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Manchester City vs Aston Villa Teams

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MANCHESTER (Sporting Alert) — Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli both start for Manchester City in tonight’s Capital One League Cup – 3rd round game against Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium.

The pair were on the bench in City’s 1-1 Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal over the weekend, but manager Roberto Mancini has decided to start them tonight.

Also starting the game are Gareth Barry, James Milner, and Jack Rodwell, while Kolo Toure captains the side in this game.

Scott Sinclair and Edin Dzeko are amongst those starting on the bench.

Aston Villa meanwhile, starts with Shay Given in goal, while forward Gabriel Agbonlahor also starts with Daren Bent left on the substitutes bench.

Manchester City vs Aston Villa

Manchester City: Pantilimon, Rodwell, K. Toure (C), Nastasic, Barry, Razak, Suarez, Milner, Kolarov, Tevez, Balotelli.
Subs: Wright, Lescott, Evans, Sinclair, Dzeko, Helan, Scapuzzi.

Aston Villa: Given, Lowton, Vlaar, Clark, Bennett, El Ahmadi, Delph, N’Zogbia, Agbonlahor, Weimann, Benteke. Subs: Guzan, Baker, Bent, Albrighton, Lichaj, Herd, Bannan.

Pre-season football results: July 14

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(Sporting Alert) — Barclays Premier League sides West Ham United, Reading, Everton and Aston Villa all recorded pre-season victories on Saturday.

Newly promoted Premier League sides West Ham and Reading were easy winners on the day.

Reading, courtesy of a hat-trick from striker Simon Church hammered AFC Wimbledon 7-0 for the biggest win on the day.

Adam Le Fondre was also on target, as he netted a first half brace, while Michail Antonio and Jordan Obita added to the tally as well.

Royals boss Brian McDermott afterwards was full of praise for Church and his team.

“I’m delighted for Churchy, we all know what a great guy he is. All of the players know that, the staff around him, he’s a fantastic guy to work with every day,” McDermott said.

“It was a fantastic finish from Alfie for his second, and then Churchy ‘s finishes were really good goals. I was delighted for him and the whole group, everyone involved.

“The game was really good, I thought the players showed a fabulous attitude in both halves. We used 23 players and it shows we’ve got what we think is a good group.”

West Ham beat Southend United 3-0 with Nicky Maynard, Jordan Spence and Sam Baldock getting on the scoresheet today.

Aston Villa defeated Burton Albion 2-1, while Everton, through goals from Francisco Junior, Apostolos Vellios, Jack Rodwell and Victor Anichebe cruised past Morecambe 4-1.

Pre-Season Friendly Results

15:00 FT ‘ Morecambe 1 : 4 Everton
15:30 FT ‘ Osnabruck 3 : 1 Bochum
16:00 FT ‘ Arbroath 1 : 5 Aberdeen
16:00 FT ‘ Ayr United 4 : 0 Motherwell
16:00 FT ‘ Burton Albion 1 : 2 Aston Villa
16:00 FT ‘ Clachnacuddin 0 : 1 Ross County
16:00 FT ‘ Dundee 0 : 3 Dundee United
16:00 FT ‘ Livingston 3 : 2 Kilmarnock
16:00 FT ‘ Raith Rovers 0 : 3 Hearts
16:00 FT ‘ Southend Utd 0 : 3 West Ham
16:00 FT ‘ Wimbledon 0 : 7 Reading
17:00 FT ‘ Bordeaux 1 : 1 Nice
17:00 FT ‘ CSKA 2 : 2 Paris Saint Germain
17:00 FT ‘ Emmen 0 : 5 Twente
18:00 FT ‘ Noordwijk 0 : 8 Ajax

Manchester United vs Aston Villa: Follow It Live

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MANCHESTER (Sporting Alert) — As expected, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has recalled midfielder Paul Scholes to his starting line-up for this evening’s Barclays Premier League clash against Aston Villa.

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Scholes had missed Manchester United’s shocking 1-0 defeat to Wigan in midweek, but is back in place of Ryan Giggs.

“We did the right thing resting Paul on Wednesday,” Fergie said. “It may not have looked like that to the fans, but three games in seven days would have been a big ask.”

Also returning is striker Danny Welbeck, who replaces Javier Hernandez, who was disappointing in the Wigan defeat, while Rafael also come in for Phil Jones, who are all on the bench.

Ashley Young makes a return to his former side, while Nani, Tom Cleverley and Dimitar Berbatov are all on the substitutes bench.

Meanwhile, Aston Villa continue to be without striker Darren Bent, who is still injured.

Manchester United vs Aston Villa

Man Utd: De Gea, Rafael Da Silva, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Young, Rooney, Welbeck
Subs: Amos, Jones, Berbatov, Giggs, Hernandez, Nani, Cleverley

Aston Villa: Given, Hutton, Collins, Baker, Lichaj, Bannan, Ireland, Clark, Gardner, Weimann, Agbonlahor
Subs: Guzan, N’Zogbia, Delfouneso, Heskey, Cuellar, Johnson, Carruthers

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

Arsenal v Aston Villa Teams: Premier League Team News

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Arsenal are on form at the moment and boss Arsene Wenger says his side is ready to continue it good run of form with another win against Aston Villa in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday.

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Arsenal have won its last five games and moved to third place in the Premier League tables – following wins over Tottenham, Liverpool, Newcastle and Everton, and will start favourites to snatch all three points at the Emirates Stadium.

Captain and in form striker Robin van Persie has been hammering the goals this season and no one will bet against him scoring again on Saturday.

In team news, midfielders Abou Diaby (hamstring) and Jack Wilshere (ankle) and defender Per Mertesacker (ankle) will miss the game because of injuries, although Wenger says Wilshere could feature before the season is over.

Aston Villa will be without injured players Darren Bent (ankle), Fabian Delph (ankle) and Richard Dunne (shoulder) for the clash.

PREDICTION: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 0

Arsenal v Aston Villa Teams

Arsenal (squad): Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Walcott, Song, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gervinho, Rosicky, Ramsey, Arteta, Van Persie, Fabianski, Djourou, Benayoun, Chamakh, Santos, Miquel.

Aston Villa (squad): Given, Guzan, Hutton, Lichaj, Collins, Cuellar, Warnock, Baker, Bannan, Petrov, Ireland, Albrighton, Agbonlahor, Heskey, N’Zogbia, Herd, Weimann, Marshall, Johnson, Gardner, Stevens, Delfouneso.