Villains to steal maximum points!

24/02/2024
16:00 CET

Unai Emery’s Aston Villa face Nottingham Forest on Saturday with Villa looking to get back to winning ways on home soil against a Forest side who have the 4th worst away record in the Premier League.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s team have lost 7 of their 12 Premier League games away from The City Ground, have kept just 2 clean sheets (17%) and have conceded an average of 2 goals per game on the road.

In contrast, Villa have won 9 of their 12 Premier League home games (75%) and are joint 2nd highest scorers at home with 31 goals.

The graphic below shows Aston Villa’s home form ranks them as the 4th best in the Premier League this campaign.

In Ollie Watkins Villa have a match winner and the striker has scored 4 times in his last 4 games.

He might well be the difference in this one, with 13 goals and 10 assists in the Premier League this season so far making him the 4th highest goalscorer and joint highest for assists.

In addition, Villa have the 2nd best goals per game ratio at home (2.58) with only Liverpool averaging a better ratio.

The graphic below indicates how strong Aston Villa have been in front of goal at Villa Park so far this term.

888 Sport are offering 2.35 on a Villa win and Watkins to score anytime in the match.?

Given Emery’s team have scored in every single home game this term and have won 75% of their league games at Villa Park, it would be difficult to argue against them dispatching Forest with Watkins being on the score sheet too.