Hull City vs Aston Villa preview

Hull City V Aston Villa Tuesday 20:00

Both Hull City and Aston Villa will be looking to put a disappointing weekend behind them and will see this as the perfect opportunity to make amends for their slip ups. Hull City were thumped by an inconsistent Manchester City side while Aston Villa could only manage a draw against Arsenal despite enjoying the vast majority of the possession and chances. This will be the first time these two have met in the Premiership so both will be eager to ensure they leave this rare tie the happier party.

Phil Brown took his team talk to the pitch on Friday when his side went in at half time 4-0 down against a Man City side that are hardly on fire right now. That on pitch slagging match did evidently do very little to alter the final outcome of the game as Hull eventually succumbed to an embarrassing 5-1 defeat in Manchester. Although, that isn’t their worst result this season. They were given a spanking at home by Wigan earlier on in the season losing 5-0 at the KC stadium. They went on to win their following fixture so Phil Brown obviously gave his team a stern after match team talk and it appeared to work. Whether he can work his charm this Tuesday is another matter. They were extremely poor against City and it is hard to envisage another abysmal performance  considering their season so far. They are still seen as the Premiership’s surprise package and are capable of causing a surprise. However, they have now gone two games without a win and those were both heavy defeats with the other being a 4-1 away defeat in Sunderland. They have conceded nine goals in just two games and that has to be a big mental blow for the Hull players. We expect Aston Villa to add to their festive woes on Tuesday.

Martin O’Neill wasn’t happy with the 2-2 draw with Arsenal and it was hardly surprising. They completely out played their rivals and the 2-2 scoreline failed to reflect the amount of quality chances Villa created. They only have themselves to blame and they will in fact consider themselves lucky to have claimed a point. They had to leave it late with a Zat Knight strike in the 89th minute sharing the spoils. Villa have been very impressive on the road in recent matches and have won their previous three away fixtures including a win at The Emirates over Arsenal. They don’t go away and sit on the back foot. They try and attack at every opportunity throwing vast numbers forward when they can. This shows in their results and amount of goals they have scored away from home. 16 so far and that tally should increase after this fixture. Villa should have no fresh injury worries with Gabriel Agbonlahor expected to be the main danger man up front with Ashley Young being the creator. There is goals for Villa here although, their finishing will need to be a lot more clinical if they are to go one better then their previous league result.

Match odds –
Hull City 16/5 Bet365  
Draw 13/5 Bet365  
Aston Villa 11/10 ToteSport

Prediction – Aston Villa