Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa will play on Saturday the 26th of February at 3:00 pm in the 27th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Falmer at the The American Express Community Stadium. The chosen referee is John Brooks.
Brighton & Hove Albion sits in the 10th place in the league with 33 points. It comes from a 0-3 loss against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 12 times, and lost 6 times.
Aston Villa sits in the 13th place in the standings with 27 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Watford in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, 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, L. Dunk, J. Veltman, T. Lamptey, A. Mac Allister, A. Lallana, Y. Bissouma, J. Moder, L. Trossard and N. Maupay.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 26.64.
A. Webster, E. Mwepu and J. Sarmiento will definitely miss the match.
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.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Aston Villa would be 25.64.
M. Nakamba and B. Traoré will definitely miss the match.