Leeds United vs Aston Villa betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 28.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (40204 seats)

The managers M. Bielsa and D. Smith are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Leeds United form and stats

Leeds United are steadily winning games and points here at Elland Road. 14 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats is the summary from 22 games.

The fans are hoping that Leeds United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Championship game against Brentford. Preceding that match was a defeat to Wigan Athletic (1-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leeds United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Leeds United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Elland Road with 37 goals in 22 matches. Leeds United have only conceded 20 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Aston Villa form and stats

9 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Aston Villa playing as the away team this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Aston Villa as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games. Aston Villa has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Stoke City.

The supporters enjoyed Aston Villa's previous game versus Millwall, a Championship 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Aston Villa won their away game at Bolton Wanderers. The scoreline was 2-0.

Aston Villa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of six matches.

Aston Villa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 31 away goals from 22 games. 24 goals have been conceded by Aston Villa in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Aston Villa - Leeds United 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Leeds United 2 wins, 2 draws and Aston Villa 1 victory.

Top Goalscorers

T. Abraham
25 goals / 4 assists
K. Roofe
14 goals / 1 assists
Pablo Hernández
12 goals / 11 assists

Leeds United missing players

Aston Villa missing players

Leeds United Aston Villa
Total Home Statistic Away Total
44 22 Played 22 44
70 37 Scored 31 80
46 20 Conceded 24 58
98% 95% Over 0.5 95% 98%
77% 82% Over 1.5 77% 84%
50% 50% Over 2.5 50% 61%
23% 23% Over 3.5 23% 36%
14% 9% Over 4.5 5% 16%
52% 50% Both teams to score 59% 64%
36% 41% Clean Sheet 27% 27%
14% 14% Failed To Score 18% 11%
 
6.5 6.5 Corners For (avg) 5.5 6
3.8 3.1 Corners Against (avg) 5.6 5
1.9 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 1.8
4 2 Red Cards (total) 1 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 44 25 13 6 89 55 22 14 4 4 49 33 22 11 9 2 40 22 34 88
2 Sheffield United 44 25 10 9 74 39 22 14 4 4 40 17 22 11 6 5 34 22 35 85
3 Leeds United 44 25 7 12 70 46 22 14 3 5 37 20 22 11 4 7 33 26 24 82
4 West Bromwich Albion 44 22 11 11 84 58 22 11 7 4 51 30 22 11 4 7 33 28 26 77
5 Aston Villa 44 20 15 9 80 58 22 11 8 3 49 34 22 9 7 6 31 24 22 75
6 Derby County 43 18 13 12 63 52 22 12 7 3 37 19 21 6 6 9 26 33 11 67
7 Middlesbrough 44 18 13 13 45 39 22 9 6 7 21 16 22 9 7 6 24 23 6 67
8 Bristol City 43 18 12 13 56 49 22 8 8 6 28 24 21 10 4 7 28 25 7 66
9 Sheffield Wednesday 44 16 15 13 56 57 22 10 8 4 33 25 22 6 7 9 23 32 -1 63
10 Swansea City 43 18 8 17 60 57 21 12 4 5 39 25 22 6 4 12 21 32 3 62
11 Nottingham Forest 44 15 15 14 59 54 22 12 4 6 33 21 22 3 11 8 26 33 5 60
12 Preston North End 44 16 12 16 64 61 22 8 9 5 38 27 22 8 3 11 26 34 3 60
13 Hull City 44 17 9 18 63 65 22 11 5 6 36 23 22 6 4 12 27 42 -2 60
14 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 11 17 61 65 22 10 6 6 30 19 22 6 5 11 31 46 -4 59
15 Brentford 44 15 13 16 69 59 22 13 4 5 47 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 10 58
16 Stoke City 44 11 20 13 43 50 22 8 8 6 24 22 22 3 12 7 19 28 -7 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 17 13 63 57 22 7 10 5 30 23 22 7 7 8 33 34 6 50
18 Wigan Athletic 44 12 12 20 49 63 22 10 8 4 28 20 22 2 4 16 21 43 -14 48
19 Queens Park Rangers 44 13 9 22 51 69 22 9 3 10 33 30 22 4 6 12 18 39 -18 48
20 Reading 44 10 16 18 48 64 22 8 5 9 29 31 22 2 11 9 19 33 -16 46
21 Millwall 43 10 13 20 47 61 21 7 8 6 25 25 22 3 5 14 22 36 -14 43
22 Rotherham United 44 8 16 20 50 79 22 7 8 7 31 36 22 1 8 13 19 43 -29 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 44 8 8 28 29 76 22 4 4 14 13 34 22 4 4 14 16 42 -47 32
24 Ipswich Town 44 4 16 24 33 73 22 2 11 9 19 29 22 2 5 15 14 44 -40 28

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