Monaco v Aston Villa Betting Tips [21 January 2025]

Monaco will be among the first back to action in the Champions League as the competition returns. They will be at home to Aston Villa and looking to make another push for a top eight place while Villa could move to second with a win. We have a prediction for this match below.

Monaco have had a poor start to the year and come here winless in their last four outings. They drew twice in that period but are coming here from a shock 2-1 loss to the bottom side in Ligue 1, Montpellier.

This is a representation of their dipping confidence levels, having also lost the last two Champions League matches.

Aston Villa, for their part, are not only in a respectable position in the Champions League, they are coming off a solid performance. The visitors rose from 2-0 down in the Premier League to record a 2-2 draw away to Arsenal on Saturday.

Unai Emery’s side comes into this game unbeaten in five matches, three of them being wins. With this run, there’s reason to believe they’ll be the more confident coming into the match. The visitors have suffered two losses only in their last 11 matches. In the six Champions League matches, they’ve lost just once.

Despite hosting this match, Monaco will come into the game as the clear underdogs. Their start to 2025 has been anything but impressive, failing to win any of their last four matches. They are also coming into this game off the back of two defeats in the Champions League.

In each of those defeats, they conceded three goals. Aston Villa, on the other hand, are coming from a solid run and will be very confident here. Our prediction for Monaco v Aston Villa is that Aston Villa wins the match.