St Louis City vs Aston Villa Betting Tips: Back Watkins and Rogers to Star Stateside

Aston Villa continue their pre-season preparations against MLS side St Louis City in Missouri on Thursday, and our betting tips can be backed in an 11/2 treble.

St Louis City welcome Premier League side Aston Villa to Energizer Park in the early hours of Thursday morning, with Unai Emery’s side on the hunt for their first win in pre-season.

Thus far, the Villans have suffered 1-0 and 3-1 defeats against Walsall and Hansa Rostock and head into their stateside clash off the back of a 2-2 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Star players Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers were on target versus the Bundesliga outfit.

Following their fixture in Missouri, Villa round off their American tour with clashes against Nashville SC and Nashville. They then return to the UK for their final pre-season outing vs Roma.

The Villans’ competitive campaign gets underway on Saturday, 16 August, with their Premier League opening day fixture being against Champions League side Newcastle at Villa Park.

St Louis, meanwhile, head into this one in poor form. David Critchley’s side have won just one of their last eight games in MLS and are currently 14th out of 15 in the Western Conference table.

Last time out, they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Minnesota, following on from a 3-0 loss to Dallas.

Kick-off is due at 01:30am on Thursday, with UK betting sites favouring Villa to prevail at 9/20.

St Louis City vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

• Aston Villa Half Time/Full Time @ 11/10
• Morgan Rogers to Score at Any Time @ 13/10
• Ollie Watkins to Score at Any Time @ 8/11

Aston Villa Half Time/Full Time @ 11/10

Looking to seal their first victory this summer, we at SportsCasting are backing Aston Villa to come up trumps in comfortable fashion here by leading at both half time and full time at 11/10.

As previously alluded to, the hosts come into this one in terrible form.

Since going four games unbeaten at the start of the campaign from late February to mid-March, St Louis have won just two of their last 20 games in Major League Soccer.

Additionally, they were eliminated from the US Open Cup by Minnesota in the last-16.

They also head into the clash having suffered five defeats across their last six matches.

With first-team stars such as Watkins, Rogers, Youri Tielemans, Emi Buendia and more set to feature, a seasoned Premier League side in Villa should seal a straightforward victory in this one.

Morgan Rogers to Score at Any Time @ 13/10

Rogers was introduced from the bench in the draw against Frankfurt, but having scored less than four minutes after being brought on, we expect he’ll be in from the off this time around.

The 23-year-old starred for Villa last term, featuring anywhere across the front line, totalling an impressive 14 goals and 15 assists in 54 appearances across all competitions.

His form earned him an international call-up for England, for whom he now has six caps.

Having already netted once in pre-season, we’re backing Rogers to maintain his form from last term with another goal against St Louis City. You can back him to score at any time at 13/10.

Ollie Watkins to Score at Any Time @ 8/11

Despite being linked with a move to Manchester United, Watkins is expected to start in Missouri.

Like Rogers, he scored in the draw against Frankfurt at the Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville.

The 29-year-old also enjoyed a strong season in front of goal in 2024/25, having scored 17 goals and provided 14 assists in 54 appearances across all competitions.

Priced as the favourite to score at any time at Energizer Park, we’re backing Aston Villa’s danger man to add to his pre-season tally with at least one goal against St Louis, priced at 8/11.

Back Our St Louis City vs Aston Villa Betting Tips: 11/2 Pre-Season Treble

You can back any or all of our three betting tips as singles or as a treble in a bet builder.

By combining our three selections, punters are able to back a treble valued at 11/2.

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