Aston Villa will travel to Suffolk to take on Ipswich Town at Portman Road looking to bag maximum points from the contest which will help them catch up with Fulham and Cardiff City who are currently occupying the 2nd and 3rd spot in the league table respectively. The Villans are still with a slim chance of earning an automatic promotion spot if other results go their way. However, they are more likely to finish in the playoff positions so a strong end to the regular season could give them enough momentum to do well during the post-season playoffs.
Meanwhile, the Tractor Boys find themselves in the bottom half of the league standings and could consolidate their 12th place with a victory on Saturday. Steve Bruce is expected to stick with his favoured 4-1-4-1 formation and could hand Albert Adomah a start for this clash.
4-1-4-1 Aston Villa Predicted Lineup To Face Ipswich Town
Defence
Sam Johnstone will start in goal for the away side and might be protected by a back four of James Chester and Mile Jedinak in central defence while Ahmed Elmohamady plays at right-back and Neil Taylor operates on the left side of the Villa defence.
The Villans backline has kept four clean sheets in their last five league matches and Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce will hope that his defenders can keep the Tractor Boys attack at bay on Saturday afternoon.
Midfield
Glenn Whelan is expected to be deployed as a deep-lying defensive midfielder while the duo of Jack Grealish and Josh Onomah plays in front of the Republic of Ireland midfielder at the centre of the park. Grealish got his name on the scoresheet in two of his last three league outings and will look to repeat the feat versus Bryan Klug’s side in this gameweek.
Villa’s top scorer Albert Adomah could return to the starting lineup and will operate on the left side of the midfield, looking to add to his goal tally of 15 goals in this campaign. Robert Snodgrass will try to cut in on his stronger left foot and create some opportunities in the opposition half while playing down the right flank.
Attack
Lewis Grabban is expected to lead the lines for Steve Bruce’s team up top. He was Villa’s hero in their last league outing versus Leeds United and scored the only goal of that game. He will now look to get his name on the scoresheet once again when he laces up to face the Tractor Boys on Saturday.
