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Aston Villa vs Tottenham – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Tottenham will be looking to put some pressure on Premier League leaders Leicester City by defeating hapless bottom club Aston Villa and reducing the gap between the sides to two points. The hosts have the appearance of a team that just wants to put out of its misery, with nine points plus an inferior goal difference separating them from the safety line and recent performances showing little to suggest that they will even come close to making a fight of it during the closing weeks of the season. Although they…

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Man City vs Aston Villa – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Manchester City will be desperate to end their barren run in the Premier League as they face an Aston Villa side that appears to be merely counting down the days until their seemingly inevitable relegation is confirmed. The euphoria of winning the Capital One Cup did not last long for Man City, as just three days later they were sent crashing to a convincing defeat by Liverpool, the same side they edged out at Wembley. It was a result that manager Manuel Pellegrini blamed on the fatigue accumulated by playing…

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Aston Villa vs Everton – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Everton will be hoping to move back into the top half of the Premier League table as they travel to Aston Villa, whose chances of making a serious bid for survival are looking increasingly forlorn. The performance at Stoke City on Saturday was at least an improvement as far as Aston Villa are concerned following their appalling surrender to Liverpool a fortnight before, but they were still clearly inferior to their opponents and suffered their 17th defeat from 27 Premier League outings this season. After the game, manager Remi Garde…

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Stoke City made fun of Aston Villa star with hilarious tweets

Vincent Van Genechten

On Saturday, Stoke City beat Aston Villa 2-1 at the Britannia Stadium, with Marko Arnautovic scoring both goals for the home team, while Leandro Bacuna hit the net for the Villans. The Potters, therefore, were entitled to make a joke, with Villa’s defeder Joleon Lescott being the victim. The 33-year-old came under criticism when he posted a picture of a £121,000 Mercedes on his Twitter account just one hour Villa’s 6-0 defeat against Liverpool. pic.twitter.com/F1TynC1kTb — Joleon Lescott (@JoleonLescott) 14 februari 2016 Lescott later claimed that he sent the post by mistake, when he was driving and his phone…

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Stoke vs Aston Villa – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Aston Villa will be hoping to produce some kind of response to their shambles of a performance against Liverpool when they travel to the Britannia Stadium to face mid-table Stoke City. After a difficult period which saw them suffer three heavy defeats in the league and go out of both domestic cup competitions in quick succession, few seemed to give Stoke much hope of getting a result ahead of their last game away to Bournemouth. But there they served a reminder of their quality, making light of their shortage of…

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Aston Villa vs Liverpool – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Liverpool will be hoping to end their indifferent recent run of results by getting the better of Aston Villa, who may just be feeling that they could pull off the greatest of escapes from relegation. Make no mistake, the hosts’ chances of survival are extremely slim as they still have a significant amount of ground to make up, but a run of eight points from the last 15 available certainly represents progress. If they can maintain that ratio over their remaining games it would be much more promising, but few…

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Price per goal revealed for every Premier League team

Vincent Van Genechten

The Premier League and its ticket prices, it’s been a hot topic recently, with Liverpool fans protesting a 30 per cent rise and eventually getting the Reds’ management to reverse the decision. Now, Eurosport has revealed the ticket price per goal for all 20 Premier League clubs. Like in the standings, Leicester City lead the way, with fans of the Foxes having effectively paid only £7.76 for every goal they have witnessed. There have been 34 goals scored at the King Power Stadium in a dozen matches so far, 21 by Leicester. West…

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Premier League could be set for record amount of ACL injuries

Vincent Van Genechten

Chelsea’s Kurt Zouma is out for six months after damaging his knee during the Blues’ encounter with Manchester United, making the defender the ninth Premier League player with an ACL injury this season. According to The Daily Mail, ACL injuries are on the rise, which is one of the most devastating (knee) injuries in the world of football, even in the world of sports. Zouma joined Bournemouth’s trio of Callum Wilson, Tyrone Mings, and Max Gradel, Liverpool’s duo of Joe Gomez and Danny Ings, Newcastle’s Tim Krul, West Ham’s Carl Jenkinson,…

