After securing an impressive 1-0 victory away from home against Leeds United at the weekend, Aston Villa will now face the Premier League's bottom club, Sheffield United, on Wednesday night.

Dean Smith's side took home all three points against Leeds thanks to a first-half strike from Anwar El Ghazi, and while the Villa boss will be reluctant to make too many changes from his starting line-up, one decision that he must consider making is starting Trezeguet.

The £9m-rated Egypt international has failed to take back his spot in the first eleven since coming back from injury back in late January, with summer signing Bertrand Traore firmly established as Smith's man on the right-hand side.

But, with Sheffield United operating with that wing-back system, tonight's game may be the perfect time for Trezeguet to make his return to the starting line-up.

The winger has always been someone who gives it his absolute all, working tirelessly to ensure his full-back is well protected and doing the defensive side of things diligently.

It's something The Athletic's Gregg Evans has picked up on, saying: "The amount of energy that Trezeguet puts in, it’s natural that he’s going to be tiring when it gets to like 65, 70, 75 minutes. (It’s) an incredible turnaround from that player as well, somebody who, admittedly I thought wasn’t cut out to be a Villa player, wasn’t cut out for the Premier League.

"He was probably the scapegoat in the winter months of last season where things weren’t going well. I mean, fair play to him for knuckling down and working so hard and actually realising that sometimes hard work beats talent."

With the Blades using wing-backs to create their width, and of course having their patented overlapping centre-backs, Trezeguet's extra responsibility at tracking back and following runners could be massive for Smith. As per Sofascore, he makes double the amount of tackles and interceptions that Bertrand Traore makes per game in the Premier League, while he also wins back possession more often too.

While Traore might offer a more unpredictable and exciting element going forward, Trezeguet's application defensively may be exactly what the Villa boss needs to counter Sheffield United's attacks out from wide.

Dubbed as "perfect" by Smith, Trezeguet must simply start against Sheffield United on Wednesday night.