Aston Villa F.C. welcome the visitors Swansea City A.F.C. in the English FA Cup – 1/32 Finals. The match will be held on Saturday, January 5th, at the Villa Park (Birmingham).
Aston Villa F.C. have again dropped points in their ordinary way – they scored first in their clash with Queens Park Rangers but then allowed twice. Thus, that clash turned 19th in this campaign wherein the hosts failed to keep a clean sheet, i.e. they played ‘to nil’ in only 7 rounds of 26. Moreover, the Birmingham team missed at least 2 goals per game in 13 encounters. On the Championship road, they allowed yet 40 goals, which does not provide for playoff spots.
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Fortunately, the ‘Villains’’ defense mistakes are compensated by their attacking play; within the Championship, for example, the hosting side shipped 49 goals, only West Bromwich Albion boast more. Also, the Villa are scoring in 11 successive rounds.
Swansea City A.F.C., who have dropped out of the English Premiere League, could not impose their game on the lower opponents in their fight for the elite division. The reasons are trite – the ‘Swans’ regularly fail in defense and, therefore, lose points. Thus, in the last 9 league rounds, they allowed at least 1 goal per game. That said, the team failed to keep their goal locked even in the clashes with outsiders Reading and Wigan Athletic. At this, the guests struggled in the attack only in August and September – during the next 3 months, they made 25 goals in 15 games. In the previous 9 matches, the team found the net more than once as well.
In the last head-to-head, the sides made only 1 goal at halves, however, there were many opportunities fashioned in that clash. The stats prove that: Aston Villa and Swansea City have hit the woodwork 32 times in aggregate, swung in the corner 13 times, and featured 1 unconverted penalty. A similar scenario, but with goals, may be expected in the rivals’ tomorrow cup meeting. The teams still have chances to end the season sitting in the playoff zone and fight for the Premiere League in future, but they will not neglect the Football Association Challenge Cup either. Moreover, the Saturday opponents feature their next Championship rounds yet in 6 days, so, they will have enough time to restore their energy – neither Swansea, nor Villa will resort to a profound rotation. Given the Birmingham team’s latest effectiveness, and the good ‘Swans’’ attack in the meetings with Wigan and Reading, we will probably see a number of goals at the Villa Park tomorrow.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals.
