Aston Villa will be looking to make it five pre-season wins out of five when they take on RB Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena on Saturday afternoon.
So far Dean Smith’s men have beaten Minnesota United 3-0, Shrewsbury Town 1-0, Walsall 5-1, and Charlton Athletic 5-1, but this will be their toughest pre-season game by quite some distance.
The German outfit finished a very respectable third in the Bundesliga last year, meaning that they will be playing in the Champions League this coming season.
They boast talent such as Germany’s Timo Werner, so this game will definitely be a good marker as to where this Villa squad are just one week before they take on Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
We expect Smith to start with the players that are likely to line up against Spurs on the 10th August – here is our predicted Villa XI.
