Aston Villa vs Lille preview: Best free betting tips, odds and predictions
ASTON VILLA and Lille clash in the Europa Conference League.
SunSport betting experts have previewed the contest, and carefully selected our best bets, tips and exclusive sign-up bonuses for Thursday’s quarter-final knockout encounter.
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Aston Villa vs Lille preview
It’s 5th in the Premier League vs 5th in Ligue 1 as Aston Villa and Lille clash in the first leg of their Europa Conference League quarter-final encounter at Villa Park on Thursday.
And it appears this contest will be as close as their league positions suggest.
The Villans are actually 7/4 favourites to win the entire competition outright and add to Unai Emery’s stacked cabinet of European silverware.
However, they enter the clash having underwhelmed against Brentford over the weekend. Villa squandered a two-goal lead when conceding three goals in nine second-half minutes before eventually securing a point.
The result leaves Emery’s side with just two wins in their last six in all competitions, and one of those came against a woeful Ajax.
As for the French visitors, they’ve hit a good spell having won four of their last eight – including a big 3-1 victory over Marseille last time out.
Aston Villa vs Lille odds
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Aston Villa vs Lille betting tips
Scorer
It’s quite difficult to look past Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins to bolster his tally against Lille on Thursday.
The 28-year-old is enjoying a terrific campaign having scored 24 goals and provided 10 assists in 43 appearances in all competitions.
The England star bagged a brace against Brentford over the weekend, and has struck three in six Europa Conference League matches this season.
Lille may have only conceded one less than PSG in Ligue 1 this season, but are without a clean sheet in any of their last five.
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Low scoring
The pair have looked pretty free-scoring in recent months, but it’s unlikely to be the case this week – especially with the away goals rule abolished.
Lille boast the best home record in Ligue 1 with 33 points taken from a possible 42, which is four better off than heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain.
They have taken just 16 points on the road and conceded 17 goals in those 14 matches – suggesting they’ll look to bunker down and take this one back to France for the second leg.
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On target
Aston Villa’s Nicolo Zaniolo has made his minutes count in recent weeks.
The midfielder, 24, has played a combined 172 Premier League minutes over the last four matches and in that time he’s fired off five efforts at goal at an average of a shot every 34 minutes.
Of those five shots, three have been on target – a record matches only by Ollie Watkins, who’s played 315 minutes.
Zaniolo has had 12 efforts on goal in the Europa Conference League and seven on target – Villa’s third highest in the competition behind Jhon Duran and Leon Bailey.
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