Coventry vs Aston Villa — Tips & Analysis

Aston Villa -0.25: Coventry cannot score right now, and that is the case for Villa. Coventry have not scored in four Premier League games this season. They lost 0-5 to Brighton, 0-1 at Manchester City, 0-1 to Hull and 0-3 at Arsenal. They are also without a proper centre forward. Haji Wright is injured and Taiwo Awoniyi is starting a three game ban for violent conduct. Eccles, Woolfenden and Kesler-Hayden are missing too. Villa are hardly flying either. They have won 5, tied 2 and lost 7 of their last 14 games, and they score just over a goal a game on the road. But they beat Club Brugge 3-2 a week ago, and even a changed Villa team has better players than this Coventry side. That gap should decide a nervous cup tie. A 0-1 to Villa is the likeliest score, and a narrow away win is all we need. The doubts here are real. Villa are in the Champions League and may make wholesale changes, which would hand Coventry a way in. Coventry have also won 9 of their last 17 games, so they are not a bad team, just one that cannot find a goal. We still make Villa the side to come through.