Fresh from winning their Europa Conference League group, Aston Villa are back in Premier League action on Sunday, when Brentford welcome Unai Emery's team to the Gtech Community Stadium.
The Lions progressed in Europe thanks to a 1-1 draw away to Zrinjski Mostar in midweek, while the Bees have a few wrongs to right after losing 1-0 to Sheffield United last weekend.
With only a couple of minutes remaining in the first half, James McAtee curled home a spectacular winner from range to propel Sheffield United to just their second top-flight victory of the campaign, while also condemning Brentford to their fourth loss from five games during a frightening festive spell.
A 3-1 win over newly-promoted Luton Town - albeit a thoroughly dominant one - has been Brentford's sole saving grace over the past five gameweeks, and Frank's side have been cut adrift of the European-chasing pack as a result, currently languishing in 11th place as one of four teams to boast 19 points from 16 games.
Defeat to the Premier League's basement team may have set off a few alarm bells, especially as that one-goal defeat marked a sixth game without a clean sheet, but Brentford could have been forgiven for falling short against Brighton & Hove Albion and the current top two in Liverpool and Arsenal.
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