G.A. Eagles vs Aston Villa prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-10-22 16:45.
[p]Aston Villa travel to the Netherlands looking to maintain their winning start to their UEFA Europa League (UEL) campaign against Go Ahead Eagles. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After suffering a third defeat across their last five games at the weekend against PSV (W1, D1), Go Ahead Eagles will be looking to respond to soften the blow of their underwhelming Eredivisie start. There’s no better way to do that than securing back-to-back European victories after they came from a goal down to claim victory over Panathinaikos on the road on matchday two, but a return home to De Adelaarshorst may not be entirely welcomed as they’ve won just two of their last eight at home (D3, L3). That poor form has stemmed from their limited impact in front of goal, scoring just nine goals across that run. [/p]
[p]In-form Aston Villa looked to have really turned a corner, as they came from behind to win 2-1 on the road at Tottenham on Sunday to make it five successive wins across all competitions. Unai Emery’s side’s resurgence began with a matchday one victory over Bologna in the UEL (1-0), with that result followed by a win away at Feyenoord (2-0) to make it back-to-back clean sheet victories in Europe. Villa are now looking to win successive away major European matches for the first time since November 2008, and just the fourth time across club history.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Go Ahead Eagles have never faced an English side in European competition, though Villa are unbeaten in all six of their major European matches against Dutch teams (W5, D1).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Go Ahead Eagles have won just one of their eight major European matches (D2, L5).[/p]
[p]Seven of Go Ahead Eagles’ last eight goals have come after half-time.[/p]
[p]Villa have won 11 of their last 15 major European group stage/league phase matches (D2, L2).[/p]
[p]Only two sides have faced more shots than Villa in the UEL this season (36).[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Milan Smit continued his fine goalscoring form at the weekend, netting his sixth goal in as many games for Go Ahead Eagles, each coming after the 60th minute. Aston Villa’s Emi Buendia has netted three goals across his last four games, as many as in his prior 44 appearances for them combined. [/p]
[p]Go Ahead Eagles have no fresh injury concerns, though Villa will be without Youri Tielemans and Tyrone Mings again here.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With Villa winning each of their last five matches and with them having a much deeper squad at their disposal, an away win by multiple goals seems likely. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Nathan Evans[/i][/p]