Aston Villa take on the visitors Leicester in the round 22 match of English Premier League. The match will be played on Saturday, February 4th at Villa Park (Birmingham).
Aston Villa this season made a non-standard decision. They dismissed Steven Gerrard not because there were frankly disastrous results - on the contrary, it was the Englishman who, having come a year earlier, more or less adjusted the game of his wards. But at the same time, there was no a breakthrough either. Once the results worsened a little in the fall, Unai Emery was called to Birmingham. From a pragmatic point of view, this controversial move pays off. The Spaniard began to immediately give a result, which is the debut in the form of 3-1 with Manchester United. Yes, and with him there were failures, which is worth 1-2 at home with the little-known “Stevenage” – but this is in the FA cup. At the same time, in the Premier League with a new manager, the team rarely loses points - with Liverpool (1-2) and Wolves (1-1). The rest of the meetings in the Premier League, (against Brighton, Leeds, Southampton and even Tottenham) they managed to win. As a result, the distance to the European Cup zone is only 1 victory!
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Leicester already last season began to lose ground. Prior to that, under the leadership of Brendan Rodgers, there was a real competition for 4th place (though not bringing success in the end), participation in European competitions and winning trophies, a cup and a Super Cup. But last spring, the ambitious team finished only in 8th place, that is, outside the European Cup zone. In the new cycle, instead of progress and winning positions, which counted on the “King Power”, the team played often poorly and frankly unstable. It seems that the manager from Northern Ireland coped with a disastrous start, and in October-November the statistics were more than decent. But in winter, successes were only in the cup format - last weekend there was another opponent, however, it was only a modest Walsall. In the Premier League, at first there were 4 defeats in a row, not only to Newcastle and Liverpool, but also to Fulham and Nottingham Forest. And only with the “Brighton” on January 21 they gave out a draw, 2-2 – the Seagulls bounced back in the 88th minute.
Last season, Aston Villa were able to take 4 points in a couple of matches against Leicester. With the current mentor, the Villans have gained excellent momentum and clearly do not want to stop. Moreover, the Foxes are frankly not impressive in the winter segment of the season. We recommend betting that in this fight, Unai Emery's wards will be able to take another victory.
Prediction for the match: Aston Villa to win.
