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Click the 'watch & listen' tab for commentary Elliott opens Villa scoring after Brentford error Millwall visit Palace Sheffield Wednesday v Grimsby Get Involved: Comment on this page, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Michael Emons and Ian Woodcock Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa It's a good spell this for Brentford. Defender Kristoffer Ajer had found some space at the back post following a deep free-kick but can only head the ball well off target. Sheff Wed 0-0 Grimsby The home side have been forced into a double change before the break. Reece Johnson and Olaf Kobacki have both gone off with injuries. Gabriel Otegbayo and Yisa Alao are on in their places. It's just a second senior appearance for Alao. Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa A booking for Aston Villa striker Evann Guessand, going through the back of Brentford's Fabio Carvalho and chopping him down. Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa Garry Thompson Former Aston Villa forward on BBC Radio 5 Live Extra Henry just scuffs it into the ground a little bit. Aston Villa had started well but Brentford are now applying a bit of pressure. Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa Rico Henry has a strike for Brentford, although it looked to be going wide. Ezri Konsa wasn't taking any chances though and clears. But Brentford come again and win a corner, which is swung in by Vitaly Janelt on the right flank. Sepp van den Berg breaks free and powers a header at goal, but Villa's back-up keeper Marco Bizot does superbly to rise and tip it over the top. Best moment of the match so far. No shots on target so far from either Brentford at home to Aston Villa or Millwall in their game at rivals Crystal Palace. Still goalless in all three games. A reminder that if it's level at 90 minutes then we go straight to penalties. Extra time is not seen in the Carabao Cup until the semi-finals. Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa Brentford's Antoni Milambo needs some treatment after an accidental but painful collision with Villa's Pau Torres. The 20-year-old Dutch forward Milambo will be keen to impress in his third game for the club following a £17m move from Feyenoord in the summer and he's OK to carry on for now. Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa Pau Torres gets on the end of a cross for Aston Villa, but can only nod the ball well wide. But a promising start from the visitors as they push for their first goal of the season. Sheff Wed 0-0 Grimsby The away side are doing all the early running against this inexperienced Wednesday XI. Jaze Kabia hits a shot just past the post and then Kieran Green forces Owls keeper Ethan Horvath into some work. Crystal Palace 0-0 Millwall Yeremy Pino strikes at goal for the hosts, but Steven Benda, at full stretch, does well to push the ball around the post. Palace with all the ball early on at Selhurst Park. Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa Garry Thompson Former Aston Villa forward on BBC Radio 5 Live Extra Nice play by Aston Villa. They have started brightly and they look forward-thinking. Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa The first shot of the game at the Gtech Community Stadium comes from the visitors. Harvey Elliott, on his full Villa debut following his loan move from Liverpool, hooks an effort at goal from 12 yards out, but it is straight at Hakon Valdirmarsson. Crystal Palace 0-0 Millwall Some good pre-game pyrotechnics at Selhurst Park, so will the action be as explosive on the pitch? There has been a late chance to the Millwall side with goalkeeper Steven Benda replacing Max Crocombe, who had sustained an injury in the warm-up after originally being named in the side. We are under way at Brentford and at Crystal Palace. Brentford v Aston Villa (20: 00 BST) Will today be the day the Aston Villa fans finally get to celebrate a goal? Unai Emery's side have not scored in five competitive matches in a row - the 2-0 loss at Manchester United which cost Villa a place in the Champions League at the end of last season and the opening four games of 2025-26. Brentford v Aston Villa (20: 00 BST) Aston Villa Aston Villa manager Unai Emery speaking to Sky Sports: "We want to win and we want to be our team again, with a structure. There is still work to do, but also playing with some players who joined us in the last moment of the transfer window, this is the moment. "We need to be strong in our structure and then the new players start playing and then they try to adapt as soon as possible and play with their qualities. " Sheff Wed 0-0 Grimsby No early chances of note in the first nine minutes or so but it's the League Two side who have had the majority of the ball against this very young Wednesday team. Crystal Palace v Millwall (20: 00 BST) Chris Peddy BBC Sport, London and South East The most recent meeting between these sides was remembered for all the wrong reasons. Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts was sent off after eight minutes for a head-height challenge on Jean-Philippe Mateta that left the Palace striker requiring 25 stitches. Eagles chairman Steve Parish called the tackle "the most reckless challenge on a football field" he had ever seen when speaking to BBC One at half-time of the FA Cup fifth-round match in March. The Premier League side went on to win the game 3-1, ticking off the third step on their way to an historic first FA Cup win. Roberts' automatic three-match ban was extended to six games and Millwall put out a statement in defence of their player after he received online abuse despite Mateta publicly accepting his apology. The Lions were also subsequently fined £15, 000 for homophobic chants aimed at Ben Chilwell, who was playing in the Palace team while on loan from Chelsea. Brentford v Aston Villa (20: 00 BST) Brentford Brentford manager Keith Andrews speaking to Sky Sports: "It will be very difficult. Top opposition. I never had any qualms about the number of changes tonight, for various reasons. "They have some new players and we are aware of what they bring but it is about us and being aggressive to make it uncomfortable for them. " Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.