Aston Villa will entertain Queens Park Rangers at Villa Park on Saturday at the back of a brilliant 4-2 victory away at Sheffield Wednesday in their last league outing. Steve Bruce will hope that his players can fight hard to try and get some favourable results going into the final stretch of the season. The Villans are still in contention of securing an automatic promotion back to the Premier League but are still four points behind second-placed Cardiff City with just 8 games remaining in this campaign.
The recent history of the fixture makes a grim reading for the visitors as the West Midlands outfit has secured three victories in their last three encounters with the Londoners. Steve Bruce is expected to opt for a 4-4-2 formation and might start Scott Hogan and Lewis Grabban once again to lead the lines for the Villans.
4-4-2 Aston Villa Predicted Lineup To Face Queens Park Rangers
Defence
Sam Johnstone will start in goal for Villa and might be protected by a back four of James Chester and John Terry in central defence while Ahmed Elmohamady plays at right-back and Alan Hutton operates on the left side of the backline. Neil Taylor might replace Hutton in the first-team if the Scottish defender fails to recover in time for this clash.
The Villans defence has kept five clean sheets in their last ten league matches and Villa boss Steve Bruce will be hoping that his backline can keep the Queens Park Rangers attack at bay on Saturday.
Midfield
Glenn Whelan and Conor Hourihane could be deployed as the holding midfielders at the centre of the park. Both of them got their names on the scoresheet against Sheffield Wednesday in their last league outing and will hope to repeat the feat versus QPR as well.
Josh Onomah might start on the left flank once again after impressing in the last few games. Robert Snodgrass will look to cut in on his stronger left foot and create some chances while operating on the right side of the midfield. Snodgrass scored a goal against Sheffield Wednesday in the last gameweek so he will be a threat to the QPR defence.
Attack
Scott Hogan and Lewis Grabban are expected to the lead the lines for the Villans up top. The duo are in a rich vein of form and will hope to get their names on the scoresheet when they lace up to face the Londoners on Saturday.
