Aston Villa v Leeds United: Stream kick off time and how to watch on Pay Per View and on TV

Leeds make their first return to Villa Park since December 2018's 3-2 win, to face a Villa side in fine Premier League form.

The former Championship rivals do battle at 8pm tonight and the main talking points beforehand involve Pascal Struijk, Jack Grealish and the fitness of Liam Cooper.

Aston Villa v Leeds United kick off time and how to watch

Aston Villa v Leeds United will be broadcast live on BT Sport Box Office and will cost £14.95.

Fans don't need a BT Sport subscription to purchase the game and can do so across BT TV, Sky, Virgin Media or via the BT Sport app and on desktop.

BT TV viewers can access the channel on the BT Player or channel 495.

Sky viewers who don't subscribe to BT through Sky will need to go through BT's website to order the match to their boxes.

What to expect

It’s hard to read Villa so far this season. On the one hand, they’ve played two struggling teams in Fulham and Sheffield United. But on the other, they’ve beaten Liverpool by a sizable margin as well as easing past Leicester City.

Under Dean Smith, Villa have tended to play some variation on a 4-3-3 formation, although with the arrival of Ross Barkley, this seems to have morphed into something closer to a 4-2-3-1 which becomes a 4-4-2 out of possession.

The focal point of their attack is England international, Jack Grealish, and much of Leeds’ task on Friday will be to keep him quiet.

Goalkeeper Illan Meslier says his Whites are relishing the challenge to end Aston Villa's perfect start, declaring: "we are Leeds, we arrive to win."

“It’s good for my team and my teammates to try and break the series," said Meslier, speaking to LUTV.

"Okay, Aston Villa have had four games and four wins.

"But now we are Leeds, we arrive to win and I hope we win against Aston Villa.”

Reflecting on Monday night's loss against Wolves, Meslier reasoned: “The Wolves game was a little frustrating because it was a good game and we dominated the opponent.

“But this can happen in the Premier League, we had the possession, but lost this game and now just the one objective is focusing on Friday for a win at Aston Villa."

Villa have had more than 24 hours' extra to prepare for Friday night's clash with their most recent encounter coming via Sunday's 1-0 win at Leicester City and Villa midfielder John McGinn hopes the difference shows.

Speaking to www.avfc.co.uk, McGinn said: “I think I speak for most Premier League teams when I say that Leeds is one of the most difficult fixtures on the calendar.

“You need a couple of days off after you’ve played them, but hopefully they’ll be tired from their game against Wolves.

“Villa Park is somewhere we want to make a fortress, and we’ve done that so far this season. Hopefully we can carry that on this Friday.”

Reflecting on Villa's perfect start, which has made last season's 17th-placed finish seem a world away, McGinn warned: "The humility needs to stay, and we can’t get ahead of ourselves.

"We’ve got 12 points now and 28 more points will get us safe, and then we can move on from there.

“In the first season we probably tried to look a bit too far ahead too soon.

"It’s an exciting time to be a part of Aston Villa and hopefully that can continue.”