Aston Villa travel to take on Brentford in the Championship this evening.
Brentford starting XI: Bentley; Colin, Bjelland, Dean, Field; Yennaris, Woods, McEachran; Jozefzoon, Jota, Vibe.
Brentford substitutes: Bonham, Hofmann, McCormack, Kerschbaumer, Sawyers, Clarke, Barbet.
Aston Villa starting XI: Johnstone; Hutton, Chester, Baker, Amavi; Hourihane, Lansbury, Bjarnason; Green, Adomah, Kodjia.
Aston Villa substitutes: Bunn, Elphick, Bacuna, Bree, Gardner, Davis, Grealish.
Aston Villa are in action this evening as they travel to West London to take on Championship rivals Brentford at Griffin Park.
Villa had a free weekend having already been knocked out of the FA Cup, and manager Steve Bruce will be hoping for a win after a slow start to 2017.
Bruce has new signings at his disposal, as Conor Hourihane and Birkir Bjarnason both start in midfield alongside fellow new boy Henri Lansbury, but Alan Hutton keeps his place at right back despite the signing of James Bree.
Jonathan Kodjia starts having returned from Africa Cup of Nations duty, with Andre Green and Albert Adomah starting either side of him, whilst Sam Johnstone continues in goal.
Bree is on the bench alongside the likes of Leandro Bacuna and Jack Grealish, as well as Tommy Elphick and Gary Gardner, who have both been linked with moves away from the club today.
Meanwhile, Brentford are without striker Scott Hogan as he finalises his move to Villa, with Lasse Vibe starting up front, whilst new signing Florian Jozefzoon – snapped up from PSV Eindhoven – starts too.
The Bees were hammered 4-0 by Chelsea in the FA Cup and will be hoping to respond tonight, with manager Dean Smith facing the club he supported growing up.
The likes of Andreas Bjelland, Ryan Woods and Josh McEachran all start, whilst Romaine Sawyers is joined on the bench by players such as Alan McCormack and Josh Clarke.
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