Aston Villa’s 5 game unbeaten streak was ended on Saturday afternoon by promotion-chasing side Reading. This was Villa’s first defeat at home in two months.
According to Bruce, Villa’s performance on Saturday afternoon contained more errors than the last two months combined – and it is very difficult for disagree him. Villa never got going and were sloppy from the very first minute right up until the final whistle.
However, the players don’t have the time to dwell on this below-par performance as they face Fulham on Monday afternoon, less than 48 hours after the Reading game.
Fulham are on the hunt for the 6th and final play-off place, so have everything to play for. Villa, on the other hand, cannot get a play-off place and are in no danger of relegation, so since they have absolutely nothing to play for, we expect Bruce to make a number of changes for this one.
Here is our predicted XI for Monday’s match against Fulham.
