Steve Bruce has only been Villa manager for a little over a week and, in this short period of time, he has already achieved something that both Remi Garde and Roberto Di Matteo could not; he has won a match away from home.
The last Villa manager who tasted an away victory was Tim Sherwood when his team beat Bournemouth on the opening day of the 2015/2016 Premier League season.
That meant that when Bruce took his Villa side to the Madejski Stadium on Tuesday night that it had been a whopping 438 days (a total of 27 games across all competitions) since they had won away from home. A 2-1 win for Villa, courtesy of a late penalty from Ayew, means that us Villa fans no longer have to rely on highlights from 14 months ago to remember what an away victory looks like. Hopefully we won’t have to wait so long for the next one!
Our next game of the season is at home to Fulham on Saturday (3pm). Fulham have been pretty inconsistent of late; their last 5 games have brought about 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. However, thanks to a good start to the season, they still sit 4 points above Villa in the table. Despite their inconsistency of late, this will still be a tricky game for Villa.
Here is our predicted Villa XI for the match. We reckon Bruce will go with a 4-5-1 formation again.
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