Aston Villa vs Norwich City preview and predictions

There’s a relegation zone face-off on Boxing Day as Aston Villa host Norwich City.

Aston Villa dropped into the bottom three courtesy of a 3-1 defeat to Southampton.

Aston Villa vs Norwich

Competition: Premier League

Venue: Villa Park

Date: Thursday, 26 December 2019

Kick-off: 6:00 PM

Team news

Aston Villa

John McGinn has been ruled out for three months with an ankle injury and will be joining Jed Steer on the sidelines.

Tyrone Mings and Keinan Davis are also set to miss out.

Predicted XI: Heaton; Guilbert, Engels, Hause, Targett; Hourihane, Douglas Luiz, Nakamba; Trezeguet, Wesley, Grealish.

Norwich

Timm Klose, Ben Godfrey and Josip Drmic all remain out long term.

Predicted XI: Krul; Aarons, Zimmermann, Hanley, Byram; Tettey, Vrancic; Buendia, McLean, Cantwell; Pukki.