Unai Emery to make Lamare Bogarde axe decision for Aston Villa v Wolves after development
Unai Emery is expected to drop Lamare Bogarde from the Aston Villa playing eleven when they take on Wolves.
The Villans play host to Wolves at Villa Park on Saturday, 21 September, and they will be looking to continue their good start to the season.
After four games, they find themselves in fifth place and three points over the weekend could see them in the top two come Monday, provided results elsewhere go in their favour.
Lamare Bogarde struggled for Aston Villa v Wolves
Thus, Emery will be looking to put out the team that would give him the best possible chance of winning the game and could make changes from the side that beat Young Boys 3-0 in the Champions League.
Bogarde, who started the game at right-back and was brought off at half-time, is likely to be dropped from the playing eleven.
Against Young Boys, per Sofascore, he had a zero per cent accuracy with his long balls – making it difficult for the Villa Park outfit to play slightly more direct.
He also struggled to get forward too often, thus offering little to no impetus in the final third.
The 20-year-old was even dribbled past once in the 45 minutes he was on the pitch and lost possession on three occasions.
The Dutchman also lost 50 per cent of his ground duels – winning just 3 out of his attempted 6 – something that may have promoted Emery to get him off at half time.
Unai Emery would want an attacking right-back for Aston Villa v Wolves
It was also worrying that he failed to even attempt a single cross – something that is characteristic of the way an Emery side plays.
The Spaniard could bring in Diego Carlos at centre-back and move Ezri Konsa to right-back or he could take the punt on Kosta Nedeljkovic.
The 18-year-old has played in three Premier League games for the Villans this season and represents a good shout in the full-back position.
In other Aston Villa news, an injury update has emerged on Boubacar Kamara who has been ruled out for the past several months.
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