Aston Villa Football Club’s Gabriel Agbonlahor is looking for goal number fifty this weekend.

The 23-year-old goes into the Stoke City game with 49 career goals for the Midlands side, and Martin O’Neill has backed him to continue to progress into an eventual 20-goal-a-season striker.

“If Gabby eventually gets 50, his next target should be 100 and the quicker he gets it, the better for him," said the Villa boss. "He has got plenty of things in his career to look forward to.

"I think he is capable of getting 20 goals (a season). I wouldn't put it past him. Sometimes, you can learn the knack of scoring what you would consider tap-in goals, little rebounds off keepers.

"Once you have added two or three of those a season to your list of goals, it gives you the confidence from being in the six-yard box and being comfortable inside the six-yard box."

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