Luton vs Aston Villa prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-03-01 17:30.
[p]Luton Town boss Rob Edwards wants his players to focus on the things they can control amid the ever-changing situation at the bottom of the Premier League as other clubs have their financial affairs scrutinised. And after three consecutive top-flight losses, the most painful of those against fellow strugglers Sheffield United (L 3-1), they start the round four points from safety, albeit with a game in hand.[/p]
[p]After a chastening sequence of competitive defeats to Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City, the Hatters now host Aston Villa, having won just one of their last four home league fixtures (L3). Before playing four of their last five PL home games of the season against fellow strugglers though, they must focus on the present and a home H2H match-up that they’ve historically dominated (W13, D4, L2).[/p]
[p]That should put Villa on high alert as they look to seal a third consecutive win following last weekend’s 4-2 success over Nottingham Forest, which kept them fourth in the table. “We have very different ways to threaten,” manager Unai Emery said after that victory, so it was perhaps fitting that three of his players (Leon Bailey, Douglas Luiz and John McGinn) earned midfield spots in Flashscore’s most recent Premier League Team of the Week.[/p]
[p]The Villans have lost just one of their last seven league away fixtures (W4, D2), and only conceding once in the last three of those outings (W2, D1) suggests that they’re primed to improve on their poor record at Luton. However, one of their four PL defeats on their travels this term was against relegation-threatened Forest, so Emery’s men may be wary as they head to Kenilworth Road.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: After netting twice against Manchester City in midweek (L 6-2), all but two of Jordan Clark’s scoring appearances for Luton (W4, D2, L4) have come in games featuring more than 2.5 goals, while three of the last five goals Bailey has scored were between the 15th and 30th minutes.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: Villa are unbeaten across their last eight top-flight matches against promoted sides (W7, D1).[/p]