Stoke City: Pre-match stats for Stoke's Premier League clash with Aston Villa

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PREVIOUS MEETING

December 19, 2009 – Premier League

ASTON VILLA 1

STOKE CITY 0

A THOROUGHLY decent Stoke display – exemplified by Danny Higginbotham's impressive return at centre-half – was laid waste by two turning points.

First came Emile Heskey's early injury to pave the way for match-winner John Carew to take to the field far earlier than he would normally have done.

And then came referee Lee Probert's controversial decision to rule out a Mama Sidibe header for allegedly using Stephen Warnock for a leg up.

Aston Villa: Friedel, L Young, Warnock, Cuellar, Dunne, a Young, Petrov, Milner, Downing (Sidwell, 81), Heskey (Carew, 23), Agbonlahor.

Stoke City: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Collins, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Whitehead, Diao (Fuller, 76), Whelan (Delap, 84), Etherington, Sidibe (Beattie, 84), Tuncay.

Attendance: 35,852.

FORM GUIDE

Stoke City: WWLLD

Aston Villa: DWWLW

WHO WE'D LIKE TO SIGN

James Milner: a real man for all seasons and most positions – and maybe even a World Cup kingpin.

WHO TO BOO

Ashley Young: How long before he's bleating to the referee about something, anything?

MAN IN THE MIDDLE

Kevin Friend (Leicestershire): Premier League newcomer this term who recently sent off three players in the Portsmouth v Sunderland clash.

PROBABLE TEAMS

Stoke City: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Collins, Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Lawrence, Delap, Whitehead, Etherington, Sidibe, Tuncay.

Aston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Warnock, Dunne, Collins, a Young, Petrov, Milner, Downing, Agbonlahor, Carew.

PREDICTION

HUTH heads City into a first-half lead, but Milner and Agbonlahor profit from tiring home legs to give Villa a 2-1 victory.

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