10/23/2020 1:12 PM
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Updated 10/23/2020 1:12 PM
Leeds United visits Aston Villa, the only team that started the Premier League with an ideal score
, which returns to play in a stadium where two dates ago they beat Liverpool 7-2 and which will be
a tough challenge for Marcelo Bielsa's team
, in the game that opens the sixth day.
The match will be played at 4:00 p.m. (Argentine time)
at Villa Park in the city of Birmingham, with refereeing by Paul Tierney and
live televising on ESPN 2 (channels 103 from Cablevisión and 623 from DirecTV)
.
The first poor performance, especially in the second half,
was seen by Leeds United in their last appearance, when they lost undefeated at home
at Elland Road when they fell to tough Wolverhampton of Nuno Santo Espirito.
And he plays very fast again, 96 hours after that duel that was played on Monday at the close of the previous date.
The celebration of Raúl Jiménez, from Wolverhampton, after his shot deflected into Kalvin Phillips and beat Illan Meslier.
(Reuters)
That second fall of the season left Marcelo Bielsa's team in the middle of the table, with seven points, the product of the two wins and the draw he had achieved after the debut with a tight fall on the final against Liverpool, at Anfield.
Leeds and Bielsa return to a stadium from which they took a huge victory on December 23, 2018
, in Loco's first season at the club: it was a 3 to 2 achieved in the fifth minute of injury, at the end of a comeback after having started losing 2 to 0 shortly after the match started.
On that Christmas Eve, Jack Clarke, Pontus Jansson and Kemar Roofe, the hero, converted for a Leeds who spent Christmas 2018 at the top of the English Championship, although he could not hold that position towards the end of the season and his promotion was postponed until the following year.
None of the scorers remains on the squad
.
⏪ Get in the mood for the weekend with 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 memorable goals ⏪ pic.twitter.com/k8c1Mdb6R5
- Premier League (@premierleague) October 22, 2020
Aston Villa, on the other hand, did get his ticket back to the Premier League in that championship, after winning in the playoff final for the third promotion (to accompany Norwich and Sheffield United) to Derby County that had just eliminated
Leeds
.
Bielsa comes to this game with a sensitive loss, that of the English midfielder Kalvin Phillips
, who suffered a left shoulder injury after a clash with the Mexican Raúl Jiménez, for which he will be marginalized from the team for six weeks.
In principle, the club's doctors ruled out that he should be operated on.
In addition,
the Rosario coach will wait until the last moment for the evolution of captain Liam Cooper
, who could not play against Wolverhampton due to a muscle injury that he accused in the warm-up.
Patrick Bamford's last goal came on Match 3 against Sheffield United: he has not converted for 182 minutes.
(AP)
Aston Villa's beginning of the season contrasts with the end of the previous one
, the first since its return to the Premier League, and
in which it was saved from relegation on the last date.
They drew 1-1 against West Ham with a goal from Jack Grealish six minutes from time, a result that allowed them to be one point ahead of Watford (they lost 3-2 to Arsenal) and Bournemouth (they beat Everton 3-1).
The Birmingham team started from the second date (they have postponed their first match against Manchester City), and won against Sheffield United (1 to 0), Fulham (3 to 0), Liverpool (7 to 2) and Leicester ( 1 to 0).
The acrobatic flight of Emiliano Martínez against Liverpool, in the 7 to 2 of two dates ago.
(AP)
The Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez, the most expensive in the history of Argentine football since his new club paid 22 million euros to Arsenal for his pass, began the campaign with a penalty saved in the debut against Sheffield, and only the Egyptian Mohamed Salah managed to violate it in the first four games, with the two goals he scored for Liverpool discount.
The
Villains
start the sixth date one point below the leader Everton, who nevertheless already played their five games and left their first two units in the tie of the last day in the Merseyside Derby, 2-2 against Liverpool.
Coach Dean Smith is presumed to repeat the team that has just beaten Leicester at King Power Stadium with a goal from Ross Barkley in injury time.
The striker who is on loan from Chelsea had suffered discomfort in the previous game of the last game,
but it is said that he will be available to receive Leeds
.
Trying to improve everyday Trying to improve every day 💪🧤 pic.twitter.com/NiYqqtg5Hy
- Emi Martínez (@ emimartinezz1) October 21, 2020
Possible formations
Aston Villa
: Emiliano Martínez;
Matthew Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett;
Douglas Luiz, John McGinn;
Trezeguet, Ross Barkley, Jack Grealish;
Ollie Watkins.
DT
: Dean Smith.
Leeds United
: Illan Meslier;
Luke Ayling, Robin Koch, Liam Cooper, Stuart Dallas;
Pascal Struijk;
Helder Costa, Mateusz Klich, Rodrigo, Jack Harrison;
Patrick Bamford.
DT
: Marcelo Bielsa.
Hours
: 16:00 (Argentine time).
TV
: ESPN 2.
Referee
: Paul Tierney.
Stadium
: Villa Park.
