Aston Villa will hope to improve in a series of league results that have seen only one win in seven Premier League games when traveling to the GTECH Community Stadium on Saturday.
Villa’s form has been injured in the league in recent weeks, but UNAI Emery men will be reinforced by a spectacular 3-1 win against Club Brugge in the Champions League on Tuesday night to get a strong position to move on to the last eight.
Emery’s side is still in the fa cup, but the poor return of the championship that threatens to see them lose European football completely next season. They reach Brdford in 10th place.
Brdford, meanwhile, has lost only one of the last five, winning three. Thomas Frank’s side has been involved in several high -ranking cases in this term.
Although sitting in 11th place, bees are the sixth highest scorers in the league with 48 goals.
Here is the news of the team for what promises to be an interesting conflict.
Brentford team news
The hosts will be reinforced by the return of Mathias Jensen, who lost the previous two games with injury and Christian Norgaard, who lost a 1-1 draw with Everton with concussion.
Norgaard starts while Jensen makes the bench. However, Rico Henry, Aaron Hickey, Josh Dasilva, Gustavo Nunes, Igor Thiago and Sepp Van Den Berg remain absent for Frank’s side.
Your bees to take over Aston Villa 👊@premierleague | #Breavl pic.twitter.com/yjr5p6bmnv
– Brentford FC (@brentfordfc) 8 March 2025
Aston Villa Team news
The big news of the team for visitors is the absence of goalkeeper EMI Martinez and in the form of Marco Asensio, who are both sorted out of injury.
Robin Olsen begins on the target, while Emery calls a line forward Leon Bailey, Morgan Rogers and Jacob Ramsey behind Ollie Watkins.
Our original XI to face Brdford 👊 #Breavl pic.twitter.com/xwojffbgpx
– Aston Villa (@avfcofficial) 8 March 2025
