Aston Villa vs Legia Warsaw Prediction, Betting Tips & Preview

Aston Villa vs Legia Warsaw Betting Tips

Aston Villa vs Legia Warsaw Prediction

Aston Villa completed a second-half comeback to pick up a very important 2-1 home win over AZ Alkmaar in the previous round of UEFA Europa League.

The Lions have thus all but secured their place in the knockout stage of the competition, currently sitting level on points with joint-leaders Legia Warsaw and six points above the likes of AZ Alkmaar and Zrinjski Mostar.

Unai Emery’s men will be looking to mathematically secure a place in the knockout round and a potentially first place in the section on Thursday evening when they host Legia in Matchday No 5 at Villa Park.

Legia are the only team to have managed to beat Aston Villa in this group and the Lions will no doubts be extra motivated to get revenge for the inaugural loss.

Villa will go into this in higher spirits after managing another comeback on Sunday, this time beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in London with goals from Pau Torres and Ollie Watkins.

Emery’s squad are now just two points below Premier League leaders Arsenal in the domestic division table.

Legia, on the other side, picked up two separate wins over Zrinjski Mostar in the last two rounds and they only need a point in Birmingham to secure their place in the knockout round.

The team led by German manager Kosta Runjaic hold the 6th place in the Polish Ekstraklasa standings after 15 rounds.

They have won just one of the last seven games in the domestic league, playing a 2-2 stalemate at home to Warta Poznan on Saturday.

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These two outfits had not faced each other prior to this year’s Conference League affair.

Legia stunned Aston Villa 3-2 at home in the opening round of the group stage in September this year.

The Verdict

Aston Villa play attacking-minded football and Legia will go into this off the back of a 2-2 draw in Ekstraklasa.

We expect a high-scoring affair and we will take the 2.87 odds offered for Aston Villa to win & Both Teams To Score pick as the main betting option. Alternatively, you can have the Over 2.5 goals FT bet at the 1.57 odds.

Steffen Schmidt- November 28, 2023