Aston Villa will look to pick up just their second win of the Championship season when they face Barnsley at Oakwell on Saturday, and manager Steve Bruce may well be considering making some changes to his attack.

Villa have scored just seven goals in their seven league fixtures – with four of those coming in their only victory against Norwich City – and they go into the clash with the Tykes on the back of successive goalless draws at Villa Park.

Bruce’s side followed up their shut-out against Brentford with another against Middlesbrough on Tuesday night, and they really should have done a lot better considering former Villan Adama Traore was sent off after just four minutes for a late challenge on Conor Hourihane.

The midfielder couldn’t have come much closer to opening the scoring for the hosts though as his goal-bound effort hit teammate Scott Hogan and came back into play, and it perhaps sums up the Midlands outfit’s luck at the moment.

Bruce will know that he needs to change those fortunes sooner rather than later and he will be considering the alterations he could make to both the formation and his starting line-up for the trip to Yorkshire.

Here are three changes Villa should make at Barnsley to bring an end to their goalscoring woes…

Scott Hogan for Henri Lansbury

Lansbury’s red card against Middlesbrough and subsequential suspension gives Steve Bruce the opportunity to try a few new ideas out for the trip to Barnsley.

The Villa boss should consider going with a formation that implements two strikers, with the 3-4-3, 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-2-1 systems he has favoured during his time at Villa Park rarely working on a consistent basis.

While Hogan has struggled to rediscover the prolific form he showed for Brentford previously – he scored 14 goals in 25 Championship appearances last season before his move to Villa Park – because of injury problems and a clear loss of confidence, he has proven that he has the ability to regularly find the net at this level.

Perhaps if he is partnered with the right person up top and he receives the right service, his and the club’s fortunes could change, and that is certainly needed after he inadvertently blocked Conor Hourihane’s goal-bound shot in the goalless draw against Boro.

Albert Adomah for Birkir Bjarnason

Having been a regular for Aston Villa under Steve Bruce last season, it has been a bit of a mystery for Villa supporters that Albert Adomah has only played a bit-part role for the Championship outfit this season.

Prior to the 45 minutes he was given as a second-half substitute in the goalless draw against Middlesbrough, the Ghana international had previously tasted just 72 minutes of league action in the opening six fixtures.

The wide man has pace and the ability to get to the by-line and provide crosses, and that could be especially effective away from home with two strikers in the box.

Jonathan Kodjia for Keinan Davis

Without Kodjia, Aston Villa just struggle to score goals, so it will have certainly been a welcome sight for Steve Bruce and the supporters when the striker made his return from injury as a substitute in the last 20 minutes against Middlesbrough.

While he is still clearly a little rusty and couldn’t help his team find the winning goal they were craving, there is no doubt that he must start against Barnsley on Saturday as he has proven time and time again that he is the Midlands outfit’s biggest goal threat with 19 Championship goals last term.

Keinan Davis has done an admirable job leading the line in recent weeks but now it is time for the return of Villa's main man, and he could just forge an exciting and prolific partnership with Scott Hogan.

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