Adam Davies
Sport News 24/7Aston Villa vs. Sunderland tickets still available
By Adam Davies, on 19th March 2010, 18:26 UTC
This stage of the season is always a captivating watch. There is always a frantic last effort from each team to finish as well as they possibly can, but there are also additional factors that make the coming months such compelling viewing. Many footballers will be looking to play their way into selection for their national team in advance of the summer's World Cup - and with that, fans will be praying that their country's star player will avoid injury.
This Wednesday sees Aston Villa take on a rejuvenated Sunderland team, and both will have many points to prove. Villa are unbeaten in eight, but with five of those eight games being draws and four of those draws insipid 0-0 affairs, to label the team as in form is a tad misleading. Sunderland have had an unusual 09-10 to say the least. Having begun the season in encouraging fashion with a draw at Manchester United and victories over Liverpool and Arsenal, they looked at the very least certain to cement a mid-table position. After defeating Arsenal in November though, Sunderland went into a bizarre freefall and only achieved their next victory in March when they thrashed Bolton Wanderers 4-0. They now look safe from the relegation scrap though, with seven points between them and the bottom three, and will now be looking up the table again.
At this stage last season, fatigue caught up with Aston Villa dramatically. A rather odd statistic is that last Tuesday's win over Wigan was their first victory in the month of March in Martin O'Neill's entire reign at the club, and although squad depth is greater than last year, there is still a reliance on certain players - Milner, Agbonlahor and Ashley Young to name a few.
Following this match both teams have tough-looking away games; Aston Villa take on Chelsea and Sunderland go to Liverpool, which makes this game even more important. There are still a limited supply of tickets left for this tantalising clash, and Tixdaq.com has the cheapest available online!
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