Aston Villa vs Brentford Pre-Match Thread

[ozzjim]

3-1 Villa

Gestede, Kodjia, Grealish

I would go 3-5-2, with Baker coming in at the back, Jedinak and Tshibola into midfield if fit, Amavi and De Laet out wide and a front 3 of Ayew, Gestede and Kodjia, bringing Jack and McCormack on when they tire.

352 with a front 3

Wouldn't that be 343? 🤔🤔🤔

Ayew would be kind of advanced midfield ;-)

[DeKuip]

Another close game that could go either way and that's what I like about this division.
Brentford like to play so it should be worth seeing and I'm looking forward to it.

[tomd2103]

Think we could do with a bit of a change to shake things up a bit.  Any news on Tshibola, Jedinak and Adomah?

I know Ayew has had a bit of criticism on here recently, but he does add that big of spark when he gets into central areas.  I would quite like to see him play behind a front two of Kodjia and either McCormack or Gestede on Wednesday and maybe have an extra body in midfield, with a Jedinak sitting just in front of the defence if fit.

[sickbeggar]

Think things will come good finally. 2-0

[VancouverLion]

2-0 the march up the league begins Wednesday.
UTV!

[Matt C]

Couple of changes in midfield and things will start to take shape. 2-0.

[jwarry]

Quite incredible that many of us, including myself, aren't confident of a home win against Brentford.

Not really, Sky's "expert" also predicts an away win

[OzVilla]

We just need to win a game, I don't care if we play well.  We've been doing that.  Now we have to grind something out before this gets away from us.

[Witton Warrior]

With the same midfield as Sunday it's squeaky bum time - one of the proper players there and we win by 2 goals - this prediction lark is easy!

[Exeter 77]

Will Gollini be fit for Wednesday? I would feel far less confident if Bunn was in goal.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Think I only know one of their players; Judge.

Otherwise they are a bit of an unknown quantity.

Judge is currently out with a broken leg.

They are an inconsistent, young team who have tightened it up defensively this season while still playing good football. They have a good striker in Scott Hogan and don't really have any obvious weak links throughout the side.

Ta Badminton.

Had a quick look at their squad and the odd name sounds familiar. In particular McEachran; ex-Chelsea tiny midfielder.

[manic-road]

I think we are due a decent win given the amount of chances we created against Forest, so a 4-0 home win.

[darren woolley]

I hope we win but I'm going for a 1-1 draw.

[levico]

I think we're going to be surprised by Brentford. They're a better away side than Forest but if we put our chances away then they won't live with us. By no means confident though.

[pooligan]

2-1 to the Villla