Teamsheets: Aston Villa vs Bolton
Written by Dan on September 20, 2011
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 Burke | 9 | Tuncay Sanli | |
League Cup 3rd Round Ties (K.O. 1945 unless otherwise stated)
Tuesday Sept 20th
Aldershot vs Rochdale
Arsenal vs Shrewsbury
Aston Villa vs Bolton
Burnley vs MK Dons
Leeds vs Man Utd (TV)
Forest vs Newcastle
Stoke vs Tottenham
Wolves vs Millwall
Blackburn vs Leyton Orient (2000)
Crystal Palace vs Middlesbrough (2000)
Wednesday Sept 21st
Brighton vs Liverpool (TV)
Cardiff vs Leicester
Chelsea vs Fulham
Man City vs Birmingham
Southampton vs Preston
Everton vs West Brom (2000)
Should we make it past Bolton, the draw for the 4th round will take place on Saturday with the fixtures being played during week commencing October 24th. That week is currently bookended with Premier League fixtures against West Brom (H) on the 22nd and Sunderland (A) on the 29th.