, Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins.

🔮 Prediction

In our view, Leicester City have the ability to put a goal past this Aston Villa outfit, but one goal is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We can see a close game with a 1-2 advantage for Aston Villa at the end of the match. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Lucas Pereira, 13:02 31/08/2024