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Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa: Premier League – live | Premier League

Ipswich Town vs Aston Villa: Premier League – live | Premier League

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But I will do it, Allow this banger of all time.

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Here come our teams!

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How can it be that in 2024 We hear Fat Boy Slim over the speaker system? Surely we can shove it all right there, right?

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For older people, This game means this goal:

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I just suffered a blow to the neck a pint of green juice, green juice consisting of kale, blueberries, ginger, turmeric and carrots on the basis that I can't eat vegetables but can enjoy any drink beyond my taste buds. Today things can only get better.

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On TV, They talk about Jhon Duran being substituted again. I need to see more of him – striking from distance isn't a sustainable approach to scoring goals – but he has so many qualities, so he's a really exciting talent and, as he continues to improve, he won't settle for just to come from a distance bench for long.

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Kieran McKenna says his team will do everything they can to make the game competitive. It's about learning – there are so many new players, so many newcomers to the league, but it's still very early in the season and they're trying to improve every game.

Ipswich haven't played at home for a month but the atmosphere they have created at the ground and the intensity of their style make it a huge advantage.

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Sky have just looked back at Ipswich's 2000/01 season, where Marcus Stewart was the hero. He seems like a really healthy character and even though he now has MND, he's just as optimistic as ever.

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As for Villa, They will try to put Watkins in the background while Tielemans and Onana push Ipswich into the box. I expect them to look for returns and crosses to the front post while also causing havoc from set pieces.

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Where is the game? I can imagine Ipswich will have their sights set on the flanks. On Villa's right side, Ezri Jonsa is not a full-back and Leon Bailey is not a defender, while on the left Digne likes to support the attack so there may be space at the back. Otherwise, Villa's high line offers opportunities, but missing them, let alone creating them, is easier said than done.

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E-mail! “Oh Daniel, you said it, these negative expectations!” writes Richard Hirst. “With Fulham and Southampton back-to-back as games Ipswich needed to win, you don’t seem to have noticed the table where one of those teams is in sixth place!”

And still couldn't record a win against the inferior Ipswich!

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He'll have his hands full, but. Villa's left side is dangerous as Jacob Ramsey is physical and direct intelligence and Lucas Digne is also a threat. Add to that the fact that Ollie Watkins moves past goal and moves from the outside in, and it's not hard to imagine Villa will cause him plenty of problems.

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I'm curious to see how Axel Tuanzebe is doing today. There was a time when it looked like he was developing into a very serious centre-back – many in the Premier League will never play as well as he did in Manchester United's win at PSG in 2020. But injuries didn't let him in Quiet. so that Ipswich could potentially be his last chance at a career at the top level; we'll see.

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Emery, meanwhile, makes a change: John McGinn is injured, so Leon Bailey comes into play on the right of midfield.

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Three changes for Ipswich after the draw in Southampton. Most intriguingly, Jack Clarke, signed from Sunderland, starts in League One, while Kalvin Phillips and Chiedozie Ogbene also feature; Jean Cajuste, Wes Burns and Sammy Szmodics drop out.

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I'll write these down, then we will think about what they might mean.

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Teams!

Ipswich Town (4-2-3-1): Muric; Tuanzebe, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis; Morsy, Phillips; Ogbene, Hutchinson, Clarke; Delap. Subs: Walton, Chaplin, Taylor, Johnson, Townsend, Szmodics, Luongo, Hirst.

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Martinez; Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Digne; Tielemans, Onana; Ramsey, Rogers, Bailey; Watkins. Subs: Gauchi, Barkley, Durán, Buendía, Philogene, Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Bogardem Swinkels.

Referee: Stuart Atwell (Nuneaton)

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preamble

It's much easier to impress people when they don't know what to expect, a tribute to the human capacity for negative expectations: I automatically assume they, you, or they are bullshit, so whatever is better, a win.

However, once they know, everything changes – and by a stunning coincidence, Aston Villa found themselves in this situation at the start of this season. Before things started, we might have wondered whether they would find the form that got them into the Champions League – and of course would demand that of them. Well, four wins and a loss later – plus a win in a European Cup – suggests they might just get there.

The fact is that Villa were actually good before they proved it – Unai Emery inherited a strong, talented and expensive squad that simply needed his genius to nurture clubs of their exact description. So we have no reason to be surprised at how good they still are. The quality of the team reflects the quality of the manager, and the quality of the manager reflects the quality of the team in perfect symbiosis.

Ipswich, on the other hand, is having a tough time. Kieran McKenna has already pulled off a miracle, taking them from League One to the Premier League in ridiculous fashion, but pulling that off at the highest level is a different challenge. Although they didn't expect anything from their first two games – Liverpool at home and Man City away – they have since drawn three straight draws. That could be progress, but it could just as easily be an indication of a missed opportunity, with Fulham at home and Southampton away being must-win games for a promoted side hoping to stay in the league.

However, they will feel they have a chance this afternoon: a 95th-minute equalizer in their last game means they are in top form, while Villa face the not insignificant distraction of an upcoming midweek game against Bayern Munich. The should Be good, that's where we came in…

Kick-off: 2pm BST

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