On the 9th of February, in this week 24 match, Leeds United and Aston Villa will play a match in Birmingham in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Aston Villa is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Everton. Emiliano Buendía struck first for Aston Villa in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Everton couldn’t muster any offence and Aston Villa ran away with the shutout win. Aston Villa is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while leeds United sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Newcastle United. Jonjo Shelvey scored the first goal for Newcastle United in the 75th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Leeds United couldn’t manage to score, and Newcastle United took the shutout win. Leeds United is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Jack Harrison has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored four goals for Leeds United. Aston Villa hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Reece James and Danny Ings, and they each have 1 goal
Aston Villa will be without Marvelous Nakamba, while Junior Firpo, Patrick Bamford, Liam Cooper, Kalvin Phillips, Adam Forshaw and Jamie Shackleton are unavailable to play for Leeds United.