Aston Villa vs Leicester City prediction and betting tips on January 4, 2025
Game Prediction
Aston Villa and Leicester City will compete in the 20th round of the English Premier League on January 4, 2025. Both clubs need maximum points: the hosts are eager to repeat the results of last season, while the guests need points to survive in the division.
Our prediction for the match Aston Villa vs Leicester City
“The Villans” were the main surprise of the previous cycle. They beat both Manchester United and Chelsea, and, having taken 2 points more than Tottenham, got 2nd place (and the right to play in the Champions League). This is despite the fact that the English club was playing in the European competition for the first time in a long period – the team started in the Conference League with qualification in the summer and finished in the play-offs in the spring. “The Foxes”, having flown out quite unexpectedly to the Championship in 2023, were able to return immediately. Moreover, they won 1st place in that league ahead of schedule.
Having achieved that success, Maresca moved to Chelsea. His successor, Steve Cooper, did not “last” until the end of autumn. After a series of matches without defeat, the Welsh specialist left the club. His replacement, Van Nistelrooy, defeated West Ham and came back from a 0-2 score to a draw in the game against Brighton. Still, then there happened the crushing defeats in the struggles with Newcastle and Wolverhampton. There was even less chance against Liverpool and Manchester City. Birmingham finally hosted the Champions League matches. And Emery’s footballer started there with 3 victories, but then lost to Brugge, and there was a rather protracted decline at the inner arena. Then the club was eliminated from the League Cup, and lost ground in the Premier League. Nevertheless, it managed to improve the performance, beating, among other things, Manchester City, in December. On the other hand, the team had lost to Nottingham Forest before, then to Newcastle, and tied with Brighton, which was in a kind of decline.
The hosts had a curious balance. They scored and conceded almost equally, one and a half goals per round. Still, recent failures have worsened the ratio, now it is negative: 1.47/1.63. And the guests have got the expected figures for an outsider: they score 1.16, conceding about 1 goal more per meeting on average – 2.21.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City: key statistics and trends
- Aston Villa has won 4 of 5 matches.
- 68% of Aston Villa games have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per game is 3.11.
- Leicester City has lost 4 times in a row.
- 74% of Leicester City matches have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per meeting is 3.37.
Aston Villa vs Leicester City: possible starting line-ups
Aston Villa (possible line-up): Martinez – Digne, Pau Torres, Konsa, Cash – Onana, Kamara, Rogers, Tielemans, McGinn – Watkins.
Leicester City (possible line-up): Ward – Kristiansen, Vestergaard, Coady, Justin – Soumare, Skipp, Mavididi, El Khannouss, Ayew – Vardy.
Previous head-to-head matches: Aston Villa vs Leicester City
“The Villans” won 3 times in 5 previous matches, and only 1 game brought a defeat.
Free prediction for the match Aston Villa vs Leicester City
The hosts are frankly lucky with the opponent – this is what is needed to get out of the crisis. We bet on the victory of the hosts with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.88).