{"id":654767,"date":"2025-05-16T03:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=654767"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:15:02","slug":"aston-villa-predicted-lineup-tottenham-hotspur-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/05\/16\/aston-villa-predicted-lineup-tottenham-hotspur-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs Tottenham Hotspur for May 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an Aston Villa predicted lineup for their Premier League clash with Tottenham. This is one of two Friday fixtures featuring teams in both the Europa League final and the race for Champions League football. This is a should-win outing for the Villans as their opponents will be focused on their European endeavours and have abysmal domestic form this year.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs Tottenham Hotspur in Premier League Tie<\/h2>\n

How Aston Villa Have Lined Up Recently<\/h3>\n

Emi Martinez has been the goalkeeper of choice whenever he’s fit. The primary back four appears to be Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, and Lucas Digne from right to left. Tyrone Mings and Ian Maatsen can get starts if the manager needs to rotate. With injuries limiting options, Boubacar Kamara and Amadou Onana are the main defensive midfield pairing.<\/p>\n

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Jacob Ramsay, Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans, and Marco Asensio have started behind the striker with Tielemans also capable of playing in the defensive pivot. Ollie Watkins is the usual striker since Marcus Rashford’s injury.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa Recent Form & Tactics<\/h3>\n

Unai Emery has used his 4-2-3-1 setup for pretty much every match this season. There’s been slight twists to how it plays on the pitch and he briefly used three natural central midfielders instead of two which created more of a 4-3-3 of sorts but recently he’s gone back to the three attacking midfielder lineup to support Watkins up front.<\/p>\n

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Results have been very strong, the Villans are in fine form in the Premier League. Losses in the Champions League and FA Cup definitely set them back but they can focus fully on getting through matches against Tottenham and Manchester United as they aim to surge into the top five. They’ve kept two clean sheets in a row and have had no problem scoring themselves which is a recipe for success.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa Absentees to Consider<\/h3>\n

In his pre-match conference, Emery confirmed<\/a> that he will be without three players. Rashford is still injured, Tielemans is still injured, and Ramsay is suspended after a red card. The rest of the squad is fit to play.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs Tottenham<\/h3>\n

GK – Emi Martinez<\/p>\n

LB – Lucas Digne<\/p>\n

CB -Pau Torres<\/p>\n

CB – Ezri Konsa<\/p>\n

RB – Matty Cash<\/p>\n

DM – Boubacar Kamara<\/p>\n

DM – Amadou Onana<\/p>\n

AM – Marco Asensio<\/p>\n

AM – John McGinn<\/p>\n

AM – Morgan Rogers<\/p>\n

ST – Ollie Watkins<\/p>\n

Featured Image Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n

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