Aston Villa vs Ajax Prediction & Betting Tips (14 March)

The Villains did not respond to the first leg in the Netherlands, returning only a 0-0 draw. As a reminder, Unaï Emery's men remained on a good series of three successive victories in the PL before the first round, against Fulham 1-2, against Nottingham at home 4-2 and on the lawn of the promoted, Luton Town 2- 3. As a bonus for having concocted the draw in Amsterdam, the current 4th in the Premier League suffered a lightning strike a few days later in the championship against a direct competitor for qualification for the next UEFA Champions League, Tottenham, at home in over that 0-4. A wake-up call seems essential this evening, at Villa Park. On the other hand, this is not the best version of Ajax history..

. In great difficulty in many aspects, the Dutch obviously hope to save their season via this competition since in the championship, with a delay of 29 points on PSV, the chances of titles are almost non-existent. After having managed to stop a bad series of four championship days without a victory in the Eredivisie by defeating Utrecht before the first round 2-0, the residents of the Johan Cruijff Arena fell once again into their fault for the reception of Fortuna Sittard on last weekend 2-2. For the reminder, Ajax, the 4 times winner of the Champions League had to go through a 1/16th final which ended in extra time with the reigning Norwegian champion, Bodo/Glimt 4-3 in total for the two matches.

Excluded from the first leg, right back Konsa, who has just returned from injury, will logically be out for this second round. We have already recorded the withdrawals of the former Marseille player, Kamara (end of season), Mings (long injured), Buendia (also absent for ages) without forgetting the important midfielder Jacob Ramsey (absent at the 'go and in the championship). Note the suspension of Zaniolo for accumulation of yellow cards. Author of 2 goals and 2 assists in the European Cup, McGinn (6 goals, 3 assists in the PL) will probably be there this evening like the Habs, Moussa Diaby (4 goals, 5 goals in the championship ), Bailey (8 goals, 8 goals in the league), the Brazilian, Douglas Luiz (9 goals, 5 assists in the league) and the prolific Watkins (16 pawns, 10 assists, second top scorer in the PL behind Erling Haaland) Opposite, there are certain crucial absences for the Dutch who will have to deal without the essential Berghuis (4 goals, 8 assists), without the unimportant Avila and the 19-year-old, Axel Dongen (rotation).

Let's not forget to mention the injury to Bergwijn (7 pawns, 4 caviars in the championship) or the suspension of Gooijer (also excluded from the first leg). Up front, we could still find the center forward, Brobbey (16 goals, 7 goals in the Eredivisie) alongside the young Icelandic, Hlynsson (6 pawns) or the former Middlesbrough striker in the Championship, Akpom (6 goals in the championship, 28 in 40 appearances last year in English D2).