Overview
- Kickoff is 3:00 p.m. BST on Saturday at the Gtech Community Stadium, with the UK’s 3 p.m. broadcast blackout in effect.
- Brentford enter their first home match under Keith Andrews following a summer of turnover after Thomas Frank’s move to Tottenham.
- Yoane Wissa remains unavailable as he pushes for a transfer, reducing Brentford’s attacking options for the early-season fixture.
- Brentford report late fitness boosts with Mikkel Damsgaard and Ethan Pinnock among those in contention after missing the opener.
- Aston Villa restore Emiliano Martínez in goal, serve Ezri Konsa’s one-match suspension, and travel without Ross Barkley and Andres Garcia through injury.