Leicester City vs Aston Villa – Predictions and Free Bets

Published: April 4, 2023
Author: Joe Kizlauskas
Last Updated: April 4, 2023

The spotlight is on both Leicester City and Aston Villa, as the Premier League rivals go looking to boost their points tally. They face each other this coming Tuesday in the at King Power Stadium.

Leicester City vs Aston Villa Stats

  • Leicester have scored in 19 of the last 21 matches
  • In 8 of the last 10 matches Leicester played, both teams scored
  • Leicester have conceded in 14 of the last 16 matches
  • Leicester have lost 5 of the last 6 matches
  • Leicester have scored in 8 of the last 9 home matches
  • Aston Villa have scored in 16 of the last 18 matches
  • In 7 of the last 9 matches Aston Villa played, both teams scored
  • Aston Villa have scored in 13 of the last 15 away matches
  • Aston Villa have conceded in the last 9 matches in a row
  • In 5 of the last 6 away matches Aston Villa played, both teams scored

Leicester City vs Aston Villa Squad lists

Leicester City Squad

The 43-year-old manager of Leicester City, Adam Sadler, will select the lineup against Aston Villa from the players listed below:

  • Ward, Castagne, Barnes, Dewsbury-Hall, Faes, Maddison, Tielemans, Amartey, Justin, Ndidi, Soumare, Daka, Vardy, Evans, Souttar, Thomas, Iheanacho, Tete, Mendy, Kristiansen, Praet, Pereira, Iversen, Soyuncu, Smithies, Vestergaard, Bertrand.

Aston Villa Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Aston Villa players that the manager Unai Emery will choose from for the upcoming game:

  • Ezri Konsa, Emiliano Martinez, Ollie Watkins, Tyrone Mings, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Leon Bailey, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Emiliano Buendia, Matty Cash, Lucas Digne, Ashley Young, Philippe Coutinho, Alex Moreno, Leander Dendoncker, Robin Olsen, Calum Chambers, Diego Carlos, Jed Steer, Oliwier Zych, Viljami Sinisalo, Bertrand Traore, Jhon Duran.

Leicester City vs Aston Villa Lineups

Leicester City vs Aston Villa Preview

A solitary draw point prevents Leicester City from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 1-3 defeat against Chelsea, before drawing 1-1 with Brentford. They came up empty-handed once again when Crystal Palace ran out as 2-1 winners. Leicester City have their target set on sneaking inside the top six of the Premier League this season, and they have the qualities to at least a finish inside the top third. Leicester City only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at King Power Stadium in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded 11 goals. Leicester City are one of the worst home teams in the Premier League with a dismal 12 points and just three wins. They scored 16 at King Power Stadium while conceding 17 as well.

In their last three matches, Aston Villa drew 1-1 with West Ham, beat Bournemouth by 3-0 and beat Chelsea by 0-2. Aston Villa have their target set on sneaking inside the top six of the Premier League this season, and they have the qualities to at least a finish inside the top third. Aston Villa came through their last six away games in the Premier League with four wins. Of those six matches, they drew once and lost once in which, they scored nine and conceded four.

Leicester City vs Aston Villa H2H

Leicester ended up winning 2-4 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at King Power Stadium. Leicester City tend to have the upper hand against Aston Villa, grabbing all three points six times in ten matches. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 2.50.

Current Premier League standings

Leicester City rank 19 with 25 points to their name from 28 matches, while visitors Aston Villa rank nine in the table on 41 points.

Full Time Betting

Leicester City won two of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing six as well. Aston Villa won six from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost three in this run. Leicester City have not exactly been great at shutting out their visitors at King Power Stadium. In their previous 10 lmatches at home, they claimed just one wins, while also holding on to a clean sheet.

Both Teams to Score

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Leicester City played against Aston Villa. It finished 2-4 in a great match between the pair. Both teams scored six times in the previous ten matches between home side Leicester City and Aston Villa. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 1.67. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Leicester City and Aston Villa. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 1.91 with bookies.

Over/Under Tips

In the past ten encounters between Leicester City and Aston Villa over 2.5 goals came out six times, with Leicester City scoring an average of two goals per game. Aston Villa averaged one goal, while both teams scored six times. Leicester City scored an average of 1.3 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Aston Villa’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.7 goals in these matches.

About Joe Kizlauskas

Joe is a seasoned iGaming copywriter and speaker who has been in the business since 2015. He's written more words on all elements of iGaming than he likes to remember, and he's contributed material to a number of well-known brands. Joe may be seen playing 5 a side, at the gym or playing games on his Playstation when he is not writing.