Aston Villa will travel to Johan Cruyff ArenA to go one-on-one against the hosts Ajax Amsterdam in the first leg of the Europa Conference League round of 16 first leg. Kickoff is slated for 17:45 GMT.
Key Highlights
Ajax are Looking for Consistency in their Form Ahead of Hosting Aston Villa
Ajax have won just once in their last five Eredivisie outings. They have also drawn twice and lost twice in this run, highlighting their inconsistency.
Ajax have amassed 39 points after 24 rounds of fixtures, sitting 5th on the table, 27 points behind leaders PSV.
The Eredivisie side’s focus will be on stepping up their performance, work rate, and dynamism to make it difficult for Aston Villa on Thursday and pose an attacking threat.
Aston Villa Look to Continue their Form and Extend their Cup Run in Europe
Unai Emery’s side have won their last three matches in the Premier League. They have won four times and lost once in their last five outings as they have retained their top-four berth in the Premier League.
Aston Villa will look to retain their compactness in the middle of the pack and at the back as they look to get a positive result away from home.
The focus will be on a robust away-from-home performance designed to be pragmatic without taking away form their incisive attacking play as they bid to get a good result ahead of the second leg at Villa Park.
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Ajax and Aston Villa have met once since 2008. The match ended in a 2-1 win for Aston Villa. The Villans will hope that this is a good omen ahead of their trip to the Johan Cruijff ArenA on Thursday.
Injury Report
Ajax will be without several players for the home clash against Aston Villa. The missing players include Remko Pasveer, Gaston Avila, Steven Bergwijn, Steven Berghuis, Josip Sutalo.
Unai Emery will also be without the injured Tyrone Mings, Emiliano Buendia, Ezri Konsa, and Boubacar Kamara.
Prediction
Aston Villa are the in-form side ahead of the clash with the backing of free football predictions. Ajax have the home advantage.
Ajax and Aston Villa will fight to a draw in the first leg ahead of the second leg at Villa Park.
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