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After a brief hiatus for World Cup qualifiers, the Premier League roars back this weekend with a full slate of matches and there are two underdogs at decent odds that value-hunters should circle.

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Wolves have been a pleasant surprise in their first season under Portuguese manager Bruno Lage and have an outside shot at a Europa League spot with eight matches to go.

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Wolverhampton’s modest success is due in large part to a stingy defense that has the fourth-best defensive record in the Premier League this season.

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The underlying metrics do suggest that some negative regression is coming for Wolves, but there’s still a lot to like about this defense,

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Aston Villa attack that has been inconsistent in Steven Gerrard’s 18-match tenure.

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Under Gerrard, Villa have scored 27 goals, but their expected goals sits at just 20.3, for an average of 1.13 per contest.

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In short, there’s very little that separates these two clubs. Both teams prefer to grind out results and turn matches into coin flips,

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