Brightonvs.Aston Villa

sportsmole.co.uk, 1 April 2025, 18:45

The battle for a place in next season's Champions League will continue on Wednesday night as Brighton & Hove Albion welcome Aston Villa to the American Express Stadium for a Premier League showdown.

Fabian Hurzeler's side will still be reeling from a heartbreaking penalty shootout loss to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup quarter-finals, while Unai Emery's men arrive full of confidence after booking their place at Wembley for the semi-finals with a comfortable 3-0 win against Preston North End.

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION vs. ASTON VILLA

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

Out: Igor Julio (thigh), Tariq Lamptey (ankle/foot), Jason Steele (shoulder), James Milner (thigh), Ferdi Kadioglu (ankle/foot), Solly March (other), Joel Veltman (ankle/foot), Adam Webster (thigh), Mats Wieffer (other)

Doubtful: Georginio Rutter (ankle/foot)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, Van Hecke, Dunk, Estupinan; Baleba, Gomez; Minteh, Pedro, Mitoma; Welbeck

ASTON VILLA

Out: Ross Barkley (calf)

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Onana, Tielemans; Rogers, Asensio, Rashford; Watkins

For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here. Written by

Ellis Stevens

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Adam Webster
Aston Villa
Brighton
Brighton Hove Albion
Champions League
Dunk
Estupinan
FA Cup
Fabian
Fabian Hurzeler
Ferdi Kadioglu
Georginio Rutter
Igor
Igor Julio
James Milner
Jason Steele
Joel
Joel Veltman
Juli
Julio
Martinez
Mats Wieffer
North End
Nottingham Forest
Onana
Pedro
Pena
Premier League
Preston
Ross Barkley
Solly March
Tariq Lamptey
Tiel
Unai
Unai Emery
Wembley

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