Last Word On Football provides our Aston Villa predicted lineup for their match vs Manchester City on December 21 from Villa Park as Unai Emery’s side look to leapfrog their opponents and heap more misery on the Manchester side.
Aston Villa Predicted Lineup vs Manchester City as Sides Look for Strong 2024 Finish
How Aston Villa Have Lined-up Recently
Villa lined up for their match against Nottingham Forest last Saturday in their regular 4-2-3-1 formation, but much like in their win over Leipzig before that, a couple of players were played slightly out of possession due to injuries.
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Tyrone Mings was set to make his second league start of the campaign, but was withdrawn during the warmup at the City Ground after feeling unwell, as Pau Torres replaced him.
In the end, they started with Emi Martinez in goal, a back four of Ezri Konsa – as Matty Cash was moved to right midfield in the absence of Leon Bailey -, Pau Torres, Diego Carlos and Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara and Youri Tielemans as the deep midfielders and a front four of Cash, Morgan Rogers and Jhon Duran.
Aston Villa Recent Form and Tactics
The Forest result will no doubt be a tough one to swallow for Villa. They went 1-0 up through Jhon Duran on 63 minutes and looked set for a win that would have sent them into the top four, but 87th and 93rd-minute goals from Anthony Elanga and Nikola Milenkovic handed Forest a stunning victory.
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The win saw the Tricky Trees shoot into the Champions League spots at Villa’s expense. Now sitting on 28 points, this is Forest’s best return after 16 matches since 1994/95.
Aston Villa Injuries to Consider
Mings has the potential to return to the matchday squad for the City game following his illness, while Bailey could be in line to leave the treatment table following a hamstring injury that has kept him out for almost two weeks. The only definite absentee is Jacob Ramsey, whose respective hamstring injury looks set to keep him out of action till at least Boxing Day.
Aston Villa Predicted Lineup
GK – Emi Martinez
RB – Ezri Konsa
CB – Pau Torres
CB – Diego Carlos
LB – Lucas Digne
CDM – Boubacar Kamara
CDM – Youri Tielemans
RM – Leon Bailey
CAM – Morgan Rogers
LM – John McGinn
ST – Jhon Duran