Aston Villa and Celtic lock the horns in a so-called “Battle of Britain” this week, while the UEFA Champions League stage comes to a conclusion.
The UAI Emery team is sitting ninth in qualifying before the final adjustment adjustment, one position outside the automatic qualification points gates for the 16-year-old final. The opposite win against the Bhoys would give them a wonderful chance of getting a goodbye in the next round, as they are already confident of at least one position in the knockout qualifiers.
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Celtic are also confident of a playoff spot, but they can still have an incredible finish if they manage to win at Villa Park and other effects go their way, making it one of the maximum vital games in Matchweek Eight.
Their 1-0 win over Young Boys last time out put them in a good position, but they have not won an away match in the Champions League — either in the competition proper or qualifying playoffs — since 2019.
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Villa are without Tyrone Mings, who limped off with a knee injury in the West Ham draw after trying to play on following initial treatment. With Pau Torres also sidelined, Emery has chosen to start Lamare Bogarde at centre-back, with Lucas Digne at left-back over Ian Maatsen.
Ross Barkley and Amadou Onana came out here, so Emery’s characteristics to refresh his midfielder and his attacks are limited. Ollie Watkins starts in front of Jhon Duran, who is on the bench despite the hypothesis that he will have to move to Saudi Arabia.
Donyell Malen will be eligible until the League phase is completed, at which time the clubs are allowed to upload a maximum of 3 new players to their groups before the knockouts begin.
Aston Villa started Limup (4-2-3-1, from left): Martinez (GK) – Cash, Konsa, Bogarde, Digne – Tielemans, Kamara – Bailey, Rogers, Ramsey – Watkins
Aston Villa Sub: Olsen, Zych, Nedeljkovic, Maathsen, Patterson, Swinkels, McGinn, Duran, Young
Injured: mings (knee), towers (ankle / foot), Barkley (veal), onana (thigh) suspended: present: MALEN: MALEN: MALEN: MALEN: MALEN: MALEN: MALEN: MALEN: MALEN
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The wonderful defeat for Celtic is the striker Daizen Maeda, who is suspended by his red letter in the opposite victory to the children. Combined with the fact that Kyogo Furuhashi signed for Rennes on Monday, Brendan Rodgers’ attack characteristics appear a little light.
Adam Idah gets the nod as the No. 9, and Yang Hyun-jun also comes in to the front three.
Otherwise, Brendan Rodgers’ injury picture is largely unchanged given they could not play last weekend, although Cameron Carter-Vickers and James Forrest miss out. Odin Thiago Holm is a long-term absentee.
Celtic predicted lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Schmeichel (GK) — Johnston, Scales, Trusty, Taylor — Engels, McGregor, Hatate — Kuhn, Idah, Bernardo
Sub Celts: Sinisalo, Bain, Palma, McGowan, Nawrocki, Bernardo, Montgomery, Murray, Cummings, Ralston
Injured: Holm (unspecified), Carter-Vickers (unspecified), Forrest (foot)Suspended: Maeda (red card)
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