

Leicester City – Aston Villa
Football. England. Premier League. Matchday 3. Saturday, August 31 2024 at 14:00
The teams will be equally ambitious on the pitch, leading to a high scoring encounter
Last season was a triumphant season for Leicester City and fully rehabilitating for the failure of the year before last. It should be recalled that a few years after winning the title in England, the Foxes managed to drop into the Championship. However, almost the entire last year Leicester City spent at the top of the standings of the second division and quietly stepped into the Premier League. Here bookmakers have little faith in the prospects of Vardy and company, but so far the "foxes" do not make at least a pathetic impression. Aston Villa at the end of last season was competitive, and in the first half of the championship in general made them consider themselves one of the title contenders. As a result, the Villans took the coveted fourth place, giving the right to participate in the Champions League. Bookmakers have identified the guests as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.77 on their victory. Leicester City after promotion lost only Dewsberry Hall, who went to Chelsea to improve his skills. In terms of reinforcements, the team has added young and promising players led by Bilal El Hannous from Genk and Oliver Skipp from Tottenham. It was with a match against the last mentioned club that the Foxes opened the season in mid-August. In a very emotional encounter, Leicester made peace with Tottenham, with 37-year-old Vardy scoring the only goal for the Foxes. Leicester lost their second away game of the season to Fulham. Aston Villa in the off-season conducted a very serious work on the transfer market. Douglas Luis (Juventus), Moussa Diaby (Ittihad) and Cameron Archer (Southampton) left the club. Replenished the ranks of the Villans Onana and Matsen, for whom they paid more than a hundred million euros. Aston Villa started the new championship with a duel in London against West Ham. In general, an even match could have ended in a draw, but played a higher class of the guests, who won thanks to a goal by Duran. The second game "Villans" lost at home arena, but there is no need to be ashamed of it, as Arsenal came to Birmingham. Both personal meetings between the rivals in the season before last, when Leicester played in the Premier League, ended quite effectively. We bet that the upcoming match will not let down in terms of entertainment.
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