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da betsson： Aston Villa’s struggles in the Premier League continued last weekend and their next game comes to a side that sits just one place above them in Norwich City.
For the third time this season, the west Midlands club threw away a game from a winning position as they twice led against Burnley before Sean Dyche’s men fought back to earn a point at Villa Park.
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It means that Villa have picked up just five points from a possible 21, currently leaving them in the relegation zone.
Things were made worse on Saturday when Matt Targett, who had only just returned from one injury, picked up another meaning Neil Taylor came back into the side.
On the Chalkboard
Villa’s summer arrival was putting in a decent showing with a WhoScored rating of 7.01, one key pass and one successful tackle.
Taylor, on the other hand, came in and mustered up a 5.94 rating and failed to match the figures of Targett.
It’s not the first time this season that the Welshman has looked particularly poor at left-back, so if the injury sees him out of the Norwich game, it may be wise to play someone else there.
Kortney Hause has struggled for game time since joining the club permanently this summer, only playing in their two Carabao Cup matches.
The centre-back has played on the left before in his career, 32 times according to the games recorded by Transfermarkt, 25 of which have been in the Championship where he’s kept eight clean sheets.
That suggests he’s more than capable at deputising in Targett’s absence – let’s face it he can’t be much worse than Taylor.
The 30-year-old ranks second-bottom in the squad for average rating of any player that has featured in five or more matches this season while five players record more tackles on average per game than he does, which is rather poor for a defender.
With Taylor underperforming, fielding someone else there certainly makes sense. Changing things up could just spark an upturn in fortune for the Villans.