The time is almost upon us for the Aston Villa vs Stoke City EFL Cup clash as we find ourselves fast approaching kick-off for this match, and the players are in.
Here is the starting XI for Aston Villa which has been confirmed as follows:
Aston Villa
Jed Steer #12
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 28
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Norwich, England
Neil Taylor #3
Defender
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Wales
Place of birth: St Asaph, Wales
Kortney Hause #30
Defender
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 93kg
Age: 25
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Goodmayes, England
Frédéric Guilbert #24
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 25
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Valognes, France
Ahmed Elmohamady #27
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Egypt
Place of birth: El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt
Marvelous Nakamba #19
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 26
Henri Lansbury #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 29
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Enfield, England
Jacob Ramsey #41
Midfielder
Height: 1.66m
Weight: 61kg
Age: 19
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Birmingham, England
Anwar El Ghazi #21
Midfielder
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 87kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Barendrecht, Netherlands
Bertrand Traoré #15
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 25
Keinan Davis #39
Forward
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 22
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Stevenage, England
The team sheet line-up for Stoke City has also been confirmed as follows:
Stoke City
Adam Davies #16
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Wales
Place of birth: Rinteln, Germany
Josh Tymon #35
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 21
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Kingston upon Hull, England
Nathan Collins #37
Defender
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 19
Nationality: Rep. Ireland
Place of birth: Dublin, Rep. Ireland
Harry Souttar #36
Defender
Height: 1.98m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Australia
Place of birth: Aberdeen, Scotland
Bruno Martins Indi #15
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Portugal
John Obi Mikel #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Nigeria
Place of birth: Jos, Nigeria
Jordan Thompson
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 23
Nationality: N. Ireland
Place of birth: Antrim, N. Ireland
Nick Powell #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 26
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Crewe, England
Sam Vokes #9
Forward
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 90kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Wales
Place of birth: Lymington, England
Tyrese Campbell #26
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 20
Nationality: England
Place of birth: Cheadle Hulme, England
Jacob Brown #18
Forward
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 62kg
Age: 22
Nationality: England
Place of birth: England
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