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Introduction [Music] Contents Premier League leester City versus Aston villea prediction teen news lineups preview two teams looking to bounce back from Premier League defeats last weekend do battle at the King Power Stadium on Saturday as leester City play host to Aston Villa the foxes and the Lions meet for the first time since April 2023 when the latter secured a two to1 away victory over the former match preview after salvaging a point at home against Tottenham Hotspur on their return to the Top Flight Lester came away from Craven Cottage empty-handed last weekend as they were beaten 2 to one by Fulham wout phase Rose highest to head Lester level and cancel out ail Smith Rose opener but Alex I wobi restored fulham's Advantage after the interval and the fox's efforts to gain parody for a second time were ultimately in vain Lester have since secured safe passage into the third round of the efl cup after cruising to a 4 to zero home victory over League two-side trir Rovers on Tuesday with goals from debutant Jordan aou Stephie mavididi Wilfred nidi and Harry wink sealing a first win of Steve Cooper's Reign the 44-year-old was impressed with his side's real dominance from start to finish albe it against a fourth tier club and hopes that his youthful Squad mixed with some senior Stars can continue to jail as they attempt to put together a positive run of form in the Premier League Cooper will be bidding to avoid becoming the first leester manager to not win any of his first three League games in charge since Paulo Souza back in August 2010 but that could prove challenging as the foxes have won just one of their last five home meetings with ason Villa Aston Villa were unable to follow up their opening weekend win at West Ham United with another three points against Arsenal a team they beat both home and away last season as they suffered a two to zero defeat at Villa Park last Saturday it was an afternoon to forget for Oli Watkins who dragged a golden first half chance wide before watching a diving header kept out by David riya's miraculous second half save with the scoreline goalis Leander trer and Thomas party eventually made the net Ripple for the Gunners condemning Villa to their first loss of the new season unai Emory accepted the result as he believes that there is still work to do in order for his players to learn and improve more in the coming weeks with domestic duties soon to be balanced bed with Champions League football Emory has stated that his Villa side will be aiming to finish at least in the top 10 or the top six of the Premier League this season the Spaniard will be Keen to see improvements made in defense as Villa have now gone seven consecutive Premier League matches without a clean sheet conceding 15 goals however the Lions face a Lester side on Saturday who have netted in 13 of their last 15 meetings with the Lions Villa have in fact won only seven of their last 28 Premier League encounters with Lester although they have picked up seven points from their last three visits wwd1 to the King Power Stadium having previously won just one of their first 11 such visits wd4 L6 team news Lester Duo Pats and Daka and yakub stolarik remain sidelined with long long-term ankle injuries but the foxes were boosted by the return to Fitness of Luke Thomas and Connor Cody in midweek the former played the full 90 minutes while the latter came on as a second half substitute neither player is expected to start on Saturday though as Cooper is set to revert to the same back for James Justin FaZe Jan Nick vestard and Victor Christensen that started against Fulham new new signings Oliver Skip and fundo buut will be hoping to start in Midfield along with winks and Dei while Jamie vardy is expected to return up front and could be supported in Attack by Abdul fatwo and Bobby deived as for Aston Villa MADD cash is set to be sidelined for a month with a hamstring injury sustained against Arsenal so either Costa nle kavic or ezria is expected to start at right back back bakar Kamar and Tyrone Mings are still on the road to recovery from serious knee injuries while backup goalkeeper Robin Olen has missed the opening two games with a facial injury picked up in preseason but could be fit to make the bench this weekend Morgan Rogers impressed against Arsenal and is set to continue in an advanced attacking role in behind Watkins while Leon Bailey amadu Onana Yuri t and John mcin could all retain their places in Midfield leester City possible starting lineup Hermanson Justin FaZe vestard Christensen Winks nii fatwo Buon not deorov vardy Aston Villa possible starting lineup Martinez nles kavic Kaa Torres digny Bailey Tans Onana mcin Rogers Watkins we say leester City 1 to3 Aston Villa goals are to be expected on Saturday as both sides have looked vulnerable at the back in the early weeks of the new season in addition nine of the last 13 meetings between these two teams have seen three or more goals scored Lester have a solid Top Flight record against Aston Villa but if the visitors can learn from last week's defeat to Arsenal and manag to take their chances in the final third they should find a way to come out on top in the East Midlands thanks for your watching don't forget to click the subscribed button and hit the Bell icon for more [Music] [Music] [Music]