It is already safe to say that Aston Villa is returning to its usual role. The middle peasant, who periodically pleases its fans with bright football and scored points. In the last round the “lions” lost to West Ham (2:1). In general, in the last 5 rounds Dean Smith’s charges have 4 losses with only one victory. Until recently, the Villa was in the TOP-4. But now the team is down to 10th place in the table. However, a confident start still allows us to count on the fight for high places. The representatives of Birmingham have 15 points. The lag behind the Champions League zone is 3 points. And the team is separated from the Europa League zone by 4 points. Aston Villa is one of the top 4 goalscorers in the Premier League. In 9 matches they managed to score 20 goals. As for the conceded goals then there are 13 of them. For comparison, some representatives of the TOP-4 concede more. At home results of the lions are very mediocre: 2 wins and 3 losses. 12 goals are scored and 11 conceded. 4 out of 5 fights ended with a total over 2.5. Ross Barkley (hamstring injury) will not appear on the field.
The Bengal Tigers are in the opposite part of the tournament table with one point in their pocket, having had a draw with India. In the other three meetings, the Bangladesh national team failed, conceding a total of seven goals with one scored. The only departure this year ended in a major defeat at Burundi.
