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10 Feb 2022

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Aston Villa will welcome Leeds United to Villa Park in the Premier League this evening. Steven Gerrard’s side go into the match in 11th place following a 1-0 victory over Everton in their las…

Aston Villa will welcome Leeds United to Villa Park in the Premier League this evening.

Steven Gerrard’s side go into the match in 11th place following a 1-0 victory over Everton in their last clash.

Steven Gerrard will be hoping for a positive result against Leeds

Victory against Leeds will see them move into the top half of the table, at least until Leicester play the following night.

For Leeds this is a match that they’ll be determined to get a positive result in.

Marcelo Bielsa’s side are 15th in the table and just six points clear of the drop zone, a position that they’ll be determined to improve in the coming weeks and months.

Aston Villa v Leeds: Date and time

The Premier League clash is due to take place on Wednesday, February 9 at Villa Park in Birmingham.

Kick off is scheduled for 8pm.

Leeds beat Villa 3-0 in this fixture last season with Patrick Bamford bagging a hat-trick.

Bielsa will still be without a number of key players

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Aston Villa v Leeds: How to follow

The clash at Villa Park is set to be televised live on BT Sport 1 with coverage starting at 7pm.

BT Sport customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices.

Updates will also be live on talkSPORT throughout the evening.

Leon Bailey has returned to training for Villa

Aston Villa v Leeds: Team news

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Luiz, McGinn, Buendia, Ramsey, Coutinho, Watkins

Subs: Olsen, Sanson, Chambers, Young, Ings, Hause, Chukwuemeka, Chrisene

Leeds XI: Meslier, Ayling, Koch, Struijk, Llorente, Dallas, Klich, Raphinha, James, Harrison, Rodrigo

Subs: Klaesson, Hjelde, Kenneh, Shackleton, Forsha, Bate, McKinstry, Roberts, Gelhardt

Patrick Bamford remains sidelined for Leeds

Aston Villa v Leeds: What has been said?

Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard said: “They have really talented players, dangerous players and they haven’t had the best of luck in terms of injuries.

“We always prepare for the best version of the opposition.To have the career that he’s had [Marcelo Bielsa], I’d love to know a lot more, to compete against him is something I’m very much looking forward to.

“It’s all about finishing as high as we can and winning as many games as we can, and hopefully we’ll have a really strong pre-season and we can continue to grow.”

Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa said: “Shackleton, Forshaw and Cresswell are all healthy now.

“The four players that we still don’t count on are: Firpo, who should be available for this weekend, probably because his injury involved his tendon, we may be cautious with his return.

“Phillips and Cooper who, by the beginning of March, should be fully recovered. And Bamford, who has an injury where we cannot predict when he will return because it depends on the pain going away so that he can start jogging again.

“Since the injury started, the pain hasn’t gone away. Of course, he is going through the necessary demanding treatments for the injury that he has.”