Brentford lineup vs. Aston Villa: Predicted XI for Premier League clash

By Oliver Thomas | 08 Oct 2026 11:05, Last updated: 08 Oct 2026 11:09

Brentford are expected to beryllium without Mikkel Damsgaard for Saturday’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa astatine Villa Park.

Damsgaard sustained “a bigger injury” to his ankle connected planetary work with Denmark and is acceptable for a spell connected the sidelines, joining young guardant Kaye Furo (unspecified) successful the attraction room.

However, Mathias Jensen (unspecified), Josh Dasilva (thigh), Antoni Milambo (knee), Nathan Collins (calf) and Sepp van den Berg (groin) person each made advancement successful their betterment from injuries and could beryllium successful a presumption to instrumentality to the matchday squad.

Keith Andrews has overseen an unbeaten commencement to the caller Premier League play for the Bees, who convincingly bushed Chelsea 3-0 anterior to the planetary break, and helium is improbable to marque respective changes to his starting lineup arsenic a result.

Twenty-year-old summertime signing Jannik Schuster produced a standout antiaircraft show against Chelsea and should beryllium rewarded with different commencement astatine centre-back adjacent to Kristoffer Ajer, portion Keane Lewis-Potter and caller Italy planetary Michael Kayode volition anticipation to proceed arsenic full-backs.

In the lack of Damsgaard, Andrews volition see handing Fabio Carvalho a commencement successful an precocious cardinal role, portion Mamadou Sangare is different enactment who could beryllium recalled to enactment up successful centre-midfield adjacent to Yehor Yarmolyuk and Vitaly Janelt, who ranks archetypal for interceptions (16) among each Premier League players truthful acold this season.

Dango Ouattara was incapable to correspond Burkina Faso implicit the planetary interruption owed to illness, and it remains to beryllium seen whether helium volition beryllium acceptable to instrumentality to Brentford’s squad this weekend.

Even if helium is disposable for selection, Andrews volition apt favour Jaidon Anthony and Kevin Schade successful his archetypal XI, with some players providing enactment successful onslaught for striker Igor Thiago, who scored his archetypal extremity of the play against Chelsea past clip out.

Brentford imaginable starting lineup:

Kelleher; Kayode, Schuster, Ajer, Lewis-Potter; Sangare, Yarmolyuk, Janelt; Anthony, Thiago, Schade

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