BG Pathum United vs Aston Villa - prediction, team news, lineups

After starting August with a morale-boosting win, Aston Villa volition instrumentality 1 measurement person to the caller play connected Tuesday, erstwhile their Asian circuit continues with a clash against BG Pathum United.

Villa volition soon instrumentality to home enactment and are besides gathering up to the UEFA Super Cup, but archetypal they indispensable caput from Indonesia to Thailand for different affable fixture.

Match preview

On Saturday, Aston Villa kicked disconnected their travel to Asia with a 3-1 triumph implicit Indonesia All-Stars successful Jakarta, arsenic summer signing Alejandro Garnacho was handed his debut successful claret and blue.

Unai Emery made 10 changes astatine the break, portion young striker Brian Madjo scored his 4th extremity successful arsenic galore pre-season appearances, further highlighting his potential.

After lifting the Europa League trophy successful May, erstwhile they besides claimed 4th spot successful the Premier League and secured Champions League qualification, Emery's men are present getting acceptable for different demanding campaign.

Much has changed since the Villans won their archetypal European last for 44 years, with cardinal midfielder Youri Tielemans and England guardant Morgan Rogers some heading for the exit aft appearing astatine the World Cup. 

Still, Garnacho, Joao Gomes and Swiss prima Johan Manzambi person each arrived astatine the Birmingham club, who bushed Walsall 5-0 successful their archetypal pre-season affable earlier losing 2-0 to Porto and 4-2 to Real Sociedad.

Ahead of their UEFA Super clash with Paris Saint-Germain connected August 12, Villa are present travelling crossed East Asia; aft little stops successful Indonesia and Thailand, they volition conscionable Bayern Munich successful Hong Kong.

Like their English visitors, BG Pathum United besides finished 4th successful the league past season, losing lone six times crossed 30 fixtures.

Previously known arsenic Bangkok Glass, they person featured successful the AFC Champions League doubly crossed the past 5 years, portion winning a first-ever Thai rubric successful 2021.

Based successful Pathum Thani province, they reappointed erstwhile manager Vladimir Vujovic past February and helium subsequently led them into Liga 1's apical four.

That booked a spot successful the radical signifier of Asia's second-tier continental tourney - the inventively named AFC Champions League Two - for the play ahead, which volition commencement successful aboriginal September.

First, a glamour affable against Premier League absorption awaits, arsenic the Rabbits invited the Europa League winners to True BG Stadium.

BG Pathum United pre-season form:

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Team News

Emery made aggregate changes during Saturday's friendly, with lone goalkeeper James Wright playing the afloat 90 minutes, and it should beryllium a akin representation connected Tuesday.

Victor Lindelof, Evann Guessand and nine skipper John McGinn each returned to enactment successful Jakarta, but astir of Aston Villa's World Cup players are inactive unavailable. 

Ollie Watkins, Ezri Konsa, Lucas Digne, Emi Martinez and summertime signing Manzambi - the second of whom is besides injured - are not acceptable to feature. 

While Boubacar Kamara is inactive recovering from semipermanent wounded and Amadou Onana (ACL) volition beryllium sidelined for the foreseeable future, young winger Alysson returned from his latest layoff astatine the weekend.

Rising prima Madjo has made a large content successful the lack of Watkins, while Pathum United's onslaught should beryllium led by Japanese guardant Tomoyuki Doi, who scored 44 goals successful the Singapore Premier League's 2024-25 play earlier moving to Thailand.

Ex-Whitby Town targetman Ashley Coffey offers different enactment for the location side, who are captained from cardinal midfield by Thai planetary Sarach Yooyen.

BG Pathum United imaginable starting lineup:

Anuin; Andersen, Choolthong, Buaphan, Tamma; Kaufmann, Kaman, Yooyen, Raniel; Doi, Gustavsson

Aston Villa imaginable starting lineup:

Bizot; Nedeljkovic, Cisse, Mings, Maatsen; Gomes, Barkley; McGinn, Buendia, Garnacho; Madjo

We say: BG Pathum United 1-4 Aston Villa 

The hosts were beaten 3-0 by Thai giants Buriram United successful their astir caller friendly, truthful adjacent a mix-and-match Aston Villa broadside should beryllium excessively blistery to handle.

Match-fitness alternatively than the effect is Villa's main concern, but they tin physique immoderate momentum for tougher challenges ahead.

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