Confirmed teamsheets: Aston Villa vs West Brom
Written by Dan on October 22, 2011
West Brom come to Villa Park in a fixture we haven’t lost since 1979. Our record from the last 10 times we played the Baggies in the league is six wins and four draws.
Roy Hodgson’s side picked up their second win of the season last weekend, a 2-0 home victory against the hapless Wolves. We’re trying to put a comprehensive loss at the hands of Man City behind us, Alex McLeish threatening to drop any players who put in lacklustre defensive displays.
Here’s how the two managers are setting their sides up today. Barry Bannan returns to the side in place of Emile Heskey, James Collins is back from injury and replaces James Collins, Charles N’Zogbia is back in the starting eleven in place of Stephen Ireland and Chris Herd replaces Fabian Delph.
| Aston Villa | West Brom | ||
| 1 | Shay Given | 1 | Ben Foster |
| 2 | Alan Hutton | 12 | Steven Reid |
| 6 | James Collins | 23 | Gareth McAuley |
| 5 | Richard Dunne | 3 | Jonas Olsson |
| 3 | Stephen Warnock | 28 | Billy Jones |
| 31 | Chris Herd | 11 | Chris Brunt |
| 19 | Stiliyan Petrov | 33 | Paul Scharner |
| 25 | Barry Bannan | 21 | Youssuf Mulumbu |
| 10 | Charles N’Zogbia | 14 | Jerome Thomas |
| 11 | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 24 | Peter Odemwingie |
| 9 | Darren Bent | 9 | Shane Long |
| Subs | Subs | ||
| 22 | Brad Guzan | 13 | Márton Fülöp |
| 24 | Carlos Cuellar | 20 | Nicky Shorey |
| 21 | Ciaran Clark | 25 | Craig Dawson |
| 7 | Stephen Ireland | 31 | Simon Cox |
| 12 | Marc Albrighton | 7 | James Morrison |
| 14 | Nathan Delfouneso | 5 | Somen Tchoyi |
| 18 | Emile Heskey | 22 | Zoltán Gera |
Possible Formations (4-4-2 & 4-2-3-1):
Castrol Football Prediction
Last 10 results for this fixture:
| Season | League | Result | Manager |
| 1982/83 | Div One (Old) | W 1 – 0 | Tony Barton |
| 1983/84 | Div One (Old) | W 4 – 3 | Tony Barton |
| 1984/85 | Div One (Old) | W 3 – 1 | Graham Turner |
| 1985/86 | Div One (Old) | D 1 – 1 | Graham Turner |
| 1987/88 | Div Two (Old) | D 0 – 0 | Graham Taylor |
| 2002/03 | Premier League | W 2 – 1 | Graham Taylor |
| 2004/05 | Premier League | D 1 – 1 | David O’Leary |
| 2005/06 | Premier League | D 0 – 0 | David O’Leary |
| 2008/09 | Premier League | W 2 – 1 | Martin O’Neill |
| 2010/11 | Premier League | W 2 – 1 | Gerard Houllier |