Matty Cash has suggested that redevelopment of the North Stand at Villa Park has affected Aston Villa’s form this season.Cash and Villa have lost to Arsenal and Nottingham Forest in their three-match winless home run in the Premier League.Villa still play their home matches at Villa Park, but the North Stand is shut for fans due to renovation workGettyThey led Brentford 2-1 in the 77th minute on Saturday but conceded moments later and settled for a 2-2 draw.Fans inside Villa Park and those watching from afar have noticed that there is a stand full of supporters behind one of the goals.Villa announced in April that the North Stand would be shut for the entire season due to ongoing works, including 12,000 new seats.This will see the overall stadium capacity increase to over 50,000 as it prepares to host matches at Euro 2028.But Villa defender Cash believes its rebuild, which will cost a reported £100million, has affected their home form.No excuses, but Villa Park is ‘different’Speaking ahead of their Champions League clash against Fenerbahce at home on Wednesday night, live on talkSPORT, he was asked about how he has found playing with a missing stand.“Our home form has not been what we want it to be,” he admitted. “Without sounding like we’re making excuses, because we have to deal with the circumstances. “Obviously for the club and the platform, it’s really good to make the stand bigger, and the stadium bigger for capacity. “But it’s obviously different, I’m not going to sit here and lie and say it’s not, it is different. “But as I said, the circumstances, you have to deal with it as a player, you can’t make excuses, you have to play with what’s in front of you. Cash has hinted that the lack of fans in the North Stand has impacted Villa’s home form during the season so farGetty“When it’s done, it will be amazing but obviously at the minute, it is a bit different without making excuses.”What does Emery think about the missing stand?Villa boss Unai Emery also weighed on the North Stand’s absence at their stadium, and acknowledged as a ‘handicap’ for his side.“Tomorrow we will be (at) Villa Park again with the energy we need. We have one handicap, it’s less supporters for this situation,” he said.“But at the beginning of the season, the club decided it, and it’s something to improve for the future – not now, but for the future. “It’s not excuses. We must try to be together, and without 7,000 supporters like (there) normally are in Villa Park, we must push everybody, and play football.“One improvement in Villa Park is (to) play football, better football than we played. Villa are aiming to complete the work on the North Stand in 2027 and ahead of Euro 2028, with Villa Park being a host venueGetty“Compete better than we compete, to be focused more than we did, to be demanding more than we did. “Those improvements are very important, more than the stand, and giving us lack of some supporters (who) normally were helping us.”