Ruud Van Nistelrooy got off to a dream start as Leicester boss when they picked up a 3-1 win at home to West Ham before coming from 2-0 down to take a superb point against Brighton. Since those two games,

Leon Bailey scored his first goal of the Premier League season to fire Aston Villa to a 2-1 win against Leicester.

Aston Villa will look to get 2025 off to the perfect start by picking up three points at home against struggling Leicester City.   Aston Villa vs Leicester best bets Aston Villa -1 on

Aston Villa have gone 10 consecutive Premier League games without defeat at Villa Park (W6 D4), since a 2-0 loss to Arsenal in their opening game home game of 2024-25. Only Arsenal (12) are currently enjoying a longer unbeaten home run in the competition.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is hopeful Leon Bailey will grow in confidence after he scored his first goal of the season against Leicester City this afternoon. Villa took the lead through Barkley just before the hour mark, but were pegged back shortly after as Stephy Mavididi scored at the far post following a strong save from Emi Martinez.

Aston Villa have had a taste of the big time and they want more of it next season. Unai Emery's side have taken to the Champions League like a duck to water and they are on course for reaching the last 16 of the competition.

The defeat sees Leicester City stay 19th with 14 points, two behind Wolverhampton Wanderers in 17th, while Unai Emery's Aston Villa move up to eighth on 32 points