Wolverhampton Wanderers FC vs Aston Villa FC, Premier League 2020-2021, Today Match Prediction

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC vs Aston Villa FC Match Prediction & Analysis

Aston Villa have had some bad luck of late.

On the one hand, they might be pleased to have had almost two weeks to rest and recover after their previous fixture, due to their match against Newcastle being postponed due to Coronavirus.

On the other, they’ll be disappointed at not having a chance to rediscover some kind of winning form, having lost four of their last five matches in the league.

Having sat in a lofty 2nd position after four matches, their poor form has seen them slip to 12th, though they do have two matches in hand on most of the league’s other clubs.

Wolves are in slightly better form, though have only won two of their last five and suffered a heavy defeat last time out to champions Liverpool after many predicted a closer match entirely.

Nevertheless, both teams will be out for revenge and could make for an interesting fixture.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Preview

Form Guide (all comps): WLDWL

Reasons to be cheerful:

     Looked to be building form before Liverpool loss

     Defence has been solid in general

Reasons to be fearful:

     Unsure of how they’ll cope without Jimenez

     Face a number of tough fixtures in December

Wolves had appeared to be on the up before suffering a heavy loss to Liverpool last weekend, as well as their best player Raul Jimenez the week before to a potentially long-term head injury.

Although it’s never a good time to lose your star striker, December looks a particularly tough month for Wolves as they face a number of top teams including Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United before the end of year.

It remains to be seen just how manager Nuno goes about replacing Jimenez in the short team considering how heavily they relied on the Mexican for goals since he joined in 2018. In fact, last weekend was the first match in 84 which he had missed.

They have a solid defence to rely upon – up until last weekend, only Tottenham had conceded fewer goals.

Star Man – Neto

Will need to come up with more goal contributions now Jimenez is out indefinitely

Aston Villa FC Preview

Form Guide (all comps): LLWLL

Reasons to be cheerful

     Two games in hand could take them into top four

     An extra week of recovery should make them fresh

Reasons to be fearful 

     One win in five is a big slip in form

     Wolves don’t concede many goals

It’s becoming increasing apparent that Aston Villa’s fantastic start to the season, which took them as high as 2nd, was never going to last.

In that time, they have suffered four defeats from their next five fixtures, seeing their league position slip to 12th, although those two games in hand could see their star rise once again.

Like Wolves, they rely on Ollie Watkins as a central focal point up front, but unlike their opponents, other players such as Grealish have been regularly chipping in with goals and assists.

Even though they have lost games recently, they’ve managed to score in all of them and haven’t lost by more than a single goal margin showing that they are pushing teams right to the end.

This could give them the edge this weekend.

Star Man – Jack Grealish

Has 11 goal contributions this season already and scored in their last match against West Ham