"John McGinn should be full of beans today after his involvement in Scotland's successful, and quite frankly ridiculous, World Cup qualifying campaign. Amid Scott McTominay's acrobatics, Kieran Tierney's accuracy and Kenny McLean's audacity, McGinn was the driver of Scotland's hopes in the middle of the park and forced both of Rasmus Kristiansen's yellow cards against Denmark. He knows his role in Unai Emery's Villa team down to a tee, coming in off the right wing to support Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins."
"Ollie Watkins has never scored against Leeds in 12 appearances (including 11 starts) against them for Villa and Brentford across the Premier League and Championship. His involvement at next summer's World Cup looks in doubt after he was left out of Thomas Tuchel's latest England squad. He's only got one goal in 16 games for Villa this season in all competitions."
"Form guide (last six): Leeds DLLWLL. Aston Villa WWWWLW. Looks ominous for Leeds who, after a decent start, are being dragged into the relegation scrap they were perhaps expected to be part of in the first place. They dropped into the bottom three after yesterday's results. Villa are one of the form teams in the league. Unai Emery, talking to TV just now, says his team must keep improving having picked up five wins out of their last six."
Aston Villa have won five of their last six matches and rank among the league's form teams. John McGinn provided energy and control after returning from Scotland's qualifying campaign, operating from the right to support Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins, while Emi Buendia mirrored that role on the left. Ollie Watkins has failed to score against Leeds in 12 appearances and has one goal in 16 games this season; his World Cup prospects were dented after being omitted from the latest England squad. Leeds have slipped into the relegation zone after recent results and look vulnerable against Villa's structure and mentality.
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