Venue: The Hawthorns Date: Saturday, 19th January K/o: 17:30 Team News
West Brom will have to assess Claudio Yacob and Marc-Antoine Fortune after the duo suffered hamstring injuries recently, whilst Shane Long is a doubt with a dead leg.
Aston Villa captain Ron Vlaar could make his first appearance since November after suffering a calf injury.
Darren Bent is a doubt with a knee injury and Chris Herd and Marc Albrighton are out.
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West Brom have been a surprise package in the Premier League this season, and in spite of making a mixed start to the current Premier League campaign, the Baggies are currently sitting in 7th place, just a point behind Arsenal and four points off a Europa League place.
Aston Villa, by contrast, have been relatively poor this season. Their embarrassing 3-1 defeat by Bradford in the League Cup typifies their campaign so far, and...
West Brom will have to assess Claudio Yacob and Marc-Antoine Fortune after the duo suffered hamstring injuries recently, whilst Shane Long is a doubt with a dead leg.
Aston Villa captain Ron Vlaar could make his first appearance since November after suffering a calf injury.
Darren Bent is a doubt with a knee injury and Chris Herd and Marc Albrighton are out.
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West Brom have been a surprise package in the Premier League this season, and in spite of making a mixed start to the current Premier League campaign, the Baggies are currently sitting in 7th place, just a point behind Arsenal and four points off a Europa League place.
Aston Villa, by contrast, have been relatively poor this season. Their embarrassing 3-1 defeat by Bradford in the League Cup typifies their campaign so far, and...
- 1/19/2013
- by Joseph Dempsey
- Obsessed with Film
Venue: Villa Park Date: Saturday, 12th January K/o: 15:00 Team News
Aston Villa defender Ron Vlaar has resumed training and could feature against Southampton following a seven-week layoff with a calf injury.
Midfieler’s Ashley Westwood and Brett Holman definitely return, however Darren Bent, Marc Albrighton and Chris Herd are out and Shay Given (hamstring) is a doubt.
Southampton’s Adam Lallana and Jose Fonte will sit out this encounter with knee problems, and Emmanuel Mayuka is on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Zambia.
Gaston Ramirez and Nathaniel Clyne could return from injury.
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Aston Villa currently sit one point and one place above today’s visitors and both are hovering just above the relegation zone so three points is imperative for either side. But Paul Lambert’s Villa go into this encounter short on confidence after the most surprising of defeats to League Two side Bradford in midweek.
Aston Villa defender Ron Vlaar has resumed training and could feature against Southampton following a seven-week layoff with a calf injury.
Midfieler’s Ashley Westwood and Brett Holman definitely return, however Darren Bent, Marc Albrighton and Chris Herd are out and Shay Given (hamstring) is a doubt.
Southampton’s Adam Lallana and Jose Fonte will sit out this encounter with knee problems, and Emmanuel Mayuka is on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Zambia.
Gaston Ramirez and Nathaniel Clyne could return from injury.
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Aston Villa currently sit one point and one place above today’s visitors and both are hovering just above the relegation zone so three points is imperative for either side. But Paul Lambert’s Villa go into this encounter short on confidence after the most surprising of defeats to League Two side Bradford in midweek.
- 1/12/2013
- by Joseph Dempsey
- Obsessed with Film
Liverpool vs Aston Villa
Location: Anfield
Kick off: 3 p.m, Saturday 15th December
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
History and Form:
This fixture last season ended in a fairly low key 1-1 draw with Chris Herd and Luis Suarez the goalscorers for either side.
Liverpool have won 3 of the last 5 meetings at either ground. Liverpool won 2-0 at Villa Park nearly a year ago (18th December 2011) in the meeting prior to the 1-1 Anfield draw – one of the scorers that day, Craig Bellamy, no longer plays for the club.
Liverpool Bpl Form: Dwdlww – 4th Real Position: 10th
Aston Villa Bpl Form: Lldwdd – 15th Real Position: 17th
Liverpool Team News
Liverpool head into this fixture buoyed by their late win down at Upton Park just last Sunday. Liverpool won that game 3-2 and it was their first Sunday victory of the season. This accomplished without leading goalscorer and star player Luis Suarez...
Location: Anfield
Kick off: 3 p.m, Saturday 15th December
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
History and Form:
This fixture last season ended in a fairly low key 1-1 draw with Chris Herd and Luis Suarez the goalscorers for either side.
Liverpool have won 3 of the last 5 meetings at either ground. Liverpool won 2-0 at Villa Park nearly a year ago (18th December 2011) in the meeting prior to the 1-1 Anfield draw – one of the scorers that day, Craig Bellamy, no longer plays for the club.
