Norwich vs Aston Villa Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 11/12/2021, 23:14  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 12/12/2021 at 00:14 in Premier League Predictions

Norwich City put in a good shift against Manchester United but suffered a 1-0 loss at the end of it and will be hoping for some reprieve when they host Aston Villa. Ahead of this game, Norwich are still bottom of the league standings, with 10 points while Villa are 12th with 19 points. In this game, Norwich manager Dean Smith will want to pull out his best tricks to beat his immediate former employer. Just six match days ago, he was in the Aston Villa dugout and will want to employ what he knows best to Villa’s detriment. A run of four winless matches, however, doesn’t put his team in a very strong position. They have also failed to score in three of the last four matches and managed just one clean sheet in the five. At home, they’ve also failed to score in three of the last five and overall in the league, they are the lowest scorers and poorest defensively.

Regarding these two sides’ runs since the change of managers, Aston Villa have been better. In the five matches since Steven Gerrard took charge, they have three wins and their only losses were against Manchester City and Liverpool – the leading two sides. Villa had a good account against Liverpool in their last game, only falling to a Mo Salah penalty and will be the more confident going to this game. With view of the recent managerial changes, this promises to be an exciting game. Villa have failed to score in just one of their last five matches – against Liverpool, and they’ve scored twice in three of the five games. One key area Steven Gerrard will be concerned with, his team hasn’t managed a clean sheet in the last four matches, at one point conceding twice – in the 2-1 loss to Manchester City.