This sport will probably be Aston Villa’s first Saturday 3pm kick-off at house within the Premier League for 371 days.
They have been held to a 1-1 draw by 10 males again then and are in stuttering type forward of the go to of Leeds United, who they beat 2-1 in November’s reverse fixture thanks to 2 second-half objectives by Morgan Rogers.
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Ton up for Emery?
Third-placed Aston Villa have been in mid-table type over their previous eight league video games, with three wins, three defeats and 11 factors throughout that spell. They’ve solely scored 4 objectives of their six most up-to-date top-flight fixtures, most just lately taking advantage of a late personal aim to beat
That was adopted by final weekend’s FA Cup exit to – Villa’s third house defeat in 5 matches, as many losses as of their earlier 43 fixtures at Villa Park.
Key midfield accidents have inevitably affected performances, however the Villans are likely to discover a approach of engineering outcomes underneath Unai Emery. The Spaniard, who took over in 2022 with Villa solely a degree above the relegation zone, has a 56% win share – the very best of any everlasting supervisor within the membership’s historical past.
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Towards Leeds, he may turn out to be solely the fifth supervisor or de facto supervisor to achieve 100 wins with Villa, doing so within the fewest video games.
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Underneath Emery, Villa are unbeaten in all 18 league video games towards promoted sides, successful 14 and drawing 4.
Improved Leeds search elusive away win
Emery’s counterpart Daniel Farke has discovered an efficient gameplan for his Leeds aspect since a house defeat by Villa in November saved them within the relegation zone. The change to a again three halfway via the following sport, away to has offered the platform for sustained enchancment.
Leeds have solely misplaced two league matches for the reason that begin of December, a document solely bettered by the 2 Manchester golf equipment. The Whites have registered a league-high seven attracts over that 13-match interval, together with towards present top-six sides and (twice).
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“We’re on a great path however I’m a sensible particular person,” mentioned Farke. “We now have to win many extra factors and for that we’ll stick with a foot on the fuel.”
The following step for Fifteenth-placed Leeds is to win away. They’ve gone 10 top-flight video games with out doing so and their solely Premier League victory on the highway this season got here in September at backside aspect
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