Sunday will see three games being played across the Barclays Premier League, all kicking off at 11:30 a.m. Aston Villa will take on Norwich City and will be looking for their first win in five games to help steer them clear of the relegation zone. Norwich are tied on points with the Villains after their 1-0 win at Tottenham which helped to quell the speculation surrounding the future of boss Chris Hughton.
Sunday will see three games being played across the Barclays Premier League, all kicking off at 11:30 a.m. Aston Villa will take on Norwich City and will be looking for their first win in five games to help steer them clear of the relegation zone. Norwich are tied on points with the Villains after their 1-0 win at Tottenham which helped to quell the speculation surrounding the future of boss Chris Hughton.
Aston Villa midfielder Ashley Westwood will be fit to play on Sunday as well as Ryan Bertrand. Norwich will be without Leroy Fer (Hamstring), Johnny Howson (back) is in contention to return and Centre Half Ryan Bennett is available following a thigh injury. Jonas Gutierrez (Calf) is still unavailable as well as Michael Turner (hamstring) and Elliott Bennett (knee). Villa have lost just one of their last 11 league matches against the Canaries and will be looking to extend that statistic against a Norwich side that has won just four of 32 away games in the league under Chris Hughton.
A brave Swansea side were beaten 3-1 in Italy by Napoli to send them crashing out of Europe, and so they will be looking for some form of reprieve when they face Crystal Palace on Sunday. Both sides are in the bottom half of the table and still have work to do to guarantee their top-flight status for next season. Gary Monk’s Swans have a four point cushion despite losing to Liverpool last time out but will be looking to recover from their trip to Napoli on Thursday. Palace will certainly be looking to capitalize on any sign of fatigue and get back on track after their disappointing 2-0 loss to Manchester United at Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace come into the game with a clean bill of health after being given a slight boost with news that Glenn Murray is fit to feature against the Swans after suffering a knock in the loss to Man United last weekend. Winger Jerome Thomas (back) is also available as Palace look for their third away league win of the campaign.
Riding the high they are on after coming back from a 2-0 aggregate deficit to beat Dnipro 3-2 on aggregate in their Europa League tie, Tottenham will now turn their attention to securing a top four finish when they come face to face with relegation threatened Cardiff City. Tottenham’s loss on the last match day has left them six points adrift of 4th placed Liverpool who play on Saturday, and they must now complete the season without the services of Jermain Defoe who bid farewell to the club on Thursday to move to Toronto FC in the MLS. Cardiff are the away side and will be looking for a major boost after their heavy loss at home to Hull left them three points from safety. Tottenham come into the game with no fresh injury concerns as striker Craig Bellamy returns for Cardiff after serving his three match ban. Following the 4-0 home loss to Hull last weekend, boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has vowed to make changes and Bellamy is certain to be among them.
Writer: Lynford Harris
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