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Aston Villa choices ahead of the start of Fantasy Football

By James Fudge

Aston Villa's English head coach Dean Smith looks on from the sidelines during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Aston Villa at The London Stadium, in east London on July 26, 2020. (Photo by Matt Dunham / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by MATT DUNHAM/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Aston Villa's English head coach Dean Smith looks on from the sidelines during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Aston Villa at The London Stadium, in east London on July 26, 2020. (Photo by Matt Dunham / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by MATT DUNHAM/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – JULY 16: Tyrone Mings of Aston Villa during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Aston Villa at Goodison Park on July 16, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Football Stadiums around Europe remain empty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in all fixtures being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images,)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – JULY 16: Tyrone Mings of Aston Villa during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Aston Villa at Goodison Park on July 16, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Football Stadiums around Europe remain empty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in all fixtures being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images,) /

Mings 5.0, Cash 5.0, Konsa 4.5, Targett 4.5, Hause 4.5, Guilbert 4.5, Engels 4.5, El Mohamady 4.5, Taylor 4.5, Bree 4.5.

To score points as a defender you must keep clean sheets, assist and score.

That being said, Villa’s defence only kept seven clean sheets last season and provided minimal opportunities in front of goal.

Ahmed El Mohamady was top of the goal/assists charts for defenders last season in all competitions but the arrival of Matty Cash is likely to leave him as a third choice right-back. Tyrone Mings, Matt Targett, Frédéric Guilbert and Ezri Konsa all scored two and provided two assists apiece throughout the season, with Mings (90) and Targett (80) the highest point scorers in the Premier League term.

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Those two were the mainstays in the defence and likely to be the more consistent names on Dean Smith’s team sheet, providing the more solid options in your team. Mings’ height is a threat from set-pieces and he will want to score more goals this term, while the former Southampton left-back is a comfortably first choice and will provide starting points barring any injuries or suspension.

The opening two fixtures have the opportunity for clean sheets, so there inclusion in your team won’t be viewed as ill-judged.

The final two options will be dependent on Dean Smith with no clear indication on who will be picked. Guilbert will now be competing with Cash, while there is the competition between Bjorn Engels and Konsa for that final centre-back position. Konsa is looking favoured.

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