Aston Villa v Wolves Betting Preview – Championship 10th March 5.30pm
This should be a great clash between two sides who are in the promotion picture this season. Aston Villa are still playing catch up to the top two though but if they could take down the league leaders at Villa Park it would be a great bonus haul of points for them. Wolves eased some pressure off themselves after snapping a three-match winless streak with a midweek win out at Leeds.
Aston Villa News and Form
Aston Villa are trickling along on a three-match unbeaten streak of league form, taking back to back wins in their last two. They are really running strongly in their promotion push at the moment with a W9 D1 L1 record in their last eleven games. So they have been running hot and are nine matches without defeat at home in the league, so they are likely going to put up a stern fight in this one against Wolves. The Villains have gone W4 D1 in their last five at Villa Park, scoring at least two goals in each of those wins in that sequence. Aston Villa have averaged 1.8 goals per game at home this season, however under 2.5 goals at William Hill is at 4/6* (betting odds taken on March 8th, 2018 at 5:35 p.m.) for the fixture because this will probably be a tight battle between two very good sides. Both teams to score has to be a decent option to look at here too as Villa are on a six-match scoring streak at home. Lewis Grabban is the form striker at the moment for the Villains as he has scored in each of his last three and he is at 5/2* (betting odds taken on March 8th, 2018 at 5:35 p.m.) in the anytime goalscorer market and worth a look.
Wolves News and Form
Wolves snapped a three-match winless streak of form in the league as they took a good 3-0 win out at Leeds in midweek. Wolves have a strong W11 D4 L3 record away from home this season in the Championship this season and just need to get to the finish line pretty much at the moment. They hold a six-point advantage over Cardiff at the top of the table heading into the weekend with nine matches left to play. Just twice this season have they been trailing at half time on their travels, while they have averaged 1.5 goals per game on the road. Impressively they have only conceded the 13 goals in their 18 away games so far and just 39% of their away games have gone over 2.5 goals. 62% of their goals conceded away from Molineux this season have happened after the half time break in matches. Wolves do boast the best away record in the league by some distance and they should be strong enough to at least avoid defeat in this one. Diogo Jota and Leo Bonatini are the joint top scorers for them this season with twelve goals each and Jota, with five is their top scorer on the road. In the William Hill correct score market, the 1-1 draw is the shortest-priced option at 5/1, followed by a 1-0 win for Wolves at 11/2* (betting odds taken on March 8th, 2018 at 5:35 p.m.).
Aston Villa v Wolves Head to Head
The meeting earlier in the season between them yielded a 2-0 win for Wolves and that makes it back to back league wins for them over the Villains, going unbeaten in three against them. Wolves have lost just one of their last six league games against Aston Villa now W3 D2 L1. At Villa Park Wolves are unbeaten in their last four visits (W1 D3).
Aston Villa v Wolves Betting Odds*
Wolves 7/5, Aston Villa 21/10, Draw 21/10* (Betting Odds taken at 01:53 a.m. on March 8th, 2018)
Aston Villa v Wolves Predictions
Wolves should be up for the challenge and can earn a point in this one. They have a pretty solid track record from recent visits to Villa Park and there’s no reason why, after their morale-boosting midweek win, that they can’t get a point.
