Manchester United: £228.8million. Chelsea: £186m. Manchester City: £154.95m. At a combined cost of half a billion pounds, this trio had the most expensive starting XIs over the weekend's fixtures. Yet Aston Villa downed Liverpool on Saturday with a starting side which was compiled spending an astonishingly low £13.6m, less than 10 times the amount of those Premier League superpowers (and less than Mario Balotelli). Sat in second place behind leaders Chelsea, Villa are becoming the Robin Hood of the Premier League, stealing points from the rich clubs and keeping them for the poor. Aston Villa are currently second in the table despite manager Paul Lambert's shoe-string budget
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Manchester City starting XI at weekend cost £154.95 , United £228.8m
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Chelsea's cost £186m while Swansea's was just £24.18m
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Arsenal £131.7m, Liverpool £144.5m and Tottenham's cost £98.8m
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But Aston Villa line-up cost just £13.6m
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Paul Lambert's side currently second in Premier League
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