Brentford v Aston Villa team news: Andrews to utilise squad for Carabao Cup clash | OneFootball

Brentford head coach Keith Andrews revealed that he will utilise his squad for Tuesday’s Carabao Cup third round tie against Aston Villa at Gtech Community Stadium (8pm kick-off BST).

The Bees beat fellow Premier League side Bournemouth 2-0 to progress to the third round.

“[Mikkel] Damsgaard is on the mend. Apart from that, it’s as we were,” said Andrews.

“I have ultimate belief in the squad we have here. It’s difficult to pick the team sometimes; certain positions are very, very close in terms of who gets the nod.

“It’s competition for places and the squad will get utilised. It’s a competition we take very seriously, it’s as simple as that.

“We want to go through, and we’ll pick a team that we believe can beat Villa.”

With west London rivals Fulham up next in the Premier League, Andrews stressed the importance of players seizing their opportunity on Tuesday night.

“Nothing is decided for the game against Fulham,” he said.

“I’m a firm believer that you earn the credit in the bank as a player with your performances.

“Sometimes when you have a little dip, that’s how you get the trust, because you can’t play amazingly well week in, week out. You build up credit.

“Equally, I’m a firm believer in rewarding players for how they train consistently, and how they perform when given the opportunities. Tomorrow is a really good opportunity.”

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