Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa are going to face off on Saturday the 26th of February at 3:00 pm in the 27th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Falmer at the The American Express Community Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by John Brooks.
Brighton & Hove Albion occupies the 9th place in the table with 33 points. It comes from a 0-3 loss against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 6 times, draw 12 times, and lost 6 times.
Aston Villa sits in the 12th place in the league with 27 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Watford in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 3 times, and lost 13 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 20.83%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-3-1-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Graham Potter is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: R. Lynch Sanchez, M. Cucurella, J. Veltman, S. Duffy, T. Lamptey, A. Mac Allister, Y. Bissouma, A. Lallana, J. Moder, N. Maupay and D. Tackie Mensah Welbeck.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 26.91.
Graham Potter will probably not be able to employ A. Webster, E. Mwepu and J. Sarmiento because of injury.
Graham Potter will not be able to have the presence of L. Dunk who is suspended.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 56.52%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (13 times), 3-5-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 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, S. Swinkels, T. Mings, E. Konsa Ngoyo, M. Cash, J. McGinn, J. Ramsey, D. Soares de Paulo, P. Coutinho Correia, E. Buendía and O. Watkins.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Aston Villa would be 25.64.
M. Nakamba and B. Traoré will definitely miss the match.