Two clubs in the top half of the Premier League table will do battle today in a league match between Aston Villa and Hull City. The first-division clash scheduled for 8:30 a.m. ET will be held at Villa Park in Birmingham and can be live streamed here free.
Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert had this to offer ahead of today's league encounter (via Goal): "I couldn't ask the lads for any more [after that scoreless draw against Newcastle last Saturday], but bearing in mind, we've got [Christian] Benteke to come back, [Libor] Kozak to come back. I'm pretty sure if one of them was there, we'd have got at least a couple of goals."
"Christian should start training after the international break and we'll see how he is," he added. "I think Cissokho was outstanding and he was that good, they had to put [Moussa] Sissoko back to stop him."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Hull City's Curtis Davies has been the club's stalwart defender in two appearances this season. The 29-year-old enters today averaging a staggering 11 clearances per match in addition to two tackles and two interceptions.
Aston Villa's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Guzan; Cissokho, Senderos, Vlaar, Hutton; Delph, Sanchez, Westwood; Richardson, Agbonlahor, N'Zogbia
Hull City's Projected Lineup (4-4-1-1): McGregor; Robertson, McShane, Davies, Rosenior; Quinn, Livermore, Huddlestone, Elmohamad; Ince, Jelavic
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (statistics and lineups via WhoScored).
Standings
| Rnk | Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 7 | Hull City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 8 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 9 | Stoke City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 | |||
| 11 | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 | |||
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 | |||
| 13 | Sunderland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 | |||
| 14 | Manchester United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | |||
| 15 | Newcastle United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 | |||
| 16 | Everton | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 2 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 1 | |||
| 20 | Burnley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
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