The first leg ended Hibernian-Aston Villa 0-5. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League Play-offs fixture!
Aston Villa have less rest than Hibernian in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Burnley.
Aston Villa form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Aston Villa at their home stadium (Villa Park) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Aston Villa are returning here after visiting Burnley and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Diaby and Cash (2) scored the goal(s). Midfielder Cash was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.83 (out of ten) in that game. Cash scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
Before that, a nice away victory at Hibernian. A Europa Conference League game.
There will be little rest for Aston Villa after this match as they are travelling to Liverpool for a Premier League game in only three days.
At Villa Park, Aston Villa has the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Hibernian form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Luzern and Inter Club d'Escaldes in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League.Total Europa Conference League statistics for Hibernian: 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Livingston with 2-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Boyle got a match rating of 7.44 in that game. Boyle scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
The game before was the Europa Conference League-battle against Aston Villa, a home defeat (0-5).
The schedule is very tough for Hibernian now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Aberdeen is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H match ended Hibernian - Aston Villa 0-5, played this season. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Watkins with 3 goals scored against Hibernian in these 1 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Cash 2 goals |  M. Diaby 2 goals |   A. Le Fondre 2 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
Hibernian missing players
| Aston Villa | Hibernian | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 50 | 24 | Scored | S | 18 | 45 | ||
| 22 | 5 | Conceded | C | 19 | 47 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 70% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 47% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 42% | ||
| 9.6 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | West Ham United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Manchester United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Brentford | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Fulham | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
| 20 | Everton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
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