Teamsheets: Aston Villa vs Wolves
Written by Dan on August 27, 2011
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 Beye, neither of whom are even on the bench. That’s the only change from the last league game; the 3-1 win over Blackburn last Saturday. Wolves are also unchanged from their 2-0 win over Fulham last weekend.
We’ve also had confirmation today that agree has been reached with Watford for Jonathan Hogg’s permanent switch.
| Aston Villa | Wolves | ||
| 1 | Shay Given | 1 | Wayne Hennessey |
| 31 | Chris Herd | 5 | Richard Stearman |
| 6 | James Collins | 14 | Roger Johnson |
| 5 | Richard Dunne | 16 | Christophe Berra |
| 3 | Stephen Warnock | 11 | Stephen Ward |
| 19 | Stiliyan Petrov | 17 | Matt Jarvis |
| 16 | Fabian Delph | 8 | Karl Henry |
| 10 | Charles N’Zogbia | 24 | Jamie O’Hara |
| 18 | Emile Heskey | 12 | Stephen Hunt |
| 11 | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 29 | Kevin Doyle |
| 9 | Darren Bent | 10 | Steven Fletcher |
| Subs | Subs | ||
| 22 | Brad Guzan | 31 | Dorus de Vries |
| 21 | Ciaran Clark | 32 | Kevin Foley |
| 17 | Jean II Makoun | 7 | Michael Kightly |
| 7 | Stephen Ireland | 3 | George Elokobi |
| 12 | Marc Albrighton | 19 | Adam Hammill |
| 25 | Barry Bannan | 20 | Nenad Milijaš |
| 14 | Nathan Delfouneso | 18 | Sam Vokes |
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Today’s other Premier League fixtures:
- Wigan vs QPR (1230)
- Blackburn vs Everton
- Chelsea vs Norwich
- Swansea vs Sunderland
- Liverpool vs Bolton