DID YOU KNOW?
* Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last three Premier League games.
* Darren Bent has scored the same amount of goals as Stoke have managed away all season.
* Villa’s England international front four have scored half of their goals this season.
* The hosts have lost just twice at home in 2011.
* Villa have kept a clean sheet just once in their last 10 games.
* Stoke City have lost more games than anyone else away from home in the league this season.
* The Potters have the third worst scoring record away from home in the league.
* Stoke have not won away from home in the league in 2011.
* Stoke’s top scorer in the league is Robert Huth with six goals.
* The Potters have kept just one clean sheet in their previous 11 games.
LAST MEETING
September 13, 2010: Stoke City 2-1 Aston Villa
Tony Pulis’s men came from behind to seal a dramatic victory with goals from Kenwyne Jones and central defender Robert Huth in the last 10 minutes.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Aston Villa: Friedel; Walker, Dunne, Collins, L Young; Downing, Makoun, Petrov, A Young; Agbonlahor, Bent.
Stoke City: Begovic; Wilkinson, Huth, Shawcross, Collins; Pennant, Delap, Wilson, Etherington; Jones, Walters.
Prediction
Both teams will be brimming with confidence after big wins in their previous games and it is hard to separate the two. If Villa can find the fluency which makes them so dangerous then they could come away with a victory. However, Stoke’s huge semi-final win over Bolton Wanderers will give them good momentum.
Aston Villa 1-1 Stoke 
