Teamsheets: Aston Villa vs Stoke City
Written by Dan on April 23, 2011
When Gary McAllister was asked whether he would be picking the team or Gerard Houllier, he said that if they lost it would be Gerard’s team and if they won it was his. He was joking of course, but as it’s an unchanged side, it doesn’t really matter:
| Aston Villa | Stoke | ||
| 1 | Brad Friedel | 1 | Asmir Begovic |
| 36 | Kyle Walker | 28 | Andy Wilkinson |
| 29 | James Collins | 17 | Ryan Shawcross |
| 5 | Richard Dunne | 4 | Robert Huth |
| 2 | Luke Young | 12 | Marc Wilson |
| 6 | Stewart Downing | 24 | Rory Delap |
| 19 | Stiliyan Petrov | 6 | Glenn Whelan |
| 20 | Nigel Reo-Coker | 16 | Jermaine Pennant |
| 7 | Ashley Young | 26 | Matthew Etherington |
| 18 | Emile Heskey | 9 | Kenwyne Jones |
| 39 | Darren Bent | 19 | Jonathan Walters |
| Subs | Subs | ||
| 33 | Andy Marshall | 29 | Thomas Sorensen |
| 24 | Carlos Cuellar | 5 | Danny Collins |
| 21 | Ciaran Clark | 14 | Danny Pugh |
| 8 | Robert Pires | 15 | Salif Diao |
| 17 | Jean II Makoun | 18 | Dean Whitehead |
| 12 | Marc Albrighton | 25 | Abdoulaye Faye |
| 11 | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 10 | Ricardo Fuller |
There are seven other Premiership games today, Utd and Everton currently being played, and there’s a real opportunity for some separation in the table when the final whistles are blown.
- Man Utd (1) vs Everton (7)
- Wolves (20) vs Fulham (12)
- Sunderland (14) vs Wigan (17)
- Tottenham (5) vs West Brom (11)
- Aston Villa (10) vs Stoke (13)
- Blackpool (18) vs Newcastle (9)
- Liverpool (6) vs Birmingham (15)
- Chelsea (2) vs West Ham (19)