Match Preview for Aston Villa v Salzburg
Aston Villa can afford to make adjustments for tomorrow evening’s Europa League conflict with Salzburg having already secured their place within the spherical of 16 with out the necessity to compete within the playoffs subsequent month.
Unai Emery’s males have mirrored their spectacular Premier League type in Europe’s second tier competitors and currently sit second in the standings behind Lyon having won six of their seven games.
Solely Villa and the Ligue 1 facet are assured to complete within the prime eight forward the ultimate spherical of fixtures.
A sport freed from jeopardy – and journey – has enabled Villa to concentrate on switch issues within the ultimate days of the January switch window. Tammy Abraham has accomplished a transfer again to Villa Park from Besiktas whereas one other former Villa hero Douglas Luiz is reportedly on the verge of becoming a member of from Juventus with the Turin membership set to terminate his present mortgage deal at Nottingham Forest.
Neither man might be accessible tomorrow evening however, ought to the deal for Luiz undergo, each could be in competition for the weekend conflict with Brentford.
Not like Villa, Salzburg have a lot to play for.
The Austrian facet will begin the evening in twenty eighth place and needing to make up a two-point deficit if they’re to face any probability of securing a playoff spot awarded to the highest 24-placed groups.
Their hopes have been boosted by the 3-1 defeat of Basel final week in what was their first aggressive sport since December with the home league on a winter break.
Head coach Thomas Letsch stated: “The win in opposition to Basel was extremely vital for us. Now we a minimum of have a theoretical probability of reaching one thing with a victory in opposition to the second-placed workforce within the Europa League and the third-placed workforce within the Premier League. We additionally know that we’d like assist from different groups, and 9 factors won’t be sufficient.”
Workforce Information for Aston Villa v Salzburg
Villa have loads of damage issues, significantly in midfield with Youri Tielemans becoming a member of John McGinn and Boubacar Kamara on the sidelines.
Lamare Bogarde and Amadou Onana are more likely to type the pairing within the centre of the park.
The departure of Donyell Malen means Ollie Watkins is the one senior striker accessible.
Salzburg might be with out Takumu Kawamura, John Mellberg and Valentin Sulzbacher. Yorbe Vertessen is a doubt.
Predicted line-ups for Aston Villa v Salzburg
Aston Villa: Bizot; Money, Lindelof, Mings, Digne; Bogarde, Onana, Hemmings; Guessand, Sancho; Watkins
Salzburg: Schlager; Trummer, Gadou, Schuster, Kratzig; Kitano, Diabate, Bidstrup; Baidoo, Ratkov, Alajbegovic
The way to watch Aston Villa v Salzburg
Aston Villa versus Salzburg kicks off at 8pm UK time tomorrow evening. It’s being proven on TNT Sports activities within the UK and might be streamed through the invention+ app.
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Stats for Aston Villa v Salzburg
- Aston Villa and Salzburg have by no means met earlier than
- Salzburg are winless in all eight earlier European conferences with English groups (D2 L6)
- Together with qualifiers, Aston Villa have gained 14 of their final 16 house matches in European competitors
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Villa will area a much-changed line-up and, with little to play for, it may very well be a subdued environment at Villa Park.
Salzburg will capitalise on that to an extent however nonetheless gained’t be ok to get the win they want.
