International break came at the right time for Aston Villa’s owners as it gave them plenty of time to find a suitable replacement for Steve Bruce.
To the delight of the majority of Villa fans, they settled on Dean Smith, a boyhood Villa fan who, in three years, turned Brentford into one of the most attack-minded and entertaining teams to watch in the Championship.
Villa fans were getting extremely fed up of the turgid and defensive football that was being played under Bruce, and they’ll be hoping that Smith can build a team that knows how to entertain (as well as win, of course).
Smith’s first assignment is a home match against Swansea City on Saturday afternoon. The Swans currently sit two points above Villa, having played out four wins, five draws and three losses so far this season.
Here is our predicted Villa XI for Saturday’s game against Swansea:
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