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Aston Villa - Stoke City 08.12.2012 15:00

12/08/13
Aston Villa - Stoke City

The Premier League is a league of some quite intriguing dependencies. Unfortunately one of them are the boring games between these two teams. In the last six meetings between Aston Villa and Stoke there have been only eight goals. Furthermore, 5 of their last 7 matches ended in a draw. Aston Villa only recently managed to get out of the relegation zone and each point is of high importance for them. It is rather unlikely that they will start agressively in this game. The host would rather prefer to play more cautiously in order not to lose the match.

This game is going to be fairly tight and most likely will be decided by a few goals. For the hosts the problems with injured players are quite serious as the team's defense suffers the most. There are three key defensive players, which are unavailable - Richard Dunne, Enda Stevens and Joe Bennett. For the guests the problems with injuries are more related to the attack of the team as Crouch and Owen are doubtful for this match.

In eight of the last 10 games of Aston Villa in the league there have been under 2.5 goals. For Stoke City, six of their last seven league games were with under 2.5 goals scored. Definitely, these are not the most effective in attack teams. When they face each other, there are also a few goals as in 5 of the last 6 matches of Aston Villa vs Stoke City there were under 2.5 goals scored.

The guests enter the match as favorites after three consecutive wins in the league. The hosts, in turn, have begun to show good games and gradually began to move away from the relegation zone. The home match against Stoke is the perfect opportunity for the Lions to add at least one point in their assets, why not even three.

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Major League Soccer Eastern Conference
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Inter Miami CF 34 16 10 4 2 17
2
FC Cincinnati 33 15 10 3 2 9
3
New York City FC 26 15 8 2 5 3
4
Columbus Crew 24 14 6 6 2 8
5
New York Red Bulls 23 14 6 5 3 4
6
Charlotte FC 22 15 6 4 5 1
7
Toronto FC 22 15 7 1 7 0
8
Philadelphia Union 18 14 4 6 4 4
9
DC United 18 15 4 6 5 -4
10
Nashville SC 16 14 3 7 4 -3
11
Orlando City SC 16 14 4 4 6 -7
12
Atlanta United 13 14 3 4 7 0
13
Montreal Impact 13 14 3 4 7 -14
14
Chicago Fire 11 15 2 5 8 -13
15
New England Revolution 7 13 2 1 10 -17
Major League Soccer Western Conference
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Real Salt Lake 29 15 8 5 2 13
2
Minnesota United 25 13 7 4 2 7
3
Los Angeles Galaxy 25 15 6 7 2 5
4
Los Angeles FC 24 14 7 3 4 6
5
Austin FC 23 15 6 5 4 2
6
Colorado Rapids 22 15 6 4 5 1
7
Vancouver Whitecaps 19 14 5 4 5 3
8
Houston Dynamo 18 14 5 3 6 -2
9
Seattle Sounders 17 15 4 5 6 0
10
Portland Timbers 16 15 4 4 7 -2
11
Saint Louis City 16 14 3 7 4 -2
12
FC Dallas 13 13 3 4 6 -4
13
Sporting Kansas City 11 14 2 5 7 -4
14
San Jose Earthquakes 11 15 3 2 10 -11

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