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You can watch Luton v Aston Villa in the Premier League at 5.30pm on Saturday March 2, live on Sky Sports Premier League & Main Event
Match prediction & best bets
Aston Villa to win 3-1
1pt 12-1 bet365, Hills
Aston Villa to win 3-2
1pt 20-1 bet365, Hills
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Luton v Aston Villa odds
Luton 17-5
Aston Villa 8-11
Draw 100-30
Odds correct at time of publishing
Luton v Aston Villa team news
Luton
Elijah Adebayo, Jacob Brown, Gabriel Osho, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Dan Potts, Marvelous Nakamba, Mads Andersen and Tom Lockyer are sidelined. Amari'i Bell is a doubt but Issa Kabore is available after being ineligible for the cup tie against his parent club Manchester City.
Aston Villa
Villa defenders Pau Torres and Ezri Konsa face fitness tests. Jhon Duran is back in training but Diego Carlos, Boubacar Kamara, Emiliano Buendia and Tyrone Mings are injured.
Luton v Aston Villa predictions
Luton's defenders had a tough February, conceding 19 goals in five matches in all competitions, and their March schedule begins with a testing home fixture against Aston Villa.
The ante-post Premier League relegation betting suggested the Hatters might be cut adrift by this point of the season but they have outperformed their fellow promoted clubs Burnley and Sheffield United.
A stunning 4-0 home win over Brighton on January 30 was followed by a 4-4 draw away to Newcastle, although not much has gone right for the Hatters since then.
They have lost their three subsequent league fixtures, going down 3-1 to bottom club Sheffield United and 2-1 to Manchester United at Kenilworth Road before a 4-1 defeat against title-chasing Liverpool at Anfield.
They were thumped 6-2 by Manchester City in the FA Cup fifth round on Tuesday, when five-goal Erling Haaland, teed up by the brilliant Kevin De Bruyne, illustrated the gulf in class between the European champions and a depleted Luton side.
Aston Villa are aiming to join City in next season's Champions League and they look to be back on track after a patchy run of post-Christmas performances.
Villa have won three of their last four league matches, thumping the Blades 5-0 at Bramall Lane, winning 2-1 at Fulham and beating Nottingham Forest 4-2 last weekend.
They were knocked out of the FA Cup by Chelsea in a fourth-round replay, so enjoyed a midweek break while Luton were being torn apart by Haaland and De Bruyne.
That should prove an additional advantage for Unai Emery's men, especially as the Hatters are missing several significant players due to injury.
Luton manager Rob Edwards will still send out his team to play positively and they have scored in 12 of their 14 matches against top-half teams this season.
They can trouble a Villa defence who have also been unsettled by injuries recently and it could pay to split stakes on a 3-1 and 3-2 victory for the visitors in the correct-score market.
Emery's men won October's reverse fixture 3-1 and their two victories over Burnley, the team immediately below Luton in the table, were by 3-1 and 3-2 scorelines.
Villa claimed back-to-back 1-0 home wins over Manchester City and Arsenal in early December but since then both teams have scored in eight of their ten league matches.
Luton have found the net in each of their last eight league and cup defeats, including a 3-2 home loss to Chelsea, so an entertaining contest is expected.
Key stat
Both teams have scored in Luton's last eight league and cup defeats
Probable teams
Luton (3-4-2-1): Kaminski; Burke, Mengi, Bell; Ogbene, Barkley, Clark, Doughty; Chong, Morris; Woodrow
Subs: Kabore, Hashioka, Berry, Nelson, Ruddock, Townsend, Piesold
Aston Villa (4-4-1-1): Martinez; Cash, Torres, Lenglet, Moreno; Bailey, Luiz, McGinn, Ramsey; Tielemans; Watkins
Subs: Digne, Chambers, Zaniolo, Iroegbunam, Diaby, Rogers, Konsa
Inside info
Luton
Star man Ross Barkley
Top scorer Carlton Morris
Penalty taker Carlton Morris
Card magnet Tahith Chong
Assist ace Alfie Doughty
Set-piece aerial threat Reece Burke
Aston Villa
Star man Ollie Watkins
Top scorer Ollie Watkins
Penalty taker Douglas Luiz
Card magnet John McGinn
Assist ace Ollie Watkins
Set-piece aerial threat Pau Torres
Luton v Aston Villa bet builder predictions
Over 1.5 first-half goals
Luton's last four home matches have featured 12 first-half goals while Aston Villa were 4-0 up inside 30 minutes at Sheffield United last month
Ross Barkley to have over 2.5 shots
The Luton midfielder has had 16 shots in his last five home league matches including five against Chelsea and five against Newcastle
Leon Bailey to score or assist
Villa's electric winger averages a goal or an assist every 84 minutes in the league this season and he could torment a leaky Luton defence
Pays out at 11-2 with bet365
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