Aston Villa returned to winning ways on Wednesday thanks to a 1-0 win against Swansea at the Liberty Stadium.
The hosts had the better of the first half, but Villa improved a lot in the second and started to crank up the pressure.
The Swans’ defense started to creak and Villa took the lead in the 65th minute when Conor Hourihane headed home.
Swansea had the opportunity to take a point from the game when Anwar El Ghazi gave away a penalty in the 90th minute for a clumsy foul.
Wilfried Bony stepped up to take it, but Orjan Nyland guessed the right way, ensuring that Villa left Wales with three valuable points.
Next up for Villa is an away game against Preston North End, who currently sit 8 points below Villa in 17th.
Preston have only beaten Villa once in their last 14 meetings, so Smith’s men will be confident of picking up three more valuable points.
Here are our player ratings for tomorrow’s game against Preston.
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