Aston Villa vs Luton preview (21h00 on 29 October): Destroy the visitors
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Aston Villa vs Luton: Hardly a surprise
Many predict the duel between Aston Villa and West Ham in the 9th round of the Premier League to be a balanced match, as both teams have made a good start to this season, and both hope to compete for European Cup tickets next season. However, the Villa Park team showed complete superiority over the London team. Unai Emery’s side scored four goals against the representatives of London, and won 4–1 on aggregate.
After the victory over West Ham, Aston Villa continued to show their strength in European competition by beating AZ Alkmaar 4-1. This victory opened the door for England to qualify for the group stage. After the victory over the Dutch team, the Villa Park team returned home to take on Luton in the 10th round of the Premier League. The Aston Villa vs Luton verdict is firmly in favour of the home team, played at Villa Park and Unai Emery are determined to get the full 3 points.
Aston Villa are currently ranked 5th in the table, only 1 point behind 4th place Liverpool. Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher believes Aston Villa can repeat Newcastle’s feat last season by finishing in the Premier League Top 4. He said: «The top teams are clubs that can do well both defensively and attacking, you see that at Man City or Liverpool in the last few years. But the fact that Aston Villa did it was brilliant. And you go back to last season and think about what Newcastle did to you.
Aston Villa are in extremely high form at home. In the last 4 matches at Villa Park, they scored 17 goals. Unai Emery’s side are currently on a streak of 11 consecutive home wins in the Premier League. Aston Villa’s victories have been extremely convincing, especially against strong opponents like Brighton and West Ham. Luton are just a rookie and are not playing well, it is almost impossible for them to resist the power of Aston Villa at home.
On the other side of the line, Rob Edwards’ side have started the season poorly. However, in recent games Luton have played a lot better. In their last match, they let Nottingham Forest lead 2-0, but somehow this season’s Premier League rookie managed to get two equalizers in the final minutes and hold off their opponents at 2-2.
Analysis of the scoring record of 2 teams
According to statistics, all the last 5 points that Luton won in the Premier League this season have come in the last 5 rounds. In addition to one point against Nottingham Forest, they drew with Wolves 1–1 and won 2–1 against Everton. Luton are currently 17th in the table, but only 1 point ahead of Burnley, who are 18th. It is clear that this team’s journey to relegation for the rest of the season is still very difficult.
Luton are currently unbeaten in 2 consecutive away games against Nottingham Forest and Everton. It came as a surprise that the recent head-to-head results between the two teams were in favor of the visitors. Accordingly, in the past 3 confrontations, Luton only had to receive 1 defeat and up to 2 wins.
In terms of the playing squad, coach Emery will choose the best squad against Luton. Ezri Konsa and Pau Torres, after being rested in midweek, will return to the starting lineup. Moussa Diaby will also return to action, Leon Bailey has scored in 2 consecutive games and can take the starting spot from Nicolo Zaniolo. Ollie Watkins has 5 goals and 3 assists in his last 4 Premier League appearances, the striker remains the No. 1 hope in the home team’s attack.
On the other side of the line, Edwards used a 4-back scheme against Nottingham Forest, but he could switch to a 3-back scheme for the match against Aston Villa. Issa Kabore will return at right-back — and Alfie Doughty will play on the opposite wing. Tahith Chong may be absent due to not being in the best shape. Coach Edwards is also likely to be without the services of Amari’i Bell due to injury.
Rookie Luton after a poor start have been playing better recently, they are also out of the danger group. However, as visitors at Villa Park they are still much underrated than the home team. Aston Villa are performing extremely impressively this season and continuously bring back crunch victories. They beat West Ham and AZ Alkmaar both 4-1 in their last 2 matches. Aston Villa won 4 and drew only 1 time out of the past 5 matches in all competitions, not only that, but they also won 11 consecutive matches at home in the Premier League. It is clear that Luton’s chances of picking up points at Villa Park are not high.
This match is also expected to have at least 3 goals. 2/3 of the last confrontation between Aston Villa and Luton has at least 3 goals / game. 15/18 of Aston Villa’s recent matches and three-quarters of Luton’s last matches have at least 3 goals per game.
