Villa team news: Georginio to be assessed, Mitoma could be in squad

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Albion face the Villans on Wednesday night at the Amex.

2025-12-02T11:01+00:00

Georginio was substituted early in the second half at Forest after being struck in the face by the ball. 📷 by James Boardman.

Albion will look to go 11 Premier League home games unbeaten when they face Aston Villa on Wednesday, kick-off 7.30pm.

Team news

Kaoru Mitoma could make his return to action in Wednesday's match against Aston Villa. 📷 by James Boardman.

Having been struck in the face by the ball during our game against Nottingham Forest, Fabian Hurzeler was unsure whether Georginio Rutter would be available for Wednesday's match. The German also revealed that Kaoru Mitoma could be fit enough to be named in the squad for the first time in two months.

"We have to follow the protocol with Georginio," said the head coach. "We have to continue to assess him. We hope that he's available and then all the other players will be an option for tomorrow.

"It was not a concussion, but of course you have to follow the procedure. We have to take care of the players’ health.

"Kaoru Mitoma was training yesterday [Monday] and he will train today. Then we have to make a decision if he's an option for the squad. But he's definitely really close."

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Villa are on an impressive run, and their 1-0 win over Wolves at the weekend was their seventh win in eight games - the only blip in that sequence a 2-0 defeat to Liverpool.

Tyrone Mings and Ross Barkley are set to miss the game at the Amex because of injury.

Match facts

Albion have won just one of their last nine Premier League games against Aston Villa (D2 L6), a 1-0 home win in May 2024.

Aston Villa have won three of their last four away league games against Albion (L1), as many as they had in their first 11 visits to the Seagulls (D5 L3).

Albion have won four of their five evening kick offs (7pm or later) in the Premier League so far in 2025, though the exception was a 3-0 home defeat to Aston Villa in April.

Villa have won four of their last six Premier League games played on a Wednesday (D1 L1), including a 3-0 win at Brighton in their last such match. They had won just two of their previous 15 Wednesday games in the competition before this run (D4 L9).

Aston Villa have lost their last four away Premier League games in the month of December, while manager Unai Emery has won just four of his last 21 away league games in the festive month (D6 L11), encompassing spells at Sevilla, Paris SG, Arsenal, Villarreal and Villa.

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Albion are unbeaten in their last 10 home Premier League matches (W6 D4), winning the last three in a row. The Seagulls have never won four top-flight home games in a row, last doing so in the league in March/April 2017 in the Championship.

Since the start of March, only Arsenal have won more away Premier League points than Aston Villa (20), who’ve won six of their 12 away games in that time (D2 L4). Their last two away wins have come after going 1-0 down, against Spurs in October and Leeds in November.

Villa’s Ollie Watkins has scored seven Premier League goals in nine appearances against Albion, also providing two assists in those games. However, six of those seven goals (plus both assists) have been at Villa Park.

Danny Welbeck has scored in each of his last three home Premier League games for Brighton – he’s never scored in four in a row for any of the clubs he’s played for. The only Seagulls player to score in four Premier League appearances in a row at the Amex was Glenn Murray between October and December 2018.

Morgan Rogers has been involved in eight goals in his last 13 away Premier League appearances for Aston Villa (4 goals, 4 assists), scoring his first ever top-flight brace in his last away game against Leeds.

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