Does it read all or nothing for Aston Villa?

When Aston Villa kick off against QPR this Saturday the nerves from both sets of supporters will be clearly tangible and resonate around Villa Park.

There is a clear realisation how important it is to win games against the teams around you, but this game you feel is crucial more for the home side.

Villa will be heavily boosted by a huge 3 points at the Madejski stadium against Reading but a loss in this game could undo all that confidence.

A victory would put some daylight between them and the bottom three for the first time this season but anything less you fear will impact negatively.

The 3-0 loss to Wigan at home undid great work done not long before that winning 3-1 at Anfield and this is a game for Lambert’s men to stand up and be counted.

QPR have come back from the dead and regardless of this result there is supreme confidence they can beat anyone on their day at the moment.

A victory in this encounter would strike a real psychological blow on Aston Villa which you have to wonder if they could recover from.

If they can replicate their patience should they go behind on Saturday again they can show how the future can be bright under Paul Lambert.

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