Unai Emery is hopeful that an easing injury list will allow Aston Villa to enjoy a run of form similar to the back end of 2022/23 when the club clinched their return to European football.

Unai Emery wants Aston Villa to be ‘extremely demanding’ for rest of the season - Ollie Watkins’ 49th-minute strike secured a 1-0 win against Brentford.

If you want a clift notes summary of ‘Does Slot humble Arsenal process’ the answer is ‘No, because taking over a team with one of the best forwards, centre backs, deepest front line, which came 3rd the previous season having led the league for large parts of it is not the same as taking over a tire fire scaping 8th place’.

Aston Villa midfielder Amadou Onana has revealed that he might be available for Villa’s second leg against Club Brugge next week in the Champions League and added that Unai Emery has told him to bring physicality to the pitch.

Aston Villa are back in Premier League action this weekend Aston Villa are sat in 10th place in the Premier League table with 10 fixtures left to play. They made the top four last season but face an uphill battle if they are to achieve the same again this time around.

Matt Maher brings you all the latest news from Aston Villa's pre-match press conference ahead of the trip to Brentford.