Aston Villa Vs Everton Preview
This weekends clash is between Aston Villa and Everton at Villa Park. The preview between these two teams this Sunday.
Villa head to Pompey!
Aston Villa head to Pompey tomorrow looking to get back on the winning trail in the Premiership.
For Portsmouth it’s regarded as a nothing game as there points deduction already ment the end to there Premier League era and they will be playing Championship football next season.
This is a game that Villa should be winning and with Portsmouth not having a lot to play for, you would think that it was three point’s on the board for Villa.
But we know what Villa can be like, take the results at home to both Sunderland and Wolves last month as a example of how unpredictable we can be.
Harry Redknapp this week stated that it would be fooling to rule Villa out of challenging for the top 4 still with the fixtures they have remaining. And yes on paper we would be winning at least four of our five remaining games, but as I said before this is unpredictable Aston Villa.
Jamie O’Hara has been ruled out for Portsmouth with a back injury, while Ricardo Rocha is a doubt.
Villa will check out the fitness of Stephen Warnock after suffering a leg injury mid-week against Everton. Nigel Reo-Coker will be hoping to play some part after returning from his long term injury.
Portsmouth may of beat Tottenham in the FA Cup to reach the Final but I can’t see them getting motivated for this one as they have nothing to play for in the league as I’ve already stated. I fully expect a comfortable away win and would be dissapointed with anything but this.
Avillafan.com Prediction: Away Win
Villa entertain the toffee’s
Aston Villa will be looking to get over there FA Cup Semi Final heartache by bouncing back with a win over Everton at Villa Park tomorrow night.
Most people have already wrote Villa of in thinking they could still finish 4th but with a strong end to the season and a few results going our way, why can’t we?
I’m sure you’ve heard over the past few seasons that this fixture is the most played fixture in English football history, and Villa edge their scouse counterparts on victories by one game.
Villa look set to stick with the same side that held Chelsea for an hour on Saturday, and James Milner will feature after not having any after effects from the challenge by John Terry the weekend.
Everton will be without Mikel Arteta and in my opinion their best and most influential player. The Spanish star has a groin problem and there’s even a rumour that he could miss the remainder of the season. Victor Anichebe will still be missing; however Joseph Yobo should feature after recovering from a back injury.
For me this is a massive game, and one that’s very close to call. Villa and Everton games are never short of action and I don’t think this one will be any different however I think that Villa will just edge it on this occasion.
Avillafan.com Prediction: Home win.
Preview: Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
This is the game we all didn’t want and it won’t be the most entertaining of football games but never the less the games on and if the game at Selhurst Park is anything to go by, we are in for quite a game.
On paper you would think this should be a comfortable victory for O’Neill and the boys, but I’m sure Neil Warnock will have different ideas.
With Villa on a high following last weekend’s victory over Burnley and with one eye on the Cup Final I can only see a win for the home side in this game and I would imagine they will go out all guns blazing from the off just to get things done and dusted as soon as.
I expect Villa to get a few goals to, Palace had their chance of a giant killing in the first game and teams don’t usually get a second look in when it comes to Premiership teams.
Palace have sold just over 3,000 so far and some will be able to buy tickets on the night, so there should be a crowd size of around 30,000.
Stiliyan Petrov is almost certainly out of the game while Gabriel Agbonlahor is also a doubt.
AVILLAFAN.COM Prediction: Home win.
