It’s our first away trip to QPR since 1995 and we’re in dire need of a better result than the 1-0 loss we suffered that day after the downbeat nature of our Carling Cup exit.
With Darren Bent and Emile Heskey injured, here’s how the managers will go looking for three points today:
QPR
Aston Villa
1
Patrick Kenny
1
Shay Given
18
Luke Young
2
Alan Hutton
35
Anton Ferdinand
6
James Collins
5
Fitz Hall
5
Richard Dunne
13
Armand Traore
3
Stephen Warnock
11
Alejandro Faurlin
25
Barry Bannan
17
Joey Barton
19
Stiliyan Petrov
4
Shaun Derry
16
Fabian Delph
32
Shaun Wright-Phillips
7
Stephen Ireland
10
Jay Bothroyd
10
Charles N’Zogbia
7
Adel Taarabt
11
Gabriel Agbonlahor
Subs
Subs
26
Brian Murphy
22
Brad Guzan
2
Bradley Orr
23
Habib Beye
14
Ákos Buzsáky
34
Shane
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Bolton come to Villa Park for the 3rd round of the Carling Cup, Alex McLeish has fielded a very strong side and Owen Coyle is able to hand Stuart Holden his first appearance since his knee injury at the tail end of last season.
Aston Villa
Bolton
1
Shay Given
1
Adam Bogdan
2
Alan Hutton
2
Gretar Rafn Steinsson
5
Richard Dunne
5
Gary Cahill
6
James Collins
31
David Wheater
3
Stephen Warnock
11
Ricardo Gardner
19
Stiliyan Petrov
7
Chris Eagles
25
Barry Bannan
6
Fabrice Muamba
7
Stephen Ireland
8
Stuart Holden
12
Marc Albrighton
21
Darren Pratley
14
Nathan Delfouneso
28
Gael Kakuta
11
Gabriel Agbonlahor
24
David Ngog
Subs
Subs
22
Brad Guzan
22
Jussi Jaaskelainen
23
Habib Beye
4
Paul Robinson
34
Shane Lowry
20
Robbie Blake
16
Fabian Delph
16
Mark Davies
38
Gary Gardner
10
Martin Petrov
10
Charles N’Zogbia
14
Kevin Davies
Graham
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The Geordies are back at Villa Park for what is a battle between two unbeaten sides, albeit after just four games. Alan Pardew’s side managed to hold Arsenal to a goalless draw in their opening game, took a credible three points at Sunderland and the same again against Fulham at St. James’.
Newcastle have lost this fixture for the last three seasons and have only managed to leave Villa Park with all three points twice in the last ten years.
They were
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It’s the first Premiership game after an international break and the transfer deadline day changes. Since we last played, Luke Young and Jean II Makoun headed for pastures new, but were replaced by Alan Hutton and Jermaine Jenas.
Here’s how the two managers are going to look for the points today:
Hutton replaces Chris Herd in the only change to the starting line-up against Wolves, but Jenas doesn’t make the 18. David Moyes has both of his new boys (Royston Drenthe and
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Another international break has come and gone, time to focus on the bread and butter stuff. If you watched England labour to three points against Wales at Wembley this week, as a Villa fan, the line-up may have looked a lot like the image below. It probably stung quite a bit for most of us.
This is a relatively rare experience for us, but it’s been coming and it’s easy to lose sight of an important fact amongst the bitterness. In
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This is a big, big game for Alex Mcleish today. The last of a run of home games and a derby against an opponent that caused his predecessor so many problems. It’s also something of a “top of the table” encounter and the winner, should there be one, will get boasting rights over the rest of the league for at least a while today.
With Luke Young unavailable, McLeish has opted to start Chris Herd ahead of Eric Lichaj and Habib
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Alex McLeish has rung the changes for this Carling Cup clash, but retained a strong side blending youth and experience.
Aston Villa
Hereford
22
Brad Guzan
28
David Cornell
31
Chris Herd
2
Ryan Green
5
Richard Dunne
5
Michael Townsend
21
Ciaran Clark
3
Joe Heath
30
Eric Lichaj
16
Daniel Williams
17
Jean II Makoun
17
Joe Colbeck
25
Barry Bannan
8
Nicky Featherstone
7
Stephen Ireland
14
James Mcquiokin
12
Marc Albrighton
4
Harry Pell
10
Charles N’Zogbia
10
Delroy Facey
9
Darren Bent
7
Stuart Fleetwood
Subs
Subs
33
Andy Marshall
38
Russell Hoult
32
Nathan Baker
30
Tommy Johnson
23
Habib Beye
19
Kyle McCarthy
34
Shane Lowry
11
Kenny Lunt
28
Jonathan Hogg
31
Lewis Feeley
26
Andreas Weimann
9
Yoann Arquin
14
Nathan Delfouneso
32
Nathan Perkins
Guess who’s coming to Villa Park… again!! I’m sure their fans are as sick of the sight of us as we are of them. Fortunately, if we can avoid being drawn against them in both of the cups, we won’t have to see them again until the reverse of this fixture in March next year.
So, here’s how the two Glaswegian managers are sending their sides out today in what will be Alex McLeish’s first home game since taking over at
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The new 2011/12 Premier League season is finally here! It’s the battle of the new managers at Craven Cottage today, although Martin Jol does have several competitive games under his belt in the Europa League.
Here are the confirmed line-ups for both sides:
Fulham
Aston Villa
1
Mark Schwarzer
1
Shay Given
18
Aaron Hughes
2
Luke Young
14
Philippe Senderos
6
James Collins
5
Brede Hangeland
5
Richard Dunne
7
John Arne Riise
3
Stephen Warnock
16
Damien Duff
10
Charles N’Zogbia
20
Dickson Etuhu
16
Fabian Delph
13
Danny Murphy
19
Stiliyan Petrov
23
Clint Dempsey
18
Emile Heskey
8
Andrew Johnson
11
Gabriel Agbonlahor
25
Bobby Zamora
9
Darren Bent
Subs
Subs
38
Neil Etheridge
22
Brad Guzan
2
Stephen Kelly
21
Ciaran Clark
6
Chris Baird
7
Stephen Ireland
28
Matthew Briggs
17
Jean II Makoun
4
Steve Sidwell
12
Marc Albrighton
10
Pajtim Kasami
25
Barry Bannan
30
Moussa Dembele
14
Nathan
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