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title: "Predicted Villa XI: Reading (H)"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Sheldon Muchmore"
section: "Features & Analysis"
published: "2018-08-23T20:04:38Z"
modified: "2018-08-23T20:04:38Z"
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# Predicted Villa XI: Reading (H)

Aston Villa have Jonathan Kodjia to thank for still being unbeaten this season. The Ivory Coast international scored with basically the last play of the game to ensure that Brentford didn’t leave Villa Park with an undeserved three points.

As we all know by now, games come thick and fast in the Championship and Steve Bruce’s men have just a two day rest as they take on Reading at Villa Park on Saturday.

The Royals have had a very poor start to the season – they have only managed one draw from their opening four matches. In fact, the only team that has started off worse than them is QPR, who are pointless and have conceded 13 goals already.

With their form seemingly being on opposite ends of the spectrum, the Villa boys will be quietly confident of getting another win under their belts. However, there’s no room for complacency in this league.

Here is our predicted XI for Saturday’s match against Reading: