Aston Villa vs. Leeds Betting Tips: 22/1 fancy for Friday's Premier League clash

Aston Villa take on Leeds at Villa Park in the Premier League on Friday, live on Sky Sports at 8pm.

JimmyThePunt has previewed the match and provided his best bets, including a tasty 22/1 fancy.

The Unai Emery era continues at Villa Park with the visit of Leeds as his side look to put the embarrassment of their recent FA Cup defeat behind them.

Villa were knocked out by League Two Stevenage on Sunday, though the hosts were very much in control with five minutes remaining. One goal down, the Boro were trading at 140/1 on the exchange to win the match then a Leander Dendoncker red card and penalty for the visitors turned the tie on its head. 

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In truth, I have had a tough time working out exactly how Emery’s spell incharge of Villa is going. While that untimely cup exit is damning, I do not think it can be read too much. They have won three of the eight games he has overseen, losing four, though it is worth noting they have faced Newcastle, Manchester United (twice), Liverpool, Brighton and Tottenham over that period. Granted there is never an easy game in the Premier League but that is a tough run of fixtures. 

Leeds have been busy in the January transfer window with one marquee signing completed and, as I write, another imminent. Having drawn their previous three, Jesse Marsch will be pleased to see the manner in which they came from two goals behind in the Cup. 

Leeds wonderkid Degnand Gnonto is turning heads with his performances, he is also becoming very familiar with top-flight officials. 

Since the restart, the Italian has made four appearances and has picked up cards in three of those games: Booked vs Manchester City, Newcastle, and Cardiff in the Cup. 

In his short career, he has already racked up 13 cards domestically in 71 appearances, that is a cards per 90 of 0.43. By that logic, I’ll be taking anything around 5/2 for the considerable future. 

New man Maximilian Wober could be set to make his Premier League debut after an impressive cameo in the FA Cup. 

The Austrian defender came on in central midfield and was carded in the dying seconds, though it is not his price for a card that interests me but his price to find the net. 

Betfair and Paddy Power have him at 22/1 to cap his first domestic appearance for United with a goal, yet the same angle is as short as 10/1 elsewhere, a good indication that there may be some value. 

The versatile man has only scored seven league goals, however, four of those came last campaign. 

At RB Salzburg he had a goals per 90 average of 0.20, and based on that alone, he should be 4/1 here. 

It is also worth considering that only Bournemouth (13) have shipped more set piece goals than Villa (10) this campaign.

Best of luck if you are backing any of these selections and please remember to gamble responsibly.