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title: "Predicted Aston Villa XI v Arsenal"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
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published: "2022-08-30T16:30:00Z"
modified: "2022-08-30T16:30:00Z"
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# Predicted Aston Villa XI v Arsenal

Aston Villa travel to face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night and *Read Aston Villa* predict that Steven Gerrard will ring the changes after his side lost 1-0 to West Ham United on Sunday.

The Villa manager might go from a 4-1-2-1-2 against West Ham to a 4-3-3 against Arsenal too.

**Emi Martinez** could do little about West Ham’s deflected winner, so he should keep his place in goal.

**Matty Cash** was [good defensively](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/29/matty-cash-defended-well-against-west-ham/) on Sunday, so his spot at right-back isn’t under threat. **Lucas Digne** was [more threatening](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/29/lucas-digne-was-better-offensively-against-west-ham/) in the final third, so he will keep his place too.

**Ezri** [**Konsa**](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/29/ezri-konsa-impressed-v-west-ham/)and **Calum** [**Chambers**](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/29/calum-chambers-was-decent-v-west-ham/)started at centre-back against the Hammers and both put in good performances, so Tyrone Mings [might be given one more game off](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/30/steven-gerrard-could-bench-tyrone-mings-against-arsenal-despite-return/) to fully recover.

Nobody is pushing **Boubacar Kamara** out of the team. He’s impressed since his summer arrival, so Marvelous Nakamba will have to bide his time.

**Jacob Ramsey** [might get the nod over Douglas Luiz](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/30/steven-gerrard-could-replace-douglas-luiz-with-jacob-ramsey-against-arsenal/) after the latter was hooked in the West Ham defeat. Ramsey provides so much more in the final third than Luiz, so he could be important against Arsenal.

**John McGinn** probably [could do with a rest](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/30/why-steven-gerrard-is-unlikely-to-drop-john-mcginn-against-arsenal/), but Nakamba can’t provide the same energy and box-to-box threat as the 27-year-old so he’ll skipper the side like normal on Wednesday.

**Leon Bailey** may feel he should have started against West Ham after scoring a [brilliant solo goal](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/24/leon-bailey-sure-to-face-west-ham-after-bolton-performance-aston-villa/) in Villa’s EFL Cup win, but [Gerrard should correct the mistake and give him the nod](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/30/leon-bailey-could-start-against-arsenal/) as wide-men will be needed.

**Ollie Watkins** creates more for his teammates [than Danny Ings](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/30/steven-gerrard-could-drop-danny-ings-after-west-ham-performance/) and is more comfortable as a lone strike that runs the channels, so he should start on Wednesday.

**Emiliano Buendia** is [likely to replace the fatigued Philippe Coutinho](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/30/steven-gerrard-could-drop-philippe-coutinho-against-arsenal/) against Arsenal but might be used in a wider role rather than as a central playmaker.

***Predicted XI vs Arsenal:*** *Martinez; Cash, Chambers, Konsa, Digne; Kamara, Ramsey, McGinn; Bailey, Watkins, Buendia*

***[In other news, Steven Gerrard could replace Douglas Luiz with Jacob Ramsey against Arsenal](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/08/30/steven-gerrard-could-replace-douglas-luiz-with-jacob-ramsey-against-arsenal/)***