Leeds have made a decent start to life back in the Premier League with seven points from their opening five games, but they lost to Wolves at Elland Road on Monday night.

 

The Whites will take on Aston Villa on Friday night at Villa Park and Smith’s team are the form team of the Premier League at the moment, winning their opening four league games.

 

 

Smith is looking forward to hosting Leeds this week and insisted that with the kind of football they have played, the Whites are going to win more games than they lose.

 

The Aston Villa boss has been particularly impressed with the levels of fitness the Leeds players have shown and stressed that he does not expect the Whites to be part of the relegation dogfight towards the end of the season.

 

 

Smith said in a press conference: “I’ve seen all five of their games so far and they’re very competitive.

 

“They’ll win more games than they lose this season – that’s for sure.

 

“I don’t see them being in a relegation scrap at the end of the season.

 

 

“They’re the fittest team in the league and every team that has played against them so far has actually got their top numbers during that game.

 

“There’s a certain work ethic there but there’s also a lot of quality there as well.”

 

It remains to be seen whether Villa can continue their 100 per cent start to the season with a home win over Leeds on Friday night.