On Sunday Dec 5th, in week 15, Aston Villa and Leicester City will play a match in Birmingham in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 13th placed Aston Villa is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Manchester City. Rúben Dias struck first for Manchester City in the 27th minute, then Bernardo Silva added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Gabriel Jesus. Aston Villa is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while leicester City sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Southampton. Jan Bednarek struck first for Southampton in the 3rd minute, but Jonny Evans got the equalizer for Leicester City in the 22nd minute . Leicester City is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Jan 28th, Aston Villa hosted Leicester City in their last match together. Aston Villa won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 39000 excited fans. Matt Targett struck first for Aston Villa in the 12th minute, then Kelechi Iheanacho tied it up for Leicester City in the 72nd minute on a feed from Harvey Barnes.
Leicester City’s top weapon lately has been James Maddison, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Ollie Watkins has been the most effective weapon for Aston Villa lately. The English attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches
Tyrone Mings, Trezeguet, Douglas Luiz, Bertrand Traoré and Marvelous Nakamba are unavailable to play for Aston Villa, while Ricardo Pereira, Youri Tielemans, Wesley Fofana and James Justin are unavailable to play for Leicester City.