Aston Villa Predicted Lineup Vs West Ham United for January 10

Last Word on Football provides our Aston Villa predicted lineup for their FA Cup Third Round tie against West Ham United on January 10 at Villa Park.

Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs West Ham United in FA Cup Third Round Clash

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How Aston Villa Have Lined-up Recently

For their most recent match against Leicester City on January 4, Unai Emery made three changes to the side that drew 2-2 with Brighton on December 30, as Tyrone Mings, Matty Cash and Ross Barkley came in for Diego Carlos, Pau Torres and Morgan Rogers.

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They lined up in their regular 4-2-3-1 with Emi Martinez in goal, Cash at right-back, Ezri Konsa and Mings at centre-back and Lucas Digne on the left. Boubacar Kamara and Barkley held the fort in defensive midfield, while Leon Bailey, Youri Tielemans and John McGinn supported Ollie Watkins up top.

After their 2-2 draw with Brighton, Villa got back to winning ways against Leicester, winning 2-1 with all three goals coming in the space of 18 second-half minutes. Barkley gave Villa the lead on 58 minutes, but Stephy Mavididi equalised five minutes later.

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Villa huffed and puffed in search of another goal and got their reward fourteen minutes from time when Bailey converted from close range following Ian Maatsen’s cutback, the victory taking Villa up to 8th in the table and putting them in good stead for the start of their FA Cup journey.

Aston Villa Injuries to Consider

Going into the West Ham game, Emery has got a lot on his plate injury-wise. McGinn exited the Leicester game early with what is now perceived to be a long-term hamstring problem, while starting centre-backs Torres and Carlos look to be ruled out with respective foot injuries.

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While the FA Cup brings plenty of opportunities for rotation, with three of Villa’s more important players now out through injury it will be interesting to see how Emery deals with the hand he has been dealt.

GK – Robin Olsen

RB – Kosta Nedeljkovic

CB – Ezri Konsa

CB – Tyrone Mings

LB – Ian Maatsen

CDM – Boubacar Kamara

CDM – Youri Tielemans

RM – Jacob Ramsey

CAM – Emi Buendia

LM – Morgan Rogers

ST – Ollie Watkins