Aston Villa will look to keep their faint play-off dreams alive when they host Queens Park Rangers at Villa Park on Tuesday night.

A 2-0 home victory against Norwich City on Saturday – thanks to a brace from top goalscorer Jonathan Kodjia – saw Steve Bruce’s side close the gap on the top six by another point as they look to pull off what would be a remarkable end to the season.

While the side in sixth place going into the weekend’s fixtures – Sheffield Wednesday – were held to a 1-1 draw away at Barnsley, Fulham took advantage of the slip by taking all three points against bottom-of-the-table Rotherham United in a 1-0 success.

Bruce will know that his side just need to keep winning to see where it takes them, and they will be confident of doing so when they face QPR in midweek.

Here are three reasons Villa will continue to keep their play-off dreams alive against Ian Holloway’s men…

They are in form

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Aside from a disappointing 1-0 defeat away at Huddersfield Town last month, Villa are bang in form and full of confidence at the moment.

Bruce’s side have won six of their last seven Championship matches to elevate themselves away from the lower half of the table and towards the top six, and the likes of Jonathan Kodjia – who has scored six goals in his last six league matches – will want the games to keep coming as the club continues to build momentum.

Their run at home

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Successive home defeats in the space of three days against Ipswich Town and Barnsley in February summed up Villa’s season, but they have been in imperious form at Villa Park since.

They have won four in a row at their Midlands home – including fellow play-off hopefuls Sheffield Wednesday, Norwich City and Derby County – and they will be confident of extending that run to five when they QPR, who are four points and four places adrift of them in the Championship standings.

Their defensive record

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One of the reasons that Villa have struggled to compete at the top end of the Championship table this season is their failure to find the back of the net on a regular basis, rather than their record at the back.

Only the top two – Newcastle United and Brighton – and Leeds United and Derby County have conceded fewer goals than Steve Bruce’s side’s 39 this term, and they have been especially solid during their recent sequence of impressive results.

Villa have let in just one goal in their last seven matches, and their backline will be confident of keeping another clean sheet against QPR.

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