Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion will face on Saturday in the 12th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Birmingham at the Villa Park.
Aston Villa sits in the 16th position in the table with 10 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Southampton in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far,, it has won 3 times, drawn once, and lost 7 times.
Brighton & Hove Albion sits in the 7th place in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Newcastle United in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now,, it has won 4 times, draw 5 times, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 27.27%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Steven Gerrard is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: D. Martínez, M. Targett, T. Mings, E. Konsa Ngoyo, M. Cash, J. Ramsey, L. Bailey Butler, J. McGinn and O. Watkins.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Aston Villa would be 25.22.
There are doubts about the presence of D. Soares de Paulo and D. Ings.
Steven Gerrard will probably not be able to employ M. Nakamba and B. Traoré because of injury.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 27.27%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Graham Potter is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: J. Steele, S. Duffy, J. Veltman, L. Dunk, M. Cucurella, Y. Bissouma, T. Lamptey, A. Lallana, N. Maupay and L. Trossard.
In case that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 27.30.
There are doubts about the presence of E. Mwepu.
Graham Potter will probably not be able to employ D. Burn and A. Connolly because of injury.
S. Alzate and D. Tackie Mensah Welbeck will definitely miss the match.
Graham Potter will not be able to have the presence of R. Lynch Sanchez who is suspended.