Last Word On Football provides our Aston Villa predicted lineup for their match against Brighton on December 30 from Villa Park.
Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs Brighton As Midlands Side Look to Recover From Difficult Loss
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How Aston Villa Have Lined-up Recently
Aston Villa Recent Form and Tactics
Sticking with the 4-2-3-1 formation and going unchanged for two games in a row looked in hindsight like the best decision from Unai Emery, but at 17:00 on Boxing Day, he’d have been wondering whether it really was the right thing to do.
Two minutes into the game against the Magpies and Villa were dealt a killer blow as Anthony Gordon gave Eddie Howe’s side the lead. Things went from bad to worse for the visitors on the half hour mark when Duran was controversially given his marching orders by Anthony Taylor for a stamp on the back of Fabian Schar, giving Emery’s crew a mountain to climb. Alexander Isak made it 2-0 on 59 minutes and in the dying minutes of the game, Joelinton made it three to hand Villa their fifth consecutive away defeat of the season and their fourth Boxing Day loss in a row.
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Villa attempted to get Duran’s red card overturned after the game, but the FA rejected their appeal, meaning the Colombian will now miss the Brighton clash and games against Leicester and Everton, with “star” man Ollie Watkins likely to return for his league start since December 4.
Aston Villa Injuries to Consider
Jacob Ramsey is back in training following a hamstring injury layoff, with the Athletic’s Aston Villa writer Jacob Tanswell reporting Emery’s words that the young Englishman could finally be in line for a return to action against the Seagulls. Along with Duran’s three-match ban, Emery will also be without Cash, who will serve a one-match suspension following the accumulation of his fifth yellow card of the campaign against Newcastle.
Aston Villa Predicted Lineup
GK – Emi Martinez
RB – Kosta Nedeljkovic
CB – Pau Torres
CB – Ezri Konsa
LB – Lucas Digne
CDM – Boubacar Kamara
CDM – Amadou Onana
RM – John McGinn
CAM – Youri Tielemans
LM – Morgan Rogers
ST – Ollie Watkins
