Aston Villa Brentford Unai Emery Tyrone Mings
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Max Wilkins
Thu 6 March 2025 7:10, UK
Unai Emery could make three changes to his Aston Villa side to face Brentford on Saturday with Tyrone Mings potentially set to miss out.
The Villans are preparing for a return to Premier League action on 8 March, just four days after their triumph in the Champions League.
A 3-1 win against Club Brugge came courtesy of a late Brandon Mechele own goal and a penalty from Marco Asensio with just two minutes remaining.
The result was just what Emery wanted but the performance could have been better and with that being said, changes could be made against the Bees to rectify that.
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery (Credit: Imago)
Mings axed for Aston Villa v Brentford
Despite conceding once again in Belgium, Emi Martinez is likely to keep his place in West London after making two saves last time out [FotMob].
Ahead of the Argentina international, Axel Disasi and Ezri Konsa could be set to form a centre back pairing, alongside Lucas Digne, in order to welcome Matty Cash back into the side. This could see Mings drop out after putting up a zero per cent long ball accuracy on the European stage.
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In midfield, Emery could utilise a change and welcome Boubacar Kamara back into the starting 11 after winning one duel and completing one dribble off the bench last time out. The Frenchman could be set to join Youri Tielemans with John McGinn potentially dropping out.
Ahead of this duo, Morgan Rogers and Marcus Rashford could be in line to keep their places after the latter completed one dribble and so nearly scored in Brugge.
One change could be utilised in forward areas with Leon Bailey potentially set to drop out despite scoring his first ever Champions League goal. This could see Asensio come back in from the start after maintaining a 100 per cent pass accuracy off the bench.
Up front, Ollie Watkins could start again regardless of a frustrating performance in Belgium where he managed just one shot with his 28 touches.
Aston Villa predicted XI v Brentford
Aston Villa need win v Brentford
There is no doubt that the Villans are in desperate need of Premier League points after a crushing 4-1 defeat against Crystal Palace.
With the fixtures coming up, Emery has a great opportunity to make progress in three different competitions within the space of a month.
Team Date
Brentford (A) 8 March 2025
Club Brugge (H) 12 March 2025
Preston North End (A) 29 March 2025
Aston Villa March fixtures
The first result that he has to get right is against a tough Bees side who are typically excellent at home, regularly aided by the quality of Bryan Mbeumo.
It will certainly be interesting to see if Villa can deal with Thomas Frank’s side’s attacking threat to secure an all-important three points in the capital.
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