Aston Villa has not yet justified its summer investments and is not happy with its stability. The Lions finished their performances in the League Cup at the stage of the 1/16 finals, when an evil lot brought the championship leader to the rivals. The Chelsea game showed Birmingham had potential, but the retirees were more accurate in their penalty shootout. In the English Championship, after 13 rounds, the “lions” chalked up five wins and one draw, which brought 16 points and 13th place in the standings. After a series of unsuccessful matches, Villa won two victories in a row over Brighton (2:0) and Crystal Palace (2:1), which brought such results. It should be noted the line of attack, which differed 18 times, while the defense conceded almost two goals on average. Today Traore and Trezeguet, who has a knee injury, will not be able to enter the pitch.
Graham Potter’s team opened the FA Cup tournament well, where they beat Cardiff and Swansea at the start. Further “Brighton” did not proceed. “Leicester” stood in the way of the modest representative of East Sussex. In the Premier League championship, the Seagulls started off powerfully, but the loss of concentration cost a place in the top six and after 13 rounds Albion dropped to ninth place. Before this match the team had four victories and six peaceful outcomes, which brought 18 points. Alsate and Welbeck, who has a thigh injury, will not play today.
