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Aston Villa team news vs Wolves - Matt Maher and Nathan Judah analysis
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30/01/2025
Aston Villa team news vs Wolves - Matt Maher and Nathan Judah analysis
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I'm delighted to be joined by Aston Villa reporter Matt Mayer, head of the big game
00:10
at the weekend, the West Midlands derby. It's going to be an absolute cracker. It is Wolverhampton
00:13
Wanderers against Aston Villa. We all know Wolves have got a few issues. Of course, Jürgen
00:18
Strand-Larsen out with that hamstring, Giao Gomez suspended for the game. I'll tell you
00:22
what, Matt, Aston Villa have got some issues as well, haven't they?
00:25
I've been going through the list this afternoon from last night's team sheet. I think they're
00:32
probably down to 12 senior players. I think outfield players are going into Saturday with
00:43
Matty Cash, who has obviously been injured last night. John Duran will be flying to Saudi
00:50
Arabia.
00:51
Economy class.
00:53
He'll probably be signed for Al-Nasr on Saturday. It doesn't sound like Villa are going to make
00:59
any signings before Friday's 12pm deadline. It is the bare bones for Villa in terms of
01:08
senior players. You're looking at, same as last night, Boubacar Kamara playing at centre-back.
01:14
Right back will probably be either Lamar Bogard, Kostin Adelkovic, who was meant to be moving
01:21
out on loan, or the new signing, Andres Garcia, who's come from the Spanish second division.
01:28
One of the more peculiar signings of the transfer window. They've got an issue at right back
01:35
and midfield is pretty much maxed out. You've got no Amadou Anana, you've got no Ross Barkley.
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John McGinn will have to drop back to help out Uri Telemans, because Kamara is going
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back into defence. The forward line pretty much picks itself. The one thing they will
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have is Daniel Marlon, the new signing from Borussia Dortmund, who was cut tied on Wednesday
02:04
night. He'll come back into the thinking. The bench essentially will be, in terms of
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senior options on the bench, will be Ian Martson and Marlon. Unless Marlon starts, which I
02:16
suppose is a possibility. I think it's more likely to go with the Premier League experience
02:25
of Leon Bale and bring Marlon on instead. There's not a huge amount of strength and
02:36
depth available at the minute. That's why Wednesday night was big for them. To skip
02:42
the play-off round and get those two fixtures taken out of February. February becomes almost
02:50
the easiest month of the season. They're just playing every weekend, no mid-week games.
02:55
Actually, there's one at Crystal Palace, but that's at the end of the month. I think you're
03:02
in a process now with Villa where it's just a case of trying to stay within reasonable
03:08
distance of the top five or six. Anana, Barkley, Mings, Torres will be back at some point.
03:21
I still think there's a potential to have a strong finish to the season, but at the
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minute it's a struggle. This game comes at the end of a really, really tough run of playing
03:32
every three or four days, so they've just almost got to try and get through it as best
03:38
they can. Of course, as we know, the other factor is that it's after a Champions League
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game and Villa don't do well after Champions League games, as we know.
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I was going to say, Wolves don't do well after Premier League games, Sam.
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Well, I was going to say, any Wolves fans who might be watching, albeit the only team that Villa
04:02
have beaten after playing in the Champions League in mid-week this season, is Wolves.
04:07
Which was after the first Champions League game against Young Boys, which was back in September
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when everyone was still fresh. Frankly, Young Boys wasn't the most severe challenge that Villa
04:18
will face this season. The next six they haven't won, so they're facing this never-ending question
04:27
about can you win? Can you win after Champions League games? Can you win at Molyneux?
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I mean, there was the behind-closed-doors game in 2020, wasn't it? Won with an El Ghazi penalty,
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but otherwise, I always feel they don't particularly play well at Molyneux.
04:52
This game feels like it's going to be a tough one for Villa, 72 hours on from the big emotional
05:00
release of beating Celtic and getting into the Champions League top eight.
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But it's another test for them to see whether this is what good teams have to put up with, isn't it?
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It's going to be a very interesting evening it is. Wolves against Aston Villa,
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5.30 kick-off at Molyneux. Myself, Mr Matt Mayer and Mr Lee King shall be there.
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Can I just say what? I can't believe this has been picked for television.
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I can't believe it. I keep saying this, every game that we've been able to play,
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we are due a good one. Actually, September's wasn't the worst, was it?
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It's been grim. There have been some real stodgy affairs. I was surprised it was picked.
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I know you get why it was picked, because both teams are in the midst of respective battles.
06:02
With past history, I was surprised it was picked, but fingers crossed.
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