Aston Villa vs Wolverhampton Wanderers: English Premier League - Match Preview
Aston Villa prepare to host Wolverhampton Wanderers at Villa Park on Saturday evening, 19th of March, let’s take a look at how both teams are expected to feature against each other:
Aston Villa
After losing their last league match against Bolton Wanderers, Aston Villa are in the doldrums once again. The English Premier League season of 2010-2011 has not been a vintage one for Villa by any stretch of the imagination. Martin O’Neill parted ways with
Aston right before the season kicked off and Randy Lerner decided to replace him with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Houllier, who has done a below-average job with Villa thus far.
Out of their last five competitive fixtures, Villa have won one, lost two and drawn two. This woeful run has seen them descend to 13th in the English Premier League table after gathering just 33 points from a total of 29 matches. Villa desperately
need a win against the Wolves to gain a place or two in the Premier League table as the finish line draws near.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and Manchester United. What is especially disturbing is the fact that Mick McCarthy’s men fall short against opposition sides which
can be thought of as nearer to their own standard of play. Already embroiled in the relegation zone, Wolves presently occupy the 19th place spot in the English Premier League. Just two points away from safety, one can be sure that Wolverhampton
will be gunning on all fronts to gain all three points at Villa Park.
Additionally Mick McCarthy’s team have won two, lost one and drawn two out of their last five fixtures. Their three match unbeaten streak is intact for the time being as they drew against Tottenham Hotspur after going down by three goals to one in the second
half of the match which took place at Molineaux stadium.
Team News
Aston Villa will be without the services of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ciaran-Clark-c9247 who is now
serving a two match ban for accumulating 10 yellow cards over the course of the 2010-2011 season.
Expected Aston Villa Line up: Friedel, Cuellar, Warnock, Walker, Baker, Makoun, Petrov, Bradley, Young, Downing, Bent
Alternatively, Wolverhampton are set to take the field on Saturday evening without the likes of Stephen Hunt and Ronald Zubar. Both the players are out due to calf injuries thus Mick McCarthy will field some of his fringe players in this tie against Aston
Villa.
Expected Wolverhampton Line up: Hennessey, Ward, Berra, Hammill, Elokobi, Foley, Henry, Milijas, Jarvis, O'Hara, Doyle
Key Players
Aston Villa will look towards their star winger http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Young-c6813 to produce another match winning performance. Already under the radar of Arsenal and Manchester United, Young has scored seven goals this season from his role as Villa’s primary winger.
On the other hand, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Doyle-c20719 has been Wolverhampton’s savoir this season. The Irishman has shown time and again that he is a muscular operator who takes nothing for granted in attack. He has scored five goals in 24 matches for Wolverhampton but his main
attribute is his capability to hold the ball up-field in order to bring his team mates into play.
Prediction
Aston Villa are struggling at the moment whereas Wolverhampton are in resurgent form. Prediction: 2-2.
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