Unai Emery has pledged to give the Carabao Cup his full respect when the club take on Brentford in the their third round clash.

Misfiring Aston Villa have so far failed to find the back of the net in their four Premier League games and Emery will be hoping that this stat changes on the trip to the Gtech Community Stadium.

Emery looks set to shuffle his squad with starts expected for Harvey Elliott, Jadon Sancho, and Victor Lindelof, whilst also giving game time to players who missed out against Everton.

Elliott came off the bench at the Hill Dickinson Stadium but could be set for his first start since his loan move from Liverpool, coming in on the right in place of John McGinn.

Sancho, on loan from Manchester United, is expected to replace Emi Buendia, while Donyell Malen could come

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