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Aston Villa vs Norwich – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

After a demoralising run of four straight defeats, Norwich City will be desperate to turn things around as they head to the West Midlands to take on bottom club Aston Villa, whose plight is showing few signs of coming to a halt. Remi Garde actually watched his side make a positive start away to West Ham United in midweek, but that was undone by an incredible moment of madness by striker Jordan Ayew, who until now has been one of the few shining lights in a miserable campaign for the…

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What would happen to the Premier League table if only goals from English players counted?

Vincent Van Genechten

It’s a hypothetical question that will never become a reality, but still it’s fun to know. What would happen to the Premier League table if only goals from English players counted? For starters, Tottenham would jump to the lead, collecting an impressive 52 points, seven more than they have now, sitting in third place. The Spurs would also have conceded just two goals in 24 matches, not losing once. Leicester City would drop from first to second place, as they would lose three points (50 tot 47). Still, the Foxes…

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West Ham vs Aston Villa – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Aston Villa will be intent on making it four Premier League games unbeaten and close the 10 point gap to the safety line when they head to the capital to face West Ham United. The home side have, for the most part, been back to their best since the turn of the year and they came close to pulling off a terrific league double over title hopefuls Manchester City. Once again, Dimitri Payet was at the centre of all the good things they produced and walked away with most of the plaudits,…

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Study reveals Arsenal will win the Premier League

Vincent Van Genechten

Arsenal are going to win the Premier League for the first time since 2004, that is if you believe a computer. American company Stats simulated each of the remaining league matches 10,000 times in order to predict the final standings, as reported by the Sun. The Gunners came out on top with a predicted 74.8 points and a 45.3 per cent chance of taking home their first Premier League crown in 12 years, just ahead of Manchester City, with the Citizens finishing with an estimated 74.1 points and a title winning chance of 42.3 percent.…

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Top 15 highest rated Under-21 Premier League players

Vincent Van Genechten

The winter transfer market is nearing its close. Some Premier League teams made a couple of moves, while others seem to be happy with their current squad. Making transfers is not always about the present time, in some cases it’s about a team’s future. Therefore, we’ll be looking at the 15 highest rated Under-21 footballers currently playing in the Premier League. Note: it’s never easy to put an accurate market value on a player, but Transfermarkt does a pretty good job at it. On top, we find Anthony Martial. The French…

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West Brom vs Aston Villa – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Aston Villa will be aiming to make it seven points from nine when they make the short trip to face Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion, who are after their third straight home win in the league. The last Premier League outing for West Brom was a highly uncharacteristic 3-0 defeat at Southampton, where they struggled to get going from the first whistle and never looked likely to get back into the match after conceding the penalty kick that led to them going two goals down inside 35 minutes. Head Coach…

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Premier League dominates highest earning club rankings but fails to take top spot

Vincent Van Genechten

It’s the time of the year for the 2016 Deloitte Football Money League and again Real Madrid lead the way, despite the Premier League clubs dominating the top 30, as reported by Goal. The Football Money League details the 2014/15 season and measures a club’s earnings from matchday revenue, broadcast rights and commercial sources, ranking them on that basis. Spanish giants Real Madrid retained their first place for the 11th year in a row, having generated £439 million last season (up from £418m). They are followed by La Liga rivals FC…

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Aston Villa vs Leicester – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan
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Aston Villa will be hoping to kick on from just their second Premier League win of the season when they host high-flying Leicester City, who have just ended a run of four games without success. The relief was tangible in the West Midlands on Tuesday as Villa a long last secured a first three-point haul since opening day after a much improved performance against Crystal Palace. They played with real fluency at times and although the only goal came via a goalkeeping blunder, the result was richly deserved and will have…

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Aston Villa in talks with former Premier League goal getter

