Aston Villa face Rotherham on Tuesday night in the Championship.
Aston Villa will be looking to put a run of six matches without a win behind them on Tuesday night as they play host to newly-promoted side Rotherham United at Villa Park – and fans want Anwar El Ghazi recalled.
The 23-year-old joined Villa towards the end of the summer window from French Ligue 1 side Lille on a season-long loan, and hit the ground running despite Villa’s poor form of late. He even scored against Sheffield United.
Steve Bruce’s side have failed to pick up a win in their last six and league games, drawing 1-1 with Blackburn Rovers on Saturday afternoon. They remain in 12th place, five points behind leaders Leeds United.
Now, they face Rotherham on Tuesday night in a match they will be expected to win, but with the pressure firmly on the shoulders of Steve Bruce, the Millers boast the potential to offer themselves as a banana skin.
Rotherham have surpassed expectation so far, winning three of their seven Championship matches, even beating Derby County on Saturday with a 1-0 win thanks to Ryan Manning’s penalty at the New York Stadium.
Villa fans are worried about their side’s form and are frustrated with Bruce’s tactics. Indeed, they have taken to Twitter in a bid to urge Bruce to start new signing El Ghazi, after he was left on the bench against Blackburn.
They want the Dutch international to replace 30-year-old Albert Adomah, who has failed to replicate the kind of form that saw him score 15 times from the flanks last season.
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