Two Aston Villa pre-season friendlies revealed

Aston Villa will reportedly face Leeds United and Brisbane Roar in two of their pre-season friendly fixtures in Steven Gerrard's first summer in charge of the club.

Sportsbusiness.com report that Gerrard's side will face Leeds United on July 17 and Brisbane Roar on July 20, in an announcement regarding the broadcasting rights to seven Premier League pre-season games which StarHub have acquired the rights to.

It is believed the telecoms operator will broadcast the games in Singapore after acquiring exclusive Premier League rights as part of a six-season deal earlier in 2022. The fixtures will be shown on its new dedicated sports channel, Hub Premier, and multi-platform subscription streaming service StarHub TV+.

Villa played a total of four pre-season fixtures prior to the current 2021/22 campaign kicking off, as they faced Walsall, Stoke City, Bristol City and Italian side Salernitana. Fixtures against Nottingham Forest and Sevilla were cancelled due to issues surrounding COVID-19 at the time.