Aston Villa have been the surprise team this year beating the likes of Liverpool and most recently, Chelsea. They are without long-term injuries
Stewart Downing and
Curties Davies, but manager
Martin O'Neill has filled in their places expertly. Villa are currently 6th in the Premier League with a game in hand. A win against the
Wolves would boost them to 3rd, just 2 points behind leaders Manchester United.
Gabby Agbonlahor has been their go-to man, scoring 4 goals in the first 8 matches. Players such as
Reo-
Coker,
Milner and
Ashley Young have gelled well thus far and will give another good performance on the road here. The team's confidence is sky high after defeating
Chelsea last weekend and they should give the poor Wolves a hard time.
Wolverhampton Wanderers have had an expectedly difficult start of things this year in the Premiership. With 9 games under their belt they have only 8 points to show, and currently sit at 16th in the table. They've only managed 2 wins so far, 1 home (
Fulham) and 1 away (
Wigan Athletic). Despite this, they've lost 3 of their last 4 games, drawing in their last one against Everton. Attacker
Kevin Doyle is the closest thing they have to an effective striker as he's only netted 3 times in 7 matches. They will try to play well on Saturday, but their defense isn't strong enough to keep the talented
Villa attack off for long.
Aston Villa have a soaring confidence that was bolstered with their 2-1 defeat of
Chelsea last weekend. With no mid-week European matches to play
Martin O'Neill will field a strong team that will simply wear down on
Wolverhampton's defense.
Wolverhampton vs. Aston Villa
Saturday October 24, 2009
Kickoff: 13:45 CET
Tip: Aston Villa
Best Odds: 2.20 @ Bet365
