Aston Villa’s season hasn’t gone the way in which Steven Gerrard envisaged as they’ve won just one Premier League match to this point.
There had been some encouraging indicators throughout their final match towards Manchester City, with Gerrard’s males creating alternatives towards the champions and had been unfortunate to not win, having to settle for a 1-1 draw.
The membership tackle Southampton tonight and it represents an opportunity to ignite some spark into their season and go into the worldwide break on a excessive, and with a Saints defence that’s conceded ten league objectives in six matches, Gerrard shall be instructing his workforce to assault from the beginning.
The 42-year-old might effectively make some modifications to his workforce, with a rejigging of the midfield very important with the intention to declare all three factors…
On the Chalkboard
The supervisor appointed McGinn as captain in the summertime forward of the brand new season, with the Scotsman taking to life in England with ease since making the move from Hibernian in 2018.
He was integral to the Villa aspect that received promotion to the Premier League within the 2019 Championship playoff remaining, scoring the second aim within the 2-1 win over Derby County.
Villa consolidated their place within the high flight and McGinn contributed 22 objectives and assists to grow to be a mainstay on the coronary heart of the membership’s midfield, establishing himself for each membership and nation.
This season has been totally different for the £56k-per-week man, nevertheless, with performances dropping under his common excessive commonplace.
McGinn hasn’t scored or registered an help within the six league matches to this point this marketing campaign, averaging a SofaScore score of 6.85 and being substituted of their final 4 league matches.
He has made on common 0.3 key passes per recreation this season, in comparison with 1.5 final yr, whereas additionally making fewer tackles per recreation in comparison with final season (solely two per recreation versus three).
Will McGinn begin for Aston Villa tonight?
Yes
No
It continues to be early and it may be the 27-year-old is feeling the stress of captaining the aspect, however his performances might want to enhance after the worldwide break, in any other case, he might discover himself spending a interval on the bench.
If Gerrard is feeling ruthless, which may even occur towards Southampton tonight.