Matt Maher brings you all the latest news from Aston Villa's pre-match press conference ahead of the trip to Brentford.
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00:00Good afternoon from Villa Park where the Villa team bus has actually just pulled out of the car park on their way down to London ahead of tomorrow night's match at Brentford.
00:11A Premier League game for Villa which is going to be a bit of a rarity over the next few weeks.
00:15Tomorrow they don't play again in the league until they go to Brighton on April 2nd.
00:21Obviously Champions League and FIFA Cup games to come in between.
00:25But a big game really tomorrow for Villa, well they all are from now on in the race to get into the European positions in the Champions League.
00:34Villa are 10th in the table but only 6 points behind third place Nottingham Forest and it all is up for grabs.
00:41But Villa are going to have to improve away from home, just 4 points from their last 9 Premier League away games.
00:48So that's a record that's got to get better if they're going to finish in the top 6 or top 7.
00:53If they've got any chance of finishing in the top 5 which we expect will have a Champions League spot attached to it then they've got to pick up away from home.
01:03They've got a decent record at Brentford, won there last year 2-1 in one of the dirtiest Premier League games of all time.
01:12Two players sent off, two mass confrontations, Ollie Watkins getting involved with the supporter.
01:18Watkins has got a great record against Brentford actually, he's scored 4 goals in his last 3 appearances against his former club.
01:26And Villa will hope for the same again tomorrow, they obviously won't hope it's as chaotic as last time but they'll want the same result.
01:37Good news really on the injury front for Villa, no fresh concerns and Amadou Anana is close to being back.
01:45Ross Barkley won't make it but it's just those two players at the minute who are out and missing for Bruno Emery.
01:50So some light at the end of the tunnel for Villa after all these injury concerns.
01:54There really is a feeling that with the new players having come in in January that this team could be at it's strongest heading into the running.
02:00Daniel Marlon and Andres Garcia also back available obviously having missed the midweek trip to Sarouf.