Aston Villa v Luton: Pick of the stats
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This is the first meeting between Aston Villa and Luton in any competition since August 2016, a 3-1 win for Luton in the League Cup. It's their first meeting at Villa Park since October 2002, with Villa winning 3-0 also in the League Cup.
Villa have won their last 11 home Premier League matches, their best home winning league run since a 13-match streak between February and October 1983. In this current winning streak, the Villans have scored 31 goals and conceded just five.
Luton are one of four teams without a Premier League clean sheet this season, shipping 17 goals so far. They are the first side to not keep a clean sheet in any of their first nine games in the competition since Bolton in 1995 (first 10).
Luton came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Nottingham Forest in their last Premier League game. The Hatters have only led for 66 minutes this season, all in the win against Everton in September, the second lowest of any side, ahead only of Sheffield United (27).
Since Unai Emery’s first Premier League game in charge of Aston Villa, only Manchester City (78), Arsenal (74) and Liverpool (71) have won more points than the Villans (68).
Ollie Watkins has been involved in 10 goals in his nine Premier League games for Aston Villa this season (5 goals, 5 assists).