Following their defeat last weekend by Newcastle, Aston Villa must now take on a tough Rapid Vienna team at Villa Park, knowing that a win would see them into the Europa League Group Stages. The teams played out a 1-1 draw in Vienna last week, but Villa will not want to rely on anything other than a win in this match, particularly as they were eliminated from the competition by Rapid last season at this stage by the away goals rule. Bet365 Bookmakers certainly think Villa will win the match and have them as 3/1 odds on favourites in the bettingto do so. They also quote Rapid Vienna at 11/2 and the draw at 16/5.
Aston Villa v Rapid Vienna LIVE on ITV4 on 26 August @ 1945.
Villa caretaker boss, Kevin MacDonald is likely to include fit again striker Gabi Agbonlahor in the squad as well as new signing Stephen Ireland. There should be places too for the young midfield pair of Jonathan Hogg and Barry Bannan, who scored the opening goal for Villa last week in Vienna. After admitting selection mistakes for the thrashing by Newcastle, MacDonald is however unlikely to name his starting line up until just before kick-off.
2010/11 Europa League Betting Comparison
The 0-6 reverse to Newcastle last weekend was one of the shock Premier League results of all time, but many plaudits are putting it down to the bizarre rather than anything else. It is true that Villa fielded a novice central defence, which effectively was taken apart this will not be the case in this match. Indeed Villa will be desperate to keep a clean sheet as a 0-0 draw would put them through on the away goals rule. The more likely result however is a 1-0 or 2-0 win for the home team, which can be backed at 13/2 and 5/1 respectively with Bet365.com.
Rapid come into this match having won three league games in a row and looked particularly impressive in their 2-0 home win last weekend against Mattersburg. The second goal was scored by Albanian striker, Hamdi Salihi, who looks a very dangerous player. If Rapid are to score then this is the man to back to score it with odds of 10/1 from Bet365.
Villa will know that they have to put the Newcastle game well behind them if they are to get through this match successfully and all the signs are that they will do so with ease. It is why with home advantage we take them to win the game and would back the scoreline of 2-0 as previously mentioned, but would also double that up by backing Gabi Agbonlahorat 11/10 to score during the 90 minutes. He usually starts his seasons off in great form and he looked like he was ‘chomping at the bit’ when he turned out for the reserves the other night and scoring a penalty in the process.
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Match Odds
4/9 Villa
3/1 Draw
11/2 Rapid Vienna
Correct Score Odds
1-0 Villa win – 5/1
*2-0 Villa win – 13/2
2-1 Villa win – 7/1
1-1 Draw – 7/1
*3-0 Villa win – 10/1
*0-0 Draw – 12/1
3-1 Villa win – 12/1
First Goalscorer Odds
4/1 Agbomlahor
*9/2 Carew
*6/1 Heskey
*8/1 A Young
9/1 Ireland – 9.1
*10/1 Hoffmann – 10/1
>* Denotes Best Industry prices odds Supplied by Bet365 Online Bookmakers plus many more soccer markets including in-running for Aston Villa v Rapid Vienna.
Posted: Wednesday, 25th August 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: europa league, vila park, aston villa, rapid vienna, bet365,
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