Comments and predictions for Sunderland vs Aston Villa: Attack and defense
The match between Sunderland vs Aston Villa in the Premier League takes place at 8:00 p.m. on September 21. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Sunderland vs Aston Villa team information
Coach Le Bris said midfielder Enzo Le Fée could return, but will have to compete for a place with Granit Xhaka and Habib Diarra.
Up front, Wilson Isidor is almost certain to start, supported on both wings by Simon Adingra and Chemsdine Talbi.
Centre-back Daniel Ballard is also likely to return to the starting line-up after starting the opening two rounds.
As for Aston Villa, the midfield is facing an injury crisis as both Amadou Onana and Youri Tielemans are absent.
Coach Emery is expected to put Lamare Bogarde in the central midfield pair, while the return of Boubacar Kamara is very positive news.
It is not impossible that Harvey Elliott and Evann Guessand will be given their first start this season.
Latest expected lineup for Sunderland vs Aston Villa
Sunderland:
Roefs; Hume, Ballard, Alderete, Mandava; Diarra, Xhaka, Sadiki; Talbi, Isidor, Adingra
Aston Villa:
Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Bogarde, Kamara; Guessand, Elliott, Rogers; Watkins
Latest football commentary on Sunderland vs Aston Villa
Sunderland could be said to have been quite lucky to avoid defeat against Palace, as Yeremi Pino and his teammates only failed to score due to inaccurate finishing and the "Black Cats" defense promptly blocked the goal.
Coach Régis Le Bris' start in the Premier League has been better than expected, especially when looking at the fact that it took until round 6 for all three teams relegated from the 2024-25 season to get their first win.
An impressive home record could keep Sunderland in the league. The hosts have won both of their Premier League games at the Stadium of Light this season and will be hoping for a third win on Sunday.
Sunderland's only defeat in 90 minutes in five games this season was a 2-0 loss to rivals Burnley on 23 August. Three days later, they were eliminated from the League Cup on penalties by Huddersfield Town.
Sunderland have scored five goals and conceded three in the Premier League this season, but average just 2.3 shots on target per game – the second lowest in the division.
Aston Villa held Everton to a 0-0 draw on September 13, although the Merseyside team wasted many opportunities, creating more than 2 expected goals (xG) but could not take advantage, while Villa had only one shot on target.
Unai Emery's side once had ambitions of qualifying for European competition, but they have had a disappointing start to the 2025-26 campaign with two defeats and two draws. They were also eliminated on penalties by Brentford in the League Cup on Tuesday.
Away from home, Villa have lost two and drawn one of their three games this season, continuing their poor form towards the end of last season when they lost three of their last four away trips.
It was also the first time in their history that Villa have failed to score in their opening four Premier League games. In terms of expected goals, only Wolverhampton Wanderers (2.9 xG) have done worse.
Since 2010, Villa have won six of their 15 meetings with Sunderland, losing just three. The two sides have not met since 2018.
Latest Sunderland vs Aston Villa score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Sunderland vs Aston Villaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Sunderland 2-1 Aston Villa
- WhoScore:Sunderland 1-2 Aston Villa
- Our newspaper predicts:Sunderland 2-2 Aston Villa
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