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TV writing, MMA, betting and Aston Villa. https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jamesdonaghy http://aerialtelly.co.uk/ https://plantbasedsavage.com/

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Current betting odds for Villa finish in EPL.

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต: 1.05 โ†’ 95.24% chance
๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฐ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต: 1.32 โ†’ 75.76% chance

No odds for top 5, so asked Gemini to calculate them:

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฑ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต: 1.1435 โ†’ 87.45%

#avfc

28.01.2026 07:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting

Aston Villa 1.66 (60 % chance)
Everton 6 (16.66% chance)
Draw 4.2 (23.8% chance)

#avfc #efc #AVLEVE

18.01.2026 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aston Villa to finish betting

Top 6: 1.12 (89.2% chance)
Top 4: 1.38 (72.4% chance)
Top 2: 8.8 (11.3% chance)

#avfc

06.01.2026 09:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting

Aston Villa 1.84
Nottingham Forest 4.7
Draw 3.95

#avfc #AVLNFO

31.12.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That Newcastle penalty decision is so bad. One of the worst I've seen.

03.12.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting

Aston Villa 1.55
Wolves 7
Draw 4.7

#avfc #AVLWOL

24.11.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting

Aston Villa 1.21
Young Boys 16
Draw 8.6

#avfc #AVLYB #EuropaLeague

24.11.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Statistically, we win this game 90 times out of a hundred, draw it 8 times, lose it twice. #avfc #AVLBOU

09.11.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fairly unusual for the winner of an uncontroversial unanimous decision to start the rematch a few months later at a longer price.

Betting

Chris Eubank 1.8
Conor Benn 2.56
Draw 17.5

#EubankBenn2

08.11.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting

Aston Villa 2.26
Bournemouth 3.45
Draw 3.65

#avfc #AVLBOU

04.11.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting

Aston Villa 1.24
Maccabi Tel Aviv 14
Draw 7.6

#AVLMTA #avfc

03.11.2025 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting

Liverpool 1.65
Aston Villa 5.6
Draw 4.6

#avfc #LIVAVL

29.10.2025 10:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting odds

Go Ahead Eagles 6.4
Aston Villa 1.55
Draw 5

#GAEAVL #avfc #EuropaLeague

21.10.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting

Spurs 2.2
Aston Villa 3.5
Draw 3.75

#avfc #TOTAVL

15.10.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All the late money for Villa. #avfc #AVLBUR

05.10.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Oh Please
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Oh Please ยท The Undertones Get What You Need โ„— 2003 Dothefast Ltd Released on: 2011-12-01 Music Publisher: Dothefast Ltd Auto-generated by YouTube. Oh Please

You can generally safely ignore post-Feargal Sharkey Undertones but this one - which takes shots at U2 and other Dublin bands - goes pretty hard. ๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽธโžก๏ธ

01.10.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ha! Yes, I meant to say get him in the games room. Weight off our shoulders when he came off.

29.09.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting

Feyenoord 3
Aston Villa 2.5
Draw 3.6

#FEYAVL #avfc #UEL

29.09.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

H/T 1-1. Probably our best half of the season though Fulham look more controlled and dangerous. Need to get Elliott in the game more. #avfc #AVLFUL

28.09.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting giving us a 42/43 % chance of winning. Probability went up after team news.

Aston Villa 2.34
Fulham 3.55
Draw 3.35

#avfc #AVLFUL

28.09.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Europa League winner odds

Aston Villa 7
Roma 9.4
Porto 9.8
Nottingham Forest 11
Bologna 14
Betis 14.5
Lyon 17.5
Lille 22
Stuttgart 24

#avfc #UEL #EuropaLeague

24.09.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aston Villa vs. Fulham odds

Aston Villa 2.4
Fulham 3.5
Draw 3.3

#AVLFUL #avfc

24.09.2025 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aston Villa vs. Bologna odds

Aston Villa 1.94
Bologna 4.7
Draw 3.65

#AVLBOL #avfc

22.09.2025 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All the late money coming in on Villa. Hope the wisdom of crowds is right on this one. #avfc #SUNAVL

21.09.2025 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can only assume no one who bets has watched us play this season. #avfc #SUNAVL

Betting

Sunderland 3.85
Aston Villa 2.20
Draw 3.45

18.09.2025 07:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œWe have to dismantle the Fountainhead brick-by-brickโ€
Have just been reminded of Prince and Ayn Rand. ๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

16.09.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Betting for Tuesday's game

Brentford 2.94
Aston Villa 2.44
Draw 3.65

#BREAVL #avfc

13.09.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aston Villa, the only team in Englandโ€™s top seven divisions without a goal. The Athletic #avfc
archive.ph/tEccd

11.09.2025 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Early betting

Everton 2.58
Aston Villa 3.05
Draw 3.4

#avfc #EVEAVL

07.09.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Home win on the drift. #avfc #AVLCRY

31.08.2025 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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