Aston Villa vs Brighton
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 19 October 2019
Kick-off at 15:00 UK / 16:00 CET
Venue: Villa Park (Birmingham).
Team News
Besides Jota, Aston Villa manager Dean Smith will have a fully fit squad to choose from on Saturday.
Aaron Connolly could feature for Brighton after 19 years made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland if the last week, following on from his first Premier League start at less that two weeks ago.
Leandro Trossard has returned to training after a groin problem and could be involved this weekend, while Jose Izquierdo and Bernardo remains sidelined.
Aston Villa vs Brighton Betting Tips
In the last round of Premier League matches before the hiatus international football, Aston Villa resulted in one of the most remarkable performances and results of the season so far against Norwich City at Carrow Road.
In a battle between two of the three newly promoted clubs division, Villa blitzed their way to a 5-1 win, running up the score that are certain to have sent their confidence soared to a new level.
The victory also extended its unbeaten run Villa recently for three matches in all competitions, and men Dean Smith kicked that positive sequence with a 3-1 win against their opponents on Saturday, Brighton in Carabao Cup.
Villa struck five goals in Norwich attack further highlights the leading amount of quality in their squad. In ten competitive matches Villains have navigated since the summer, they have failed to score only twice, hitting the net on average 2.2 times per 90 minutes of action as a whole.
Keeping things tight at the other end continues to be a struggle, however, and ahead of their meeting at Brighton on Saturday, Villa have kept just two clean sheets in ten.
The Seagulls' 1-3 reverse to Aston Villa in Carabao Cup earlier this season will not cause too much of a ripple of attention ahead of the club this weekend's rematch. Albion XI fielded a completely changed and almost unrecognizable to the fixture, choosing to rest a number of first teamers ahead of the game is more important.
In the Premier League, Brighton has made progress in terms of their style of play, even though their results are generally not quite fit the improvement of their performance.
their highly impressive 3-0 win over Spurs on 5 October was their first victory in the Premier League since their opening day victory at Watford, and convincing nature of the victory provided further evidence that Graham Potter tactical plan will pay dividends this term.
Albion clean sheet against Tottenham secured only their second of the season so far however, and we do not expect Brighton to get a third in free-scoring Villa this weekend.
But while Aston Villa continue to achieve progress, they defended fall short of the desired standards. Villa conceded at least twice in two of the last three Premier League outings them, and in four of their eight league games overall this term, so there is reason to believe that both Villains and Brighton will admit again on Saturday.
We feel both teams will score a goal this weekend is the best way to approach the Villa clash with Brighton, although we think a draw is the most likely end result.
Both Aston Villa and Albion draw 50% of their four Premier League games respectively and supported by major confidence-building win before the international break, both teams will believe they can avoid defeat on Saturday. With that considered, the correct score predictions we settle to a 2-2 draw.
