In this week 22 match, on Sat Feb 4th, Aston Villa plays host to Leicester City in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Aston Villa recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Southampton. Ollie Watkins struck first for Aston Villa in the 77th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Southampton couldn’t muster any offence and Aston Villa ran away with the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Aston Villa should be reasonably happy with their performance, while leicester City sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Walsall. Kelechi Iheanacho struck first for Leicester City in the 68th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Walsall was frustrated by Leicester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Leicester City ended the match with the shutout victory. Leicester City is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Aston Villa and Leicester City last played eachother at the Villa Park on the 28th of January. Aston Villa was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 39000 fans. Matt Targett scored the first goal for Aston Villa in the 12th minute, but Kelechi Iheanacho got the equalizer for Leicester City in the 72nd minute.
Leicester City’s top weapon lately has been Kelechi Iheanacho, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Emiliano Buendía has been the most prolific scorer on Aston Villa in the last 5 matches with two goals
John McGinn, Jed Steer, Diego Carlos and Ollie Watkins are unavailable to play for Aston Villa, while Ryan Bertrand, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans and James Justin are unavailable to play for Brendan Rodgers’s team.