Aston Villa have had something of a mixed start to this Premier League season.
The Villans sit in a very respectable 10th place, but based on some of their performances, they deserve to sit a little higher in the league.
Indeed, the Midlands club can count themselves very unlucky to have lost against Tottenham a fortnight ago, while their opening day defeat against Watford is looking more and more like a fluke result every week.
Villa face Wolves this Saturday knowing that a win would move them into the top half of the table, but this won’t be an easy task with the Molineux outfit stringing together back-to-back wins in recent weeks.
We’ve had a go at predicting Dean Smith’s starting XI for this one.
We think that Smith will make a couple of changes here.
Axel Tuanzebe comes in for Kortney Hause, while Emi Buendia and Marvellous Nakamba come in for Douglas Luiz and Jacob Ramsey.
Luiz has a tight turnaround after playing for Brazil, and while the same can be said of Emi Martinez in goal, Villa have much more depth in the midfield and playing as a goalkeeper is a much less strenuous task.
Buendia comes in to provide a bit more creativity and spark in a game that Villa will be hoping to take by the scruff of the neck.
Once again, Danny Ings and Ollie Watkins start together up top.
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