Unai Emery takes Aston Villa to Brentford tomorrow not just looking to make the first step along the road that leads to the Carabao Cup final, nor even to a first win of the season - but to an opening goal of the campaign.

Much has been made of Villa's drought, one which extends through the first four Premier League matches of this season and to the final game of last term.

All of which amounts to 467 minutes since Boubacar Kamara found the back of Tottenham's net and a time when Ange Postecoglou was in charge of the Londoners and they hadn't won a trophy in 17 years. Things change fast.

Emery will be desperate for that to be the case at the Gtech Community Stadium with what he has already admitted will be a changed XI for the first of three successive midweek fixtures.

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