Aston Villa host Leeds United today hoping to prevent their opponents from leading the Championship table on Christmas Day.Dean Smith’s side are still in the promotion hunt, despite sitting 11th as they are just six points off fourth placed Middlesbrough, while victory is needed for Marcelo Bielsa’s side to leapfrog current leaders Norwich City.2
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talkSPORT 2 has full live commentary of Aston Villa vs Leeds, kick-off 3pm.Click here for the live stream orlisten through our radio player belowWhat the managers are saying
Dean Smith (Aston Villa): It is going to be one hell of a game. It is going to be our toughest game so far.They have a very good head coach. It will be certainly a chess game with both teams playing in a similar way.”Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds United):It is the last rival that we havent played against.Aston Villa are a team with a very significant offensive strength.“They are good in the collective play and good with their individual players, they also have many good players. If we take into account these aspects, there are many similar points to the game against West Bromwich Albion.“If you ask me if Aston Villa have players to get promoted- my answer would be yes. Do the have the structure to go up? Yes and they have a great head coach.2Confirmed line-ups
Team news: Our line-up for the clash with @LUFC this afternoonKick-off is 1.30pm.#PartOfThePride #AVFC pic.twitter.com/JCBoJwi8u5— Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial) December 23, 2018
| #LUFC Starting XI presented by @Ladbrokes:-Peacock-Farrell, Ayling (c), Douglas, Jansson Phillips, Klich, Harrison, Alioski, Hernandez, Forshaw, Roofe pic.twitter.com/IBvldKVkiG— Leeds United (@LUFC) December 23, 2018
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