Aston Villa 3-1 Luton Town: Hosts pick up fifth win in six Premier League games

Aston Villa claimed their fifth win in six Premier League games with a cushty victory over Luton Town at Villa Park.

Moussa Diaby added a second quickly after the break as he drove dwelling from contained in the field, and the ahead was instrumental in the third.

He used his tempo to chase a ball excessive earlier than his cross was turned in by Luton captain Tom Lockyer for an personal aim.

Luton by no means seemed like getting something from the sport and didn’t handle a shot on aim till the hour mark, when Ross Barkley despatched a rising effort from distance nicely over the bar.

But they did get a comfort late on in uncommon circumstances as a header by Villa defender Ezri Konsa bounced again off the bar and in off goalkeeper Emi Martinez.

The win means Villa have a powerful 22 factors from 10 Premier League games as they proceed their nice kind below supervisor Unai Emery.

Defeat for Luton, in the meantime, leaves them in the relegation zone and one level from security.

Fortress Villa Park

Teams can usually discover it troublesome to regulate to the short turnaround between games in Europe and the Premier League, however Aston Villa look like thriving on it.

Emery’s aspect adopted a 4-1 thrashing of West Ham final Sunday with a victory by the same scoreline at AZ Alkmaar on Thursday.

And they confirmed no indicators of fatigue as they continued their spectacular kind at dwelling.

This victory was their twelfth in a row at Villa Park, with that run seeing them rating 34 targets and conceding simply six.

“We all the time wish to rating extra targets, we wish to win with clear sheets,” Emery informed BBC Sport.

“The most essential [thing] for us is to try to get good performances and try to be constant and never be below this stage of efficiency for 90 minutes.

“Today was a vital match. We tried to be constant in our gameplan. We revered them as a result of they received at Everton and drew at Nottingham Forest.”

Toothless Hatters

Luton have been higher on the highway than at dwelling in the Premier League following promotion, successful at Everton earlier than drawing at Nottingham Forest in their earlier outing.

That recreation on the City Ground noticed them battle again from two targets all the way down to earn some extent, however a fightback by no means seemed on the playing cards in this recreation.

They struggled to create any probabilities of be aware towards a Villa aspect in formidable kind, significantly at dwelling.

Unfortunately for Luton it doesn’t get any simpler with a house recreation towards Liverpool up subsequent, earlier than they journey to Manchester United.

“Villa are an excellent staff who’re in an amazing second, very assured and really clear in what they wish to do. They made it very powerful for us, however good studying I might say for us,” Luton boss Rob Edwards mentioned.

“We will come up towards groups like this who’re in good kind, and there have been occasions after we did issues nicely. There are bits for us to study and enhance on.

“This recreation was by no means going to outline our season, however now we have to verify it makes us higher.”