Tag: Rudy Gestede

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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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 Stoke – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Aston Villa will be determined to escape the bottom three and pick up their first Premier League win since opening weekend when they take on a Stoke City side that is keen to kick on after opening their account for victories last time out. Tim Sherwood seemed resigned to another battle against relegation after Villa came up short at Liverpool in what was their fifth defeat in six league outings. His new-look, youthful squad have shown themselves capable of playing some very attractive football this term, but more often than…

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Preview: Aston Villa vs Man Utd – Both sides looking to build on early victory

Stephen Donovan

A rare Friday night encounter sees Aston Villa and Manchester United look to build on narrow opening day successes in a fixture which the hosts have not won since 1995. Tim Sherwood began with five debutants as Villa made a tentative start amid a carnival atmosphere at Bournemouth, but they improved as the match wore on and had another of their new boys to thank for handing them the three points as Rudy Gestede came off the bench to make the most of his aerial prowess. It was the ideal start to the season for…

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The SIX summer signings that will take the Premier League by storm: Man United new boy tops the list

Steve Green

There have been a number of high profile comings and goings in the Premier League so far this summer, but there are six deals in particular that stand out as exceptionally good business. With the Premier League season set to kick off this weekend, we’re highlighting those six players as ones to watch for the upcoming campaign. Memphis Depay – Manchester United The 21-year-old is well on his way to being the complete forward, and at such a young age, too. Pace, power and an eye for goals, United fans…

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Aston Villa to wrap up triple deal for Adebayor, Gestede and another midfielder

Steve Green

Aston Villa are expected to complete a triple swoop this week for strikers Emmanuel Adebayor and Rudy Gestede as well as wrapping up a deal for Nantes midfielder Jordan Veretout. Villa have been linked with a loan move for the Tottenham forward and he was even spotted at the club’s Bodymoor Heath training ground earlier in the week (via Sky Sports). And now respected journalist Simon Austin believes that the deal could even be sealed by the end of the day on Thursday as Villa have apparently agreed to stump…

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