Europa Conference League betting and spectator preview: Aston Villa and Zrinjski meet at Villa Park to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It's quite the trip for Zrinjski when visiting Villa as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Zrinjski could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier Liga game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Igman Konjic, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Zrinjski.
Aston Villa form and stats
Perfect Premier League season at home so far for Aston Villa 3 wins from 3 appearances.
The Aston Villa fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Brighton & Hove Albion and win 6-1. As mentioned above, Villa "killed" Brighton & Hove Albion in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Watkins was absolutely essential when Aston Villa beat Brighton & Hove Albion 6-1, scoring three goals. Watkins, a striker, was the champion performer for the side in that match, and was presented with a rating of 10.0 (out of 10). Watkins scored three goals, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that result, a home defeat in the Carabao Cup against Everton.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Aston Villa as they are travelling to their away game against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Villa is on fire here. A stunning 13 from 3 league matches. Aston Villa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Villa Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Zrinjski form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Premier Liga away games so far for Zrinjski with six points collected from three matches.
It's the second away game in a row for Zrinjski, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Igman Konjic last time out.
Prior to that result Zrinjski won their away game at Sloga in the Premier Liga. The scoreline was 4-2.After this away game Zrinjski return home for a Premier Liga game against Sloga Doboj. That game is only four sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Zrinjski has managed {6 goals} and let in 3 from 3 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Bilbija 6 goals |   O. Watkins 4 goals |  D. Soares de Paulo 3 goals |
Aston Villa missing players
Zrinjski missing players
| Aston Villa | Zrinjski | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 53 | 31 | Scored | S | 17 | 48 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 91% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 11 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 44% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zrinjski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | AZ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 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 | Manchester City | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 12 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Manchester United | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Fulham | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 14 | Brentford | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Everton | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Luton Town | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 | Burnley | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -10 | 4 |
| 19 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 3 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -14 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borac Banja Luka | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Sarajevo | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Siroki Brijeg | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Zrinjski | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Velez | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | Posusje | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Zeljeznicar | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Sloga Doboj | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -7 | 12 |
| 9 | GOSK Gabela | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Igman Konjic | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 9 |
| 11 | Sloga | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Zvijezda '09 Brgule | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 3 |
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