Aston Villa maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a last gasp draw against Brentford and now they are looking to get back to winning ways.

Jonathan Kodjia hit a brace at Villa Park in midweek, including an injury time header, to salvage a point against the Bees.

Aston Villa are unbeaten this season but will be eyeing three points against Reading, who have just one point to their name this season.

The Royals will travel up to the West Midlands as the major underdogs and Steve Bruce knows that Aston Villa need to avoid complacency here.

There is one fresh injury concern for the Villans with Alan Hutton a doubt after suffering a broken nose.

Keinan Davis and Scott Hogan are still not ready to return just yet but new boy Anwar El Ghazi could bolster the Villans' options out wide if he is given international clearance in time.

Here is how we expected Bruce to line up against Reading this weekend.

Bruce seems to be a fan of Nyland and despite some errors, he is set to keep his place.

Tuanzebe is more naturally a central defender but Bruce has been playing him on the right side of defence.

Captain Chester is the key man in Aston Villa's defence and one of the first names on the team sheet.

Rather than playing Tommy Elphick, Bruce has been opting to use midfielder Jedinak in a centre-half role instead.

If Hutton is ruled out of the game, Taylor is the most likely replacement at left-back.

McGinn has been terrific since joining and looks a real talent in midfield.

With a weaker opposition this week, Bruce will probably be less conservative, dropping Glenn Whelan and bringing in the more attack-minded Hourihane, or possibly Iceland international Birkir Bjarnason.

Elmohamady has been operating in the right-wing role but another option for Bruce would be to put the Egyptian at left-back rather than Taylor to accommodate Andre Green or new signing El Ghazi in the starting line-up.

Aston Villa pulled off a coup by keeping Grealish this summer and the silky play-maker could open his account for the season against a shaky Reading defence.

The pressure will be on Adomah to perform with Green and El Ghazi breathing down his neck.

Kodjia has scored three in his last two games and looks like he is back to his best form again after a disappointing 2017/18 campaign.