Queens Park Rangers – Aston Villa Betting

Rangers still haven’t scored at Loftus Road

Queens Park have been noticing a decent start of the season with seven points of five games. The thing that concerns their fans is Neil Warnock’s men still haven’t scored at home. At the opening day they were demolished by (weak) Bolton, in other league game played a draw against Newcastle and lost in Carling Cup vs. third tier outfit – Rochdale (0-2). However, in last round squad made an encouraging victory at Molineux, defeating Wolves 3-0. Joey Barton (a skipper, already) scored his first goal in the blue white shirt, while rest of the team showed some improvement as well. Warnock will hope to name same side that defeated Wolves. Danny Gabbidon took a knock, but his knee injury is less serious than initially feared and he should be fit for the game. DJ Campbell is pushing for a start after came from the bench to score. Dyer, Mackie and Hulse remain sidelined, while Clint Hill has joined Nottingham Forest on loan.

Turning jeers into cheers

After five opening rounds Villa are still undefeated, but there’re plenty of things for their fans to be worried about. First, those five games include four draws. And despite a defence line is more solid than usual, midfield looks not creative and lightweight and attacking force looks shy in front of the goal (with the exception of Agbonlahor). After being a boss of ultra defensive Birmingham, Alex McLeish is still looking for the best system for squad that had been playing pretty offensively. In the midweek Cup game, he named the strongest line-up but suffered a fiasco. After a depressing 2-0 home defeat to Bolton, McLeish and his team were booed off at the final whistle. Now, idea is to bounce back immediately. But, there’re also some individual problems inside the team. Charles N’Zogbia needs some time to settle and currently he’s struggling to live up to the expectations to replace Ashley Young. Darren Bent (rated at 50-50 for the game) has only one goal on his account (out of seven competitive games) and looks very nervous. Good news, however, comes from the medical service. Defender Carlos Cuellar is expected to return to full training after missing the start of the season through injury.

Open affair

Queens Park still haven’t scored at home, but they’ll be confident after excellent win at Wolverhampton. They have six new signings (from the last day of transfer market) and squad looks much more serious than at the start of the season. Villa were embarrassed in Cup and will want to bounce back. Great attacking potential on both sides. I will oppose the bookmakers, predict open affair and would suggest goals as a main bet.

Recommended bet:

Over 2.5 @ 2.35 (888bet)

Other bet:

Shaun Wright-Phillips anytime goalscorer @ 5.00 (Unibet)