Villa to offload high earners
Paul Lambert will begin the process of trying to remove high-earners such as Darren Bent and Stephen Ireland from his squad next week. Read | Lambert steps up Benteke talks
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| NUM | POS | NAME |
| 1 | G | Shay Given |
| 22 | G | Brad Guzan |
| 33 | G | Andy Marshall |
| 39 | G | Benjamin Siegrist |
LATEST FIXTURES/RESULTS
2012/13 STATS: PREMIER LEAGUE
| PLAYER | GOALS |
| Christian Benteke | 19 |
| Gabriel Agbonlahor | 9 |
| Andreas Weimann | 7 |
| Darren Bent | 2 |
| Charles N'Zogbia | 2 |
| Matthew Lowton | 2 |
| PLAYER | ASSISTS |
| Ashley Westwood | 6 |
| Christian Benteke | 4 |
| Charles N'Zogbia | 4 |
| Matthew Lowton | 3 |
| Brett Holman | 3 |
| Gabriel Agbonlahor | 2 |
LATEST TRANSFERS
| DATE | IN | TEAM | FEE |
| 01/31 | Yacouba Sylla | Clermont Foot | £2,000,000 |
| 01/31 | Simon Dawkins | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan |
| DATE | OUT | TEAM | FEE |
| 01/31 | Stephen Warnock | Leeds United | Free |
| 01/29 | Alan Hutton | Mallorca | Loan |
| 11/22 | Alan Hutton | Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 11/16 | Courtney Cameron | Rotherham United | Loan |
STADIUM
Villa Park
Opened: 1897
Capacity: 42,788
2012/13 TABLES: PREMIER LEAGUE
| CLUB | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
| Man Utd | 37 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 88 |
| Man City | 37 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 78 |
| Chelsea | 37 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 72 |
| Arsenal | 37 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 70 |
| Tottenham | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 69 |
| Everton | 37 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 63 |
| Liverpool | 37 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 27 | 58 |
| West Brom | 37 | 14 | 6 | 17 | -4 | 48 |
| Swansea | 37 | 11 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 46 |
| West Ham | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 43 |
| Stoke | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | -11 | 41 |
| Norwich | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | -18 | 41 |
| Newcastle | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | -22 | 41 |
| Southampton | 37 | 9 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 40 |
| Fulham | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | -13 | 40 |
| Aston Villa | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | -22 | 40 |
| Sunderland | 37 | 9 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 39 |
| Wigan | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -26 | 35 |
| Reading | 37 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -28 | 28 |
| QPR | 37 | 4 | 13 | 20 | -29 | 25 |