Aston Villa vs Brentford live stream and match preview, Sunday 23 October, 2pm BST
Aston Villa vs Brentford live stream and match preview
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A 3-0 defeat by Fulham on Thursday night proved to be Steven Gerrard's last game in charge of Villa. The club acted swiftly in the wake of that defeat, dismissing the former Rangers head coach just hours after the final whistle at Craven Cottage.
Gerrard will no doubt believe he could have turned the situation around, but he seemed to have lost the support of the majority of the Villa fan base by the end.
The club has made little progress in the last 12 months, despite spending large sums on new players. Villa certainly did not expect to be outside the drop zone on goal difference alone at this stage of the campaign.
Brentford held Chelsea to a goalless draw in the midweek round of fixtures, which made it two clean sheets on the bounce after a 2-0 victory over Brighton a few days earlier. Thomas Frank's side are now up to 10th in the table after losing just three of their first 11 matches.
Frank is one of the names who has been linked with the Villa job in recent days. Brentford are desperate to tie the Dane down to a new deal, but Villa could make an approach for him if they are unable to persuade Mauricio Pochettino, their top target, to succeed Gerrard.
Team news
Villa have been handed a boost after Douglas Luiz's midweek red card was overturned, allowing the Brazilian to start this game. Caretaker boss Aaron Danks has made two changes to the side which started against Fulham: Matty Cash and Emi Buendia come in for Jan Bednarek and captain John McGinn; goalkeeper Emi Martinez takes the armband.
Brentford, meanwhile, make just the one change to the starting 11 from Wednesday night: Kristoffer Ajer comes in for Ben Mee at the back.
Form
Aston Villa: LLDDW
Brentford: DWLDL
Referee
Darren England will be the referee for Aston Villa vs Brentford.
Stadium
Aston Villa vs Brentford will be played at Villa Park.
Other games
Leeds United vs Fulham, Southampton vs Arsenal and Wolves vs Leicester City will take place simultaneously.
Kick-off and channel
Kick-off is at 2pm BST on Sunday 23 October and the match is not being shown in the UK. See below for international broadcast options.
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
