Tottenham Hotspurs versus Aston Villa – Preview (Part 3)
After finishing at the 6th position in the Premier League last season, (which was impressive) the Lions have had an even better start in current season.
Last season they thwarted Liverpool to reach the top half of the table and this season their intentions are the same. Their magnificent performances having led them to acquire 10 points from 6 matches and a 5th position on the list.
Aston Villa’s defender, Richard Dunne is making a comeback in the match after being ruled out because of a knee injury. However, this good news is paired up with a bad news, as reports have it that striker Gabriel Agbonlahor is still on the bench with slow
recovery.
Republic of Ireland’s international feature, Dunne, missed the Carling Cup encounter against Blackburn and the league derby clash with Wolves. He started his training and practice sessions again with the team this season, after scans cleared him for matches.
Houllier immediately called him back for duty and he will now pair up with James Collins-Carlos Cuellar in the attack.
Agbonlahor on the other hand had a minor groin surgery last Monday and is expected to be out for 2 weeks. After some good performances Emile Heskey will be looking forward to score in his third consecutive match after Houllier confirmed his fate in the aging
forward.
The line-up for Tottenham Hotspurs will be 1 Gomes (Goal keeper), 32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Centre Defender Left), 19 Sebastien Bassong (Centre Defender Right), 6 Tom Huddlestone (Defensive Midfielder), 3 Gareth Bale (Left Back), 2 Alan Hutton (Right Back),
11 Rafael Van der Vaart (Attacking Midfielder), 14 Luka Modric (Left Midfielder), 8 Jermaine Jenas (Right Midfielder), 15 Peter Crouch (Centre Forward Left) and 9 Roman Pavlyuchenko (Centre Forward Right).
Substitutions: 10 Robbie Keane, 23 Carlo Cudicini, 21 Niko Kranjcar, 7 Aaron Lennon, 22 Vedran Corluka, 12 Wilson Palacios and 30 Sandro.
The line-up for Aston Villa will be 1 Brad Friedel (Goal keeper), 5 Richard Dunne (Centre Defender Left), 29 James Collins (Centre Defender Right), 3 Stephen Warnock (Left Back), 2 Luke Young (Right Back), 19 Stiliyan Petrov (Centre Midfielder Left), 20
Nigel Reo-Coker (Centre Midfielder Right), 7 Ashley Young (Attacking Midfielder), 6 Stewart Downing (Left Midfielder),12 Marc Albrighton (Right Midfielder) and 18 Emile Heskey (Forward).
Substitutions: 10 John Carew, 4 Steve Sidwell, 24 Carlos Jimenez Cuellar,9 Stephen Ireland, 22 Brad Guzan, 21 Ciaran Clark and 25 Barry Bannan.
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