Aston Villa’s start to the season has been mixed, claiming one win and one defeat, so the Claret and Blue Army will be hoping to see their side get back to winning ways as they make the relatively short 37 mile journey east across the Midlands to Leicester.
Aston Villa Predicted Lineup Vs Leicester City in Premier League Clash
How Aston Villa Have Lined up Recently
Unai Emery named an unchanged line-up for the first two matches of the season, although he’ll surely be forced to break that trend here- more on injury concerns shortly.
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Ollie Watkins squandered two excellent chances against Arsenal a week ago and is clearly lacking sharpness, having not played a single minute of pre-season following the Euros, but will keep his place in attack, chosen over Jhon Durán.
Summer signings Ian Maatsen, Ross Barkley and Jaden Philogene all came off the bench at Villa Park last Saturday, all likely to be named amongst the substitutes again.
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Aston Villa’s Recent Form and Tactics
Aston Villa beat West Ham United on opening day, Amadou Onana marking his debut with a towering header in East London, before Durán swept home a last-gasp winner.
However, the Claret and Blue Army could not build on that result, beaten 2-0 by Arsenal in their home opener, although the match certainly could’ve gone either way, emphasised by the fact that Gunners goalkeeper David Raya was named man of the match.
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Villa are hoping to win back-to-back away games at the start of a league campaign for the first time since 2020.
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Aston Villa Injuries to Consider
As alluded to earlier, Matty Cash hobbled off after just 15 minutes against Arsenal, so is highly unlikely to feature here. Coming in at right-back will be Kosta Nedeljković, the 18 year old who’s arrived from Crvena zvezda, who became the 1000th player to represent Villa by debuting at the London Stadium. That aside, Emery could name an unchanged XI.
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Aston Villa Predicted Lineup Vs Arsenal
GK: Emi Martínez
RB: Kosta Nedeljković
CB: Ezri Konsa
CB: Pau Torres
LB: Lucas Digne
CM: Amadou Onana
CM: Youri Tielemans
CM: John McGinn
RW: Leon Bailey
LW: Morgan Rogers
ST: Ollie Watkins