Liverpool Bpl Form: Dwdlww – 4th Real Position: 10th
Aston Villa Bpl Form: Lldwdd – 15th Real Position: 17th
Liverpool Team News
Liverpool head into this fixture buoyed by their late win down at Upton Park just last Sunday. Liverpool won that game 3-2 and it was their first Sunday victory of the season. This accomplished without leading goalscorer and star player Luis Suarez...
- 12/14/2012
- by Zak Forster
- Obsessed with Film
This fixture was last played four years ago in the Premier League. Villa won 3-1 thanks to a John Carew brace. And what we wouldn’t have given for more than one goal as both teams played very poor football in what was a boring match. Neither Reading nor Aston Villa would look out of place in the championship as both squads have little quality and are built on defensive stability. One of the best players on the park, however, was Villa frontman Christian Benteke. His 80th minute header was the difference between the two sides and he showed that he is a class above the majority of players on the park.
Aston Villa made two changes to the team that drew 0-0 with Arsenal. Karim El-Ahmadi and Ron Vlaar were replaced by youngsters Ashley Westwood and Nathan Baker. Villa played a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Brad Guzan (Gk) – 9 Made...
Aston Villa made two changes to the team that drew 0-0 with Arsenal. Karim El-Ahmadi and Ron Vlaar were replaced by youngsters Ashley Westwood and Nathan Baker. Villa played a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Brad Guzan (Gk) – 9 Made...
- 11/28/2012
- by Adam Henderson
- Obsessed with Film
Attendance: 48,245
An uninspiring Newcastle United needed a moment of magic from gifted Frenchman Hatem Ben Arfa to overcome a dogged and determined (not to mention dirty) Aston Villa side in the Tyneside sunshine on Sunday afternoon, as the former Marseille man fired in a wonder-goal to level the scores at 1-1 and send the small pocket of travelling Villains away ruing missed chances.
Neither team was particularly exciting to watch, though Villa can probably claim to have enjoyed the best of a largely boring first-half in which Newcastle’s narrow 4-4-2 failed to take advantage of Villa’s shakey full-backs. But it could have been a lot different as early as the second minute, captain Fabricio Coloccini missing a good chance to score when Yohan Cabaye’s free-kick dropped to him ten or so yards out.
The Magpies then followed up this early pressure with a good shout for...
An uninspiring Newcastle United needed a moment of magic from gifted Frenchman Hatem Ben Arfa to overcome a dogged and determined (not to mention dirty) Aston Villa side in the Tyneside sunshine on Sunday afternoon, as the former Marseille man fired in a wonder-goal to level the scores at 1-1 and send the small pocket of travelling Villains away ruing missed chances.
Neither team was particularly exciting to watch, though Villa can probably claim to have enjoyed the best of a largely boring first-half in which Newcastle’s narrow 4-4-2 failed to take advantage of Villa’s shakey full-backs. But it could have been a lot different as early as the second minute, captain Fabricio Coloccini missing a good chance to score when Yohan Cabaye’s free-kick dropped to him ten or so yards out.
The Magpies then followed up this early pressure with a good shout for...
- 9/3/2012
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
West Ham United’s first match back in the Premier League sees them welcome Aston Villa to Upton Park this afternoon. Kick-off is at 3pm and the match won’t be televised live in the UK.
Here’s the team news ahead of today’s game;
The Hammers are missing Jack Collison with an aggravated knee injury that has seen him missing all of pre-season.
Former Villa defender and Wales international James Collins is fit to face his former club but manager Sam Allardyce has revealed that his new summer signings Aloud Diarra and Modibo Maiga won’t start today’s game.
Villa sumer signing Brett Holman has shaken off his knee injury and the midfielder is included in the squad for today’s game.
Other new faces include centre-half Ron Vlaar, right-back Matthew Lowton and midfielder Karim El Ahmadi who are all in contention to play today.
Striker Gabriel...
Here’s the team news ahead of today’s game;
The Hammers are missing Jack Collison with an aggravated knee injury that has seen him missing all of pre-season.
Former Villa defender and Wales international James Collins is fit to face his former club but manager Sam Allardyce has revealed that his new summer signings Aloud Diarra and Modibo Maiga won’t start today’s game.
Villa sumer signing Brett Holman has shaken off his knee injury and the midfielder is included in the squad for today’s game.
Other new faces include centre-half Ron Vlaar, right-back Matthew Lowton and midfielder Karim El Ahmadi who are all in contention to play today.
Striker Gabriel...
- 8/18/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
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