Brighton vs Aston Villa preview: Team news, lineups, prediction
Aston Villa are preparing to face off against Brighton in their next Premier League outing.
Villa secured a 1-0 victory over Wolves last time around as Unai Emery’s side maintained their stunning recent form at Villa Park.
The claret and blue outfit had Boubacar Kamara’s stunning goal to thank against Wolves as he helped to take a hard-fought three points from Rob Edwards’ side.
Emery will now travel to face Brighton with the hope of making it six wins from six across all competitions for the claret and blue outfit.
Looking ahead to a clash at the Amex, Villa News has rounded up everything you need to know about the upcoming Premier League outing.
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Brighton vs Aston Villa Team News
Ross Barkley is chasing a new Villa contract, but was taken off against Wolves last time out just 13 minutes after coming off the bench.
It is unclear whether the midfielder will make his return against Brighton or whether he will join Tyrone Mings in the Villa treatment room.
That looks to be Villa’s only new injury concern, with Andres Garcia taking his place on the bench for the most recent Europa League clash against Young Boys.
Brighton have many more concerns by comparison, with five players potentially set to miss out as the Villans turn up on the south coast.
Adam Webster looks set to be missing until 2026, while James Milner, Kaoru Mitoma, Solly March and Tom Watson are likely to return later in December.
Predicted lineups
Brighton: Verbruggen, Wieffer, van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu, Ayari, Gomez, Gruda, De Cuyper, Minteh, Welbeck
Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Onana, Kamara, Rogers, McGinn, Malen, Watkins
Prediction: Brighton 1-2 Aston Villa
Two excellent sides are set to meet at the Amex, with both hopeful of keeping their excellent runs of form going in the Premier League.
Villa have scored plenty from outside the box, something which Brighton will have to be wary of, but the away side will hope that Watkins can finally find his feet in claret and blue.
The Seagulls have gone four without loss, but have shown against Arsenal and Manchester United that they can be gotten at.
The Villans are arguably the better side of the two and will be coming into this clash confident of securing yet another away win on the coast.
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