Leicester City vs Aston Villa

BirminghamLive brings you the latest Aston Villa news as pundits make their predictions for tonight's Premier League clash with Leicester City.

[PaddyPower:](https://news.paddypower.com/football/2023/04/04/premier-league-predictions-football-tips-chelsea-liverpool-manchester-newcastle-united-today-tuesday-wednesday-best-bets/) Villa are in good form, Leicester could get a bit of a bounce back from changing the manager. Villa are still doing very well under Unai Emery, especially away from home, and they will have enough nous to open them up." I covered their game on Saturday and Palace, who were the joint-lowest scorers in the Premier League, had 20 shots against them in the first half. "Crystal Palace were better than the Foxes on Saturday but would Brendan Rodgers have been sacked if Palace had not scored a last-minute winner? They face a Leicester side who slipped into the bottom three after being defeated by Crystal Palace on Saturday. Unai Emery's side travel to the King Power in search of their sixth win in five games, and back-to-back league victories on the road having beaten Chelsea 2-0 last time out.

How Leicester City line up at the King Power Stadium as Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell make two changes to the side that lost at Crystal Palace in Brendan ...

The list of substitutes also includes Dennis Praet, who has recovered from a dead leg to return to the squad. Completing the frontline with Maddison and Vardy is Harvey Barnes, with Tete and Daka dropping to the bench. Vardy was back-up to Kelechi Iheanacho and Patson Daka over the final couple of months of Brendan Rodgers’ reign, but comes back into the side on Tuesday night.

Leicester City play host to Aston Villa on Tuesday evening in the Premier League as both sides face contrasting circumstances.

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MANAGERLESS Leicester City are taking on Aston Villa in their first game since Brendan Rodgers left his role.In the Foxes' way are a Villa side bang i.

Ndidi passed the ball straight to Traore 22 yards out and he curled a beauty into the top corner. Wout Faes sprayed a long ball out to Barnes who burst past Ashley Young and side-footed the ball across Emiliano Martinez and into the corner. Barnes then broke free with a blistering run and whipped a cross into the box but Vardy was unable to make the crucial touch. And he had a glint in his eye from the offset, making a crunch tackle on Ezri Konsa to set the tone. [cost Brendan Rodgers his job](https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/10483432/brendan-rodgers-sacked-leicester/) and left the club desperate for a glimmer of hope tonight. But a VAR check showed Daka had actually shoved the ex-Brentford striker and the decision was overturned after Scott checked the monitor.

After firing Brendan Rodgers as they slipped into the Premier League relegation zone, this Leicester City vs Aston Villa clash is a huge one for the Foxes.

Emery has them set up to defend as a unit and then spring counters with Ollie Watkins in phenomenal form as he set a club record for scoring in five-straight Premier League away games. Leicester were dominated at Crystal Palace at the weekend as they allowed 31 shots and the nature of their narrow defeat called time on Brendan Rodgers’ four years in charge. It has been all Villa since the goal but Harvey Barnes with a superb solo effort to make it 1-1. Leicester down to 10 men for the final 20 minutes. HALF TIME: Leicester 1-1 Aston Villa – The hosts will be very happy with that first 45 minutes. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has been shown a second yellow card for a foul on Ashley Young and the Leicester academy product has been sent off. The win moves Villa on to 44 points for the season as they’ve won five of their last six and are pushing for European qualification. FULL TIME: Leicester 1-2 Aston Villa – What a dramatic end to this feisty Midlands derby as Villa go wild at the final whistle. Unai Emery with a grimace on the sidelines. Watkins was fouled first by Daka as Leicester tried to scramble the ball home. Looked like Daka fouled Watkins first before he got to the ball. Since arriving in November with Villa in a relegation scrap, Emery has built a solid base and there is now so much confidence in this team.

Managerless Leicester City's relegation worries deepen as in-form Aston Villa secure a dramatic late win at King Power Stadium.

Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. - Home10 - Fouls - Away8 - Corners - Away5 - Home4 - Away15 - Home9 - Shots - Away65% - Home35%

Aston Villa plunged Leicester City deeper into relegation danger with a 2-1 away win in the Premier League on Tuesday after the home side played the last 20 ...

11 and have lost seven of their last eight. He then overturned the decision, for a potential handball by Watkins, after replays on the pitch-side monitor showed the player was first fouled by Patson Daka. Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall had already added to Leicester's woes by being sent off in the 70th minute after collecting a second yellow card of the evening for a late challenge on Ashley Young.

Match report and free match highlights as Ollie Watkins scores his sixth goal in six successive away games to put Aston Villa ahead; Harvey Barnes superb ...

It was a slightly loose pass that got away and it was a fantastic finish. We scored a fantastic goal. Today was a very good example and we did it." With the extra player advantage, Aston Villa probed for a winner - which finally arrived in the 87th minute. There was a glimmer of hope for a late Leicester equaliser too as they were awarded a penalty in a frantic final few minutes. However, the match turned on its head with 20 minutes to play as Leicester went down to 10 players. It was a sublime ball over the top from Wout Faes that picked out Barnes' run down the left. It was a sumptuous pass from Emiliano Buendia for Watkins - the former also making his 100th appearance for the club - who easily ran in behind the Leicester centre-backs. James Maddison's deep corner found a completely unmarked Harry Souttar towards the back post, but his free header hit the woodwork before going out of play. The result sees Leicester slip into 19th place, two points from safety with nine Premier League games to play. Leicester reacted well to going behind too with some individual brilliance from Harvey Barnes seeing the Foxes level. Leicester thought they had won a penalty in injury time too as Ollie Watkins was penalised for handball.