Lucas Digne has been an ever-present in the squad for Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup fixtures, featuring in all but one top-flight game and starting 25 of the 29 matches so far. Digne joined Villa in 2022, when the club was under the leadership of Steven Gerrard, for a deal worth up to £25million from Everton.

Unai Emery spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Aston Villa's victory against Brentford: "We competed more in the second half. Normally Brentford create more [at home]. We needed to defend and we defended fantastically.

Brentford felt they were denied a clear penalty and could have had another as they fell to a narrow defeat against Aston Villa at home on Saturday evening. Ollie Watkins grabbed the only goal of the