Aston Villa welcome West Brom to Villa Park on Saturday afternoon as the two sides gear up for the latest West Midlands derby. Villa start as evens favourites, with West Brom the 3/1 outsiders, but we fancy the draw, at 9/4 with Stan James, could be the way to go as Villa have proven to be the Premier League draw specialists this season.
Villa have drawn five of their opening eight matches in the league and this match looks as though Villa could be sharing the points once again. Villa will no doubt still be reeling from their 4-1 defeat at Man City from last weekend as Alex McLeish continues to struggle to win over the Villa fans.
Villa are eighth in the table after a solid, if unspectacular, start to the season and they have actually been in decent nick in the league as they have only lost two of their last 16 matches. They are further boosted by the return of James Collins and Carlos Cuellar this weekend, although Nathan Delfouneso is a doubt and Jermaine Jenas is out.
Villa have scored first in the eight Premier League meetings with West Brom where there have been goals and they are 8/13 on to score first on Saturday. Gabriel Agbonlahor has found his scoring touch again and he looks good value to be first scorer at 9/2 with Stan James.
Both teams have scored in eight of the last nine matches between the two Midlands sides and both teams to score this week is priced evens, with West Brom looking to build on last weekend's win.
Albion were in derby action again last week as they overcame Wolves 2-0 to move up to twelfth in the table. Peter Odemwingie showed signs of returning to his best form with a goal during an excellent display and he is an industry best price of 15/2 to score first after struggling with injuries for much of the season so far. West Brom have scored six of their seven goals in the first half of league matches this term and with that in mind it could be worth a look at over 1.5 goals being scored in the first half at odds of 7/4 with StanJames.com.
Albion are looking their old resilient selves again after a tough start to the campaign and they look good value to leave Villa Park with a draw. The Baggies have only won one of their last twelve Midlands derbies away from home, while Villa have drawn seven of their last fifteen derbies at home, with the score draw available at best priced odds of 9/2.
For those who like their statistics from previous meetings, it is interesting to note that five of the last six Villa-West Brom matches have ended 2-1 and the correct score of 2-1 to Villa this weekend can be backed at 15/2.
Aston Villa v West Brom Form
Check the season's statistics for both Aston Villa and West Brom , plus the odds ahead of Saturday's match.
Aston Villa Stats |West Brom Stats
Aston Villa v West Brom Tips
Tip #1: Match to finish as a score draw @ 9/2 with StanJames.com
Tip #2: Over 1.5 goals in the first half @ 7/4 with StanJames.com
Tip #3: Gabriel Agbonlahor to score first @ 9/2 with StanJames.com
Match Odds
Evens Aston Villa
9/4 Draw
3/1 West Brom
Correct Score Odds
19/4 Aston Villa 1-0
13/2 Aston Villa 2-0
15/2 Aston Villa 2-1
8/1 Draw 0-0
11/2 Draw 1-1
14/1 Draw 2-2
17/2 West Brom 1-0
20/1 West Brom 2-0
12/1 West Brom 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
9/2 Darren Bent
9/2 Gabriel Agbonlahor
13/2 Emile Heskey
7/1 Andreas Weimann
15/2 Peter Odemwingie
15/2 Shane Long
15/2 Charles N'Zogbia
8/1 Stephen Ireland
9/1 Simon Cox
9/1 Somen Tchoyi
9/1 Barry Bannan
Odds supplied by StanJames.com, who will provide a variety of betting markets, including live betting in-running, for all the weekend's Premier League matches.
Posted: Thursday, 20th October 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: english premiership, aston villa, west brom, gabriel agbonlahor, stan james,
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