Aston Villa and Sheffield United are going to face on Friday the 22nd of December at 8:00 pm in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Birmingham at the Villa Park. The referee will be Anthony Taylor.
Aston Villa is in the 3rd place in the league with 38 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Brentford in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 12 times, drawn twice, and lost 3 times.
Aston Villa won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 5th of November against Nottingham Forest and the score was 2-0.
Sheffield United sits in the 20th position in the standings with 8 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Chelsea in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won twice, drawn twice, and lost 13 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up during the season (10 times or 58.82%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Unai Emery Etxegoien is expected to play against Sheffield United with the following players: Emiliano Martínez, Lucas Digne, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Jacob Ramsey, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Leon Bailey, Moussa Diaby and Ollie Watkins.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Aston Villa would be 27.00.
Unai Emery Etxegoien will probably not be able to employ Youri Tielemans because of injury.
Tyrone Mings , Emiliano Buendía and Bertrand Traoré will definitely miss the match.
Unai Emery Etxegoien will not be able to have the presence of Boubacar Kamara who is suspended.
Sheffield United
Sheffield United has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up during the season (8 times or 47.06%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (8 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Chris Wilder is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: Wes Foderingham, Auston Trusty, Jack Robinson, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Jayden Bogle, Vini Souza, Cameron Archer, Gustavo Hamer, James McAtee, Daniel Jebbison and Oli McBurnie.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Sheffield United would be 24.91.
Chris Wilder will probably not be able to employ Rhys Norrington-Davies and Rhian Brewster because of injury.
Chris Basham , John Egan and Tom Davies will definitely miss the match.