Aston Villa – Leeds United | 23/10/2020

Aston Villa welcome Leeds United to Villa Park this weekend for the first Friday night game of the 2020-21 Premier League season, and the first top-flight showdown between the two clubs since February 2004. Villa are the only remaining team in the league with a 100% record, having made it four wins from four at Leicester City last time out, while Leeds have won two, drawn one and lost two on their return to the Premier League so far.

Aston Villa currently reign supreme as the only side with a 100% record in the Premier League (PL), winning their opening four top-flight matches for the first time since 1930/31 – a season in which they went on to finish second! Subsequently, they are now unbeaten in eight PL fixtures (W6, D2).

Defensive stability has been key for Villa across those eight matches, having secured five wins ‘to nil’. Furthermore, they scored the first goal in all eight – as they have done in two of the last three H2Hs. In fact just three of Villa’s last 11 PL matches have seen both teams score, and only three of their last 12 featured over 2.5 goals.

Leeds lost a tight match against Wolves last time out (1-0) but enter this clash in tenth place after going unbeaten in 60% of their PL games so far (W2, D1, L2). They may have been absent from the top flight for 16 years, but considering they’ve kept as much or more possession as their opponents in all five matches (57.2% average), you wouldn’t know it.

Away from home, Leeds were the Championship’s top scorers last term, with 1.61 goals scored on average per trip, and they’ve so far notched four from two PL away matches (W1, L1). In fact across tiers, they’ve scored an average of 2.2 goals in their last five away league games. However they kept a clean sheet in just four of their last eight road trips, winning 1-0 on three occasions.

 

Date: 23/10/2020
Time: 22:00
Venue: Villa Park (Birmingham)
Pick for this Match:
“1” -@ 2.22 ( bet9ja )

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