Southampton vs Aston Villa Odds: Best bets as the Villans travel south

Southampton host Aston Villa in this weekend's Premier League curtain-raiser, with the visitors heading south in pretty dire form having lost their last four games. Saints are unbeaten in three and enter the game off the back of a 1-0 win over Watford, so confidence will be high for Hasenhuttl's men.

As always, I've picked out three bets I like the look of, which combined into a Bet Builder pays 38/1 with Paddy Power.

From England call ups last season, Mings has completely lost his form this time out. So much so that he has been dropped for a few games, unthinkable at times. With Konsa suspended Mings will come back into the team today and it will be interesting to see what kind of mentality he has. Already booked 4 times this season and commits over a foul per game.

His prices continues to slip and he proves his form from the Bundesliga wasn't just a blip. Villa are struggling lately but Bailey is the kind of player that can do things on his own. He should make his second start today and in 5 appearances so far, 4 from the bench, he has a goal and two assists.

Using this pick more for the back story as we see things like this happen time and time again. It almost looked a certainty that JWP would join Villa over the summer but in the end he stayed put. Joint-top scorer and a set piece specialist, with Villa's defence lapses he should get a free chances from in and around the box today, just like he did when the two sides met last season and he scored two world-class free-kicks.