Football betting preview: Aston Villa with moderate expectations before welcoming Manchester United

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Thu 09.July
Match begins: 19:15 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

The visiting Manchester United side should be favourites in this visit to Aston Villa, as the away team holds a 28 point advantage from their 33 league games this season.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Liverpool.

Aston are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Manchester United are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Aston Villa form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Aston Villa, who have the most conceded goals (62) in Premier League, are 5-3-8 (wins-draw-losses). Aston are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Villa Park, having lost their two previous games here.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 187 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Elmohamady was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Aston in their previous match, an away game at Liverpool that ended in defeat 0-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers that was lost 0-1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Crystal Palace are coming to town in three days.

Aston are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Aston defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Manchester United form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Manchester United have produced an overall stat of 5-5-6 so far.

Manchester United had fun at their own home (Villa Park) last time out, beating AFC Bournemouth 5-2. Bruno Fernandes, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood (2) scored. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Brighton & Hove Albion.

As you can tell from the result, the match against AFC Bournemouth was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

After this away game Manchester United return home for a Premier League game against Southampton. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Manchester have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 19 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Manchester United have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Manchester United - Aston Villa 2-2 played earlier this season. Aston Villa-Manchester United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Aston Villa zero wins, Manchester United eight wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedA. Martial
A. Martial
15 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
15 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Greenwood
M. Greenwood
8 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Manchester United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Aston Villa Manchester United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
7 5 0 Won W 2 5 15
6 3 0 Drew D 0 5 10
20 8 5 Lost L 3 6 8
36 19 4 Scored S 6 19 56
62 27 15 Conceded C 6 19 33
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
85% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 88%
64% 62% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 25% 42%
30% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 24%
15% 19% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
61% 62% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 48%
15% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 30%
30% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 38% 24%
 
5.2 5.9 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7.4 5.8 5.5
6.7 5.4 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.8 5.1
1.9 1.8 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
404 221 46 Total Shots T S 68 201 478
132 63 9 Shots on Target S O 28 80 182
27% 30% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 24% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa has the most conceded goals (62)
  • Aston Villa has the most conceded goals in the second half (39)
  • Manchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Manchester United is in the best form (4-2-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 33 29 2 2 72 25 17 17 0 0 46 12 16 12 2 2 26 13 47 89
2 Manchester City 33 21 3 9 81 34 16 12 2 2 45 12 17 9 1 7 36 22 47 66
3 Leicester City 33 17 7 9 63 31 17 10 4 3 33 15 16 7 3 6 30 16 32 58
4 Chelsea 33 17 6 10 60 44 17 9 3 5 27 16 16 8 3 5 33 28 16 57
5 Manchester United 33 15 10 8 56 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 16 5 5 6 19 19 23 55
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 13 13 7 45 36 17 6 7 4 22 19 16 7 6 3 23 17 9 52
7 Arsenal 33 12 13 8 49 41 16 8 5 3 30 20 17 4 8 5 19 21 8 49
8 Sheffield United 33 12 12 9 34 33 16 8 3 5 20 14 17 4 9 4 14 19 1 48
9 Burnley 33 13 7 13 37 46 17 8 3 6 22 20 16 5 4 7 15 26 -9 46
10 Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 9 11 51 44 16 9 3 4 30 16 16 3 6 7 21 28 7 45
11 Everton 32 12 8 12 40 47 16 8 5 3 21 16 16 4 3 9 19 31 -7 44
12 Newcastle United 33 11 10 12 35 45 17 6 8 3 18 15 16 5 2 9 17 30 -10 43
13 Southampton 33 13 4 16 42 55 17 5 2 10 17 33 16 8 2 6 25 22 -13 43
14 Crystal Palace 33 11 9 13 28 40 16 6 4 6 12 14 17 5 5 7 16 26 -12 42
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 8 12 13 35 44 16 5 6 5 19 19 17 3 6 8 16 25 -9 36
16 West Ham United 33 8 7 18 40 58 16 5 3 8 26 30 17 3 4 10 14 28 -18 31
17 Watford 33 6 10 17 29 52 16 4 6 6 18 21 17 2 4 11 11 31 -23 28
18 Aston Villa 33 7 6 20 36 62 16 5 3 8 19 27 17 2 3 12 17 35 -26 27
19 AFC Bournemouth 33 7 6 20 32 59 16 4 5 7 18 27 17 3 1 13 14 32 -27 27
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 25 61 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 1 3 12 6 30 -36 21

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 33 29 2 2 72 25 17 17 0 0 46 12 16 12 2 2 26 13 47 89
2 Manchester City 33 21 3 9 81 34 16 12 2 2 45 12 17 9 1 7 36 22 47 66
3 Leicester City 33 17 7 9 63 31 17 10 4 3 33 15 16 7 3 6 30 16 32 58
4 Chelsea 33 17 6 10 60 44 17 9 3 5 27 16 16 8 3 5 33 28 16 57
5 Manchester United 33 15 10 8 56 33 17 10 5 2 37 14 16 5 5 6 19 19 23 55
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 13 13 7 45 36 17 6 7 4 22 19 16 7 6 3 23 17 9 52
7 Arsenal 33 12 13 8 49 41 16 8 5 3 30 20 17 4 8 5 19 21 8 49
8 Sheffield United 33 12 12 9 34 33 16 8 3 5 20 14 17 4 9 4 14 19 1 48
9 Burnley 33 13 7 13 37 46 17 8 3 6 22 20 16 5 4 7 15 26 -9 46
10 Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 9 11 51 44 16 9 3 4 30 16 16 3 6 7 21 28 7 45
11 Everton 32 12 8 12 40 47 16 8 5 3 21 16 16 4 3 9 19 31 -7 44
12 Newcastle United 33 11 10 12 35 45 17 6 8 3 18 15 16 5 2 9 17 30 -10 43
13 Southampton 33 13 4 16 42 55 17 5 2 10 17 33 16 8 2 6 25 22 -13 43
14 Crystal Palace 33 11 9 13 28 40 16 6 4 6 12 14 17 5 5 7 16 26 -12 42
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 8 12 13 35 44 16 5 6 5 19 19 17 3 6 8 16 25 -9 36
16 West Ham United 33 8 7 18 40 58 16 5 3 8 26 30 17 3 4 10 14 28 -18 31
17 Watford 33 6 10 17 29 52 16 4 6 6 18 21 17 2 4 11 11 31 -23 28
18 Aston Villa 33 7 6 20 36 62 16 5 3 8 19 27 17 2 3 12 17 35 -26 27
19 AFC Bournemouth 33 7 6 20 32 59 16 4 5 7 18 27 17 3 1 13 14 32 -27 27
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 25 61 17 4 3 10 19 31 16 1 3 12 6 30 -36 21

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