Stoke City vs Aston Villa

What it means

• Aston Villa has dropped 4 of the last 5.
• Stoke has dropped 4 of the last 5.

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Lineups

Aston Villa16th in English Premier League

Lineup (4-4-2)

1. 1Brad GuzanG
2. 2Nathan BakerCD-L
3. 3Chris HerdCD-R
4. 4Ciaran ClarkLB
5. 5Matthew LowtonRB
6. 6Fabian DelphCM-L
7. 7Ashley WestwoodCM-R
8. 8Aleksandar TonevLM
9. 9Marc AlbrightonRM
10. 10Libor KozákCF-L
11. 11Andreas WeimannCF-R

Stoke4th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-3-1)

1. 1Asmir BegovicG
2. 2Marc WilsonCD-L
3. 3Ryan ShawcrossCD-R
4. 4Erik PietersLB
5. 5Geoff CameronRB
6. 6Marko ArnautovicAM
7. 7Steven N'ZonziLM
8. 8Glenn WhelanRM
9. 9Peter CrouchF
10. 10Oussama AssaidiAM-L
11. 11Jonathan WaltersAM-R

Head to head

Last 5

AVL

• Lvs MAN0-3
• L@ FUL0-2
• W@ SOU3-2
• Tvs SUN0-0
• T@ WBA2-2

STK

• Lvs MAN0-2
• T@ HUL0-0
• Wvs CHE3-2
• Tvs CAR0-0
• L@ EVE0-4

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England · Attendance 26,003

Officials

C Pawson (Referee), C Pawson (Referee), Craig Pawson