Aston Villa host Leicester City at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon. The home side will be looking to pick up maximum points in this game to strengthen their push for a European spot. As for the away side, they finished 2024 with 4 straight defeats in the league.
Aston Villa have struggled for consistency this season. However, they are just 2 points off 6th place and have won 3 of their 4 previous home matches. At Villa park, Unai Emery’s side have scored 2 or more in 4/5 previous matches. In these 5 matches they have registered xG’s of 1.74, 1.41, 2.35, 2.25 and 3.18, highlighting their threat on home soil recently.
As for Leicester, they have struggled for points winning just 1/11 previous league matches. The Foxes have conceded 25 goals away from home this season, more than any other side in the league. Leicester have lost 6/9 away games In the league, conceding 14, 19, 8, 27 and 16 shots in their previous 5 games. Defensively they have had problems recently conceding 2 or more in 8/9 league games.
Aston Villa tend to accumulate plenty of corners at home with their style of play. They have won 82 corners in their 10 home games this season, averaging 8.2 per game. As for Leicester, they have conceded 7.56 corners on average away from home.
Aston Villa corners won this season (H): 12, 5, 14, 10, 10, 9, 6, 6, 6, 4,
TIP: Aston Villa To Win & Over 5.5 Team Corners @ 1.80
