Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Aston Villa
Match Time & Date:
16/10/2021
10:00 AM
Prediction: 1-1
Wolves
Aston Villa will be aiming to make amends for a 2-1 loss at Tottenham when they take on Wolverhampton on day 8 of the new Premier League campaign. The Villans have been having their ups and downs in the first half of the season, and, as a result, they sit in the middle of the table ahead. Ollie Watkins, who found the net against Spurs, will be the man to keep an eye on in the home team, while both Sanson and Trezeguet are sidelined with injuries.
The Wolves, on the other hand, have been showing signs of improvement of late, with the team beating both Southampton and Newcastle United in the previous two league fixtures. Raul Jimenez has been making progress week by week, and we predict that he is going to make life difficult for the opposition defenders. The Mexico attacker, though, could arrive late to England as los Tricolores take on El Salvador on Thursday morning. Anyhow, a close encounter is on the cards at Villa Park.
Highlighted Player (Anwar el Ghazi):
Anwar El Ghazi is a product of famous Ajax football academy and it has to be noted that he scored 20 goals in 70 matches for the first team from 2014 to 2017. El Ghazi played for the likes of BVV Barendrecht, Feyenoord, Spartaan ’20 and Sparta Rotterdam during his youth career as well and, speaking of the first-team football, he moved to Ligue 1 side Lille in January 2017 for a fee of €8 million.
The pacey winger scored one goal in 12 appearances for les Dogues in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign, but, no doubt, there is a bright future ahead of the former Ajax starlet. Seeing that he has a dual citizenship, Anwar El Ghazi is eligible to represent both Netherlands and Morocco at senior level, but he made his debut for the Orange in a 2-1 win over Kazakhstan, with the Lille winger starting the match in a 4-3-3 formation alongside Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Memphis Depay.
Anwar El Ghazi is capable of playing as a centre-forward as well and his preferred foot is right.
Highlighted Team (Wolves):
Wolverhampton are a club that was originally known as St. Luke’s FC. The Wolves play in the Championship and they were founded in 1877. Molineux is the home ground of Wolverhampton and the capacity of the stadium is 31,700. Wolverhampton have won four FA Cup trophies (1893, 1908, 1949, 1960), with the team lifting the League Cup trophy in 1974 and 1980.
The colour of the club’s shirts is orange and they wear black shorts. The Wolves wear blue jerseys when playing away from home. Wolverhampton’s main rivals are West Bromwich Albion and they have been facing each other in the Black Country derby since 1888. In their first meeting in the local derby WBA recorded a 1-0 win over Wolves.
Wolverhampton have won three First Division trophies (1953/1954, 1957/1958, 1958/1959) and they have clinched four FA Cup titles as well (1893, 1908, 1949, 1960). The club’s owner is Steve Morgan.
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