Aston Villa FC are nothing if not consistent. Ahead of the trip to Wolves on Saturday, they are 8th in the Premier League table. They also finished 8th in the UEFA Champions League table, after the first portion the continental competition completed yesterday, with matchday 8.
Aston Villa at Wolves
Kickoff: 5:30pm, Sat. Feb 1, Molineux, Wolverhampton, UK
Result Probability: Wolves 29% Aston Villa 45% Draw 26%
PL Standing, Form: Wolves 18th, 16 pts DLLLL Aston Villa 8th, 32 pts, DWWDD
Crazy 8s indeed as Villa secured the final spot in the table that qualifies for automatic qualification into the next round, i.e. skipping the playoff.
Aston Villa Team News at Wolves
Ross Barkley could make it into the team here, but Pau Torres, Tyrone Mings and Amadou Onana are all likely to miss out again here. So, in other words, nothing has changed since the 4-2 win over Celtic in the UCL last night.
With that in mind, let’s move on the lineup prediction.
Aston Villa Starting XI Prediction at Wolves
Emiliano Martinez; John McGinn, Ezri Konsa, Boubacar Kamara, Ian Maatsen; Youri Tielemans, Boubacar Kamara; Jacob Ramsey, Morgan Rogers, Leon Bailey; Ollie Watkins
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