Aston Villa travel to luxerious Monaco, in the Champions League group phase on Tuesday. Aston Villa have had a terrific start to their UCL campaign, currently sat 5th. Monaco have also had a steady campaign, sat 16th. Monaco will actually go level on points with Aston Villa with a win here, leaving both with plenty to play for.
Both sides on show here have some fantastic attacking talent, which has been evident consistently across both sides’ campaigns. With a lot to play for, both these attacking sides look set up for a fantastic game.
Across the UCL and Ligue 1 this season, Monaco have scored in 20/24 games. When playing at home, the French side have scored in 10/12, scoring 2 or more on 8 occasions. Monaco have already scored 12 goals in their 6 UCL games, with their 3 home UCL games ending: 2-3 vs Benfica, 5-1 vs Belgrade and 2-1 vs Barcelona.
As for Aston Villa, Emery’s side have certainly improved over the last couple of months and go into this game on good form. Villa have lost just 2 of their last 11 games in all competitions, scoring in 10/11 of these and scoring 2 or more on 7 occasions. An evident trend in Aston Villa’s away games is their defence – they have conceded 13/15 away games this season. In fact, Villa have conceded 2 or more in 6 of their last 7 away games.
This game looks perfect for the neutral. It looks very well set up for goals and action and that’s the angle we are taking here.
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