Aston Villa made it three league wins in a row last weekend when they beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 at the City Ground.
This win moved Villa up to fourth in the table and, after despite having a pretty lean December (one win, three draws, and two losses), they are still just five points away from an automatic promotion spot.
Next up for Villa is a home match against Barnsley on Saturday afternoon. The Tykes have been struggling this season, and they currently find themselves twenty points below Villa and just three points above the relegation zone.
Many will be expecting an in-form Villa to achieve a comfortable win on Saturday, but Barnsley have made themselves hard to beat recently – they have only lost once in their last six matches.
If Villa do go on to win and other results go their way, they could find themselves just two points away from automatic promotion.
Here is our predicted XI for Saturday’s game against Barnsley.
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