Vincent Van Genechten

Aston Villa can use all the points they need and have been in talks with former Premier League goal getter Obafemi Martins to make a return from the MLS, according to The Sun. The Nigerian striker revealed talks between him and The Villans. The 31-year-old claims that he has received an interesting offer to join Villa. The report also claims that an approach was made four weeks ago with Villa looking to sign him on loan. Villa have endured an atricious season, sitting in 20th and last place in the table with…

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Fan numbers say Premier League rules, three clubs are lagging behind

Vincent Van Genechten

The Premier League remains Europe’s top league when it comes to fan numbers, but Aston Villa and Crystal Palace are lagging behind other clubs. This season, a total of 7.607.993 football fans have watched at least one of the 210 Premier League matches played. On average, 727.067 fans have visited a club’s stadium. That means the Premier League has an average fan ratio (the amount of filled seats) of 95.8 per cent. Topping Europ’s five biggest leagues. The Bundesliga comes in second with an average fan ratio of 93.0 per cent.…

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Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Aston Villa will hope that their wait for a first win in 17 games in all competitions can come to an end on Tuesday evening as they come up against away specialists Crystal Palace, who have not scored in their last three league outings. Clearly intent on ending the dismal run and adding a little confidence to the squad, manager Remi Garde named a strong starting XI for Villa’s FA Cup third round tie at Wycombe Wanderers, but they were unable to get the job done despite taking a first half…

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Sunderland vs Aston Villa – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Anything less than a win would be a major disappointment for both Sunderland and Aston Villa as the Premier League’s bottom two meet in a vital encounter in the battle for survival. Five straight defeats have extinguished Sam Allardyce’s good start as Sunderland boss, and have seen them lose serious ground on those above them. The gap to safety now stands at some seven points, so they simply must put a run of results together quickly if they wish to avoid being cut adrift like their opponents. A lot will…

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Norwich vs Aston Villa – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Carrow Road is the venue for a pivotal encounter between two struggling sides as Norwich City look to move clear of the bottom three with victory at home to bottom of the table Aston Villa. After the delight of picking up all three points at Manchester United, the hosts showed confidence early on at Tottenham on Boxing Day and came close to opening the scoring early on through Cameron Jerome and debutant Vadis Oujidja-Ofoe, but once they fell behind to a penalty slightly against the run of play the result…

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Aston Villa vs West Ham – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

To give themselves any realistic chance of mounting a bid for survival in the second half of the season, bottom club Aston Villa must take a reasonable haul of points from the next three games, beginning with a home clash against West Ham United on Boxing Day. This meeting with the out-of-form Londoners precedes trips to fellow strugglers Norwich City and Sunderland, so Remi Garde badly needs to end his wait for a first win in charge sooner rather than later if the club is to avoid being cast even…

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Newcastle vs Aston Villa – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Now playing with renewed confidence, Newcastle United will be looking to secure a third straight win when they host an Aston Villa team for whom any points at all would come as a major bonus at present. After upsetting the odds to deservedly get the better of Liverpool through a Georginio Wijnaldum double, the Magpies went into their game at Tottenham last weekend initially with the intention of playing a containing game. It was a system that worked for 40 minutes until they were undone by a set-piece, but once…

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Aston Villa vs Arsenal – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Arsenal will hope to push on from their stunning victory in Europe in the week by getting the better of lowly Aston Villa and ending the weekend at top of the Premier League. There was a small step in the right direction for the hosts last time out as they collected their first point on the road since the opening day, holding Southampton to a 1-1 draw. They were fortunate to get away with series of near misses in the opening half hour, but managed to gain a foothold in the game and…

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Aston Villa fans see the funny side?

Mark Richards

Aston Villa fans have got little to smile about at the moment after a pitiful start to the season that has seen them enter December with just one Premier League win and five points in total. The season has also seen a managerial change but, as yet, Tim Sherwood’s replacement Remi Garde has done little to improve the situation. Garde had an encouraging start to his managerial reign at Villa Park with a 0-0 draw with Manchester City. However, this was followed by a 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Everton and a 3-2 home…

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