Aston Villa team news — injury news, predicted line up and fixtures
Aston Villa play away to Barcelona on Tue 3 Nov, 21:00. 4 players are currently unavailable, with our expected return date for each below. Our model gives Aston Villa a 10% chance of winning that match and a 4% chance of a clean sheet.
Availability comes from our injury and suspension feeds; everything else on this page is a projection, recomputed through the day as odds, team news and line-ups land. The predicted eleven is the model's most likely starting XI, not a confirmed team sheet.
Aston Villa injury news and expected return dates
4 players are currently unavailable for Aston Villa. Aaron Wan-Bissaka is expected back first, around Sat 21 Nov and Amadou Onana is the longest absentee, around Tue 1 Jun. An expected return is an estimate and moves with the club's own updates.
| Player | Pos | Expected return |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Wan-Bissaka | DEF | Sat 21 Nov |
| Matty Cash | DEF | Sat 21 Nov |
| Matteo Ruggeri | DEF | Wed 2 Dec |
| Amadou Onana | MID | Tue 1 Jun |
Aston Villa predicted line-up — away to Barcelona
Our model's most likely starting eleven for Gameweek 10, ranked by how likely each player is to start. 2 of the eleven are 90% or better to start, and Joao Gomes, Emiliano Buendia, Pau Torres are the least certain. These are projections, not a confirmed team sheet — they move as team news and press conferences land.
| Player | Pos | Chance of starting | Projected minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Suzuki | GK | 97% | 87 |
| Boubacar Kamara | MID | 92% | 79 |
| Nicolas Jackson | FWD | 87% | 71 |
| Victor Nilsson Lindelöf | DEF | 86% | 76 |
| Ian Maatsen | DEF | 84% | 70 |
| Johan Manzambi | MID | 81% | 65 |
| John McGinn | MID | 79% | 68 |
| Joao Gomes | MID | 68% | 59 |
| Emiliano Buendia | MID | 56% | 51 |
| Pau Torres | DEF | 56% | 50 |
| Alysson Edward | MID | 52% | 42 |
Premier League predicted lineups for every club →
Aston Villa fixtures and how hard they look
The next 5 matches across every competition, with what our model makes of each: the chance Aston Villa win, the chance the opponent wins, the goals we expect Aston Villa to score and the chance of a clean sheet. The kindest of them looks at home to Sunderland at 50% to win; the hardest looks away to Barcelona at 10%. These come from the betting market and our own team model, and they move as odds do.
| Competition | Date | Opponent | Win | Opp win | Expected goals | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCL 4 | Tue 3 Nov, 21:00 | at Barcelona | 10% | 76% | 1.19 | 4% |
| PL 10 | Sun 8 Nov, 17:30 | at Manchester United | 32% | 42% | 1.44 | 19% |
| PL 11 | Sat 21 Nov, 16:00 | vs Sunderland | 50% | 24% | 1.62 | 35% |
| UCL 5 | Tue 24 Nov, 18:45 | at Galatasaray | 30% | 46% | 1.50 | 15% |
| PL 12 | Sat 28 Nov, 18:30 | at Ipswich Town | 46% | 28% | 1.64 | 29% |
FPL fixture difficulty: every club's next five gameweeks →
Best Aston Villa picks in FPL for Gameweek 10
Nicolas Jackson is Aston Villa's highest projected scorer for the coming round at 3.6 points, 0.3 clear of Johan Manzambi. Predicted points come from expected goals, expected assists, projected minutes and clean-sheet probability converted into Fantasy Premier League 2026/2027 scoring.
| Player | Pos | Price | Predicted points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Jackson | FWD | 7.0 | 3.6 |
| Johan Manzambi | MID | 6.1 | 3.3 |
| Zion Suzuki | GK | 5.0 | 3.3 |
| Boubacar Kamara | MID | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| John McGinn | MID | 5.4 | 2.9 |
| Emiliano Buendia | MID | 5.9 | 2.8 |
Aston Villa price changes tonight
Our projection for which Aston Villa players change price at the next update, from live net-transfer data. It moves through the day.
- Suzuki (GKP, 5.0) — 88% chance of a price rise tonight
- McGinn (MID, 5.4) — 64% chance of a price rise tonight
- Manzambi (MID, 6.1) — 60% chance of a price rise tonight
- Lindelöf (DEF, 4.5) — 12% chance of a price rise tonight
- Wright (GKP, 4.0) — 8% chance of a price rise tonight
- Bogarde (MID, 4.9) — 63% chance of a price fall tonight
- Garnacho (MID, 5.7) — 58% chance of a price fall tonight
- Barkley (MID, 5.0) — 56% chance of a price fall tonight
- Harwood-Bellis (DEF, 4.5) — 50% chance of a price fall tonight
- Wan-Bissaka (DEF, 4.5) — 48% chance of a price fall tonight
All FPL price changes tonight →
Frequently asked questions
Who is injured for Aston Villa?
Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Matty Cash, Matteo Ruggeri, Amadou Onana are currently unavailable. Aaron Wan-Bissaka is expected back around Sat 21 Nov.
What is Aston Villa's predicted line-up?
Our model's most likely XI is led by Zion Suzuki, Boubacar Kamara, Nicolas Jackson, Victor Nilsson Lindelöf, Ian Maatsen. Every player above carries the model's own probability that he starts, which is the honest version of a predicted team sheet — it moves as team news lands.
Who do Aston Villa play next?
Away to Barcelona on Tue 3 Nov, 21:00. Our model gives them a 10% chance of winning and a 4% chance of keeping a clean sheet.