Brentford will plan to draw on their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 7 points behind Aston Villa.
- Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Brentford form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Brentford at their home stadium (Brentford Community Stadium) is 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Brentford to get some points in this home game.
Brentford faced defeat in their previous match, away at Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-2). Brentford's goalkeeper Raya was extremely busy against Wolverhampton Wanderers, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Ahead of that match, Brentford lost 1-2 at home to Newcastle United.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Brentford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 4.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Brentford as they are travelling to their away game against Chelsea in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
The Brentford fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Brentford have conceded 16 goals.
Aston Villa form and stats
6-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Aston Villa in their Premier League matches away. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Brentford.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Aston Villa goalkeeper Damian Emiliano Martinez is eager to challenge this, with his 235 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Villa won their last game, 3-0 versus Newcastle United played at home. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Watkins and that is impressive stuff! Attacker Watkins got a player rating of 9.11 in the game. "Man of the match" Watkins scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Nottingham Forest.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Aston Villa in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Aston Villa, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Aston Villa, the Premier League home match versus Fulham. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Villa have scored 16 goals in 15 league games away. 21 goals have been conceded by Aston Villa in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Aston Villa - Brentford 4-0 was the product when these two teams previously played each other, earlier this season. Last nine meetings involving these squads: Brentford won four, Aston Villa were winners in one and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Toney 18 goals |   O. Watkins 14 goals |  M. Jensen 5 goals |
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| Brentford | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 47 | 29 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 44 |
| 42 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 40 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 84% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 84% |
| 48% | 53% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 47% | 52% |
| 35% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 26% |
| 16% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 48% |
| 29% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 35% |
| 26% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 19% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.2 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 11.3 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.3 | 11.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 37% | 42% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 31% | 35% |
| 15.1 | 13.7 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.8 | 13.5 | 12 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
- Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 43 | 73 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 50 | 70 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 56 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 56 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 53 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 50 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 54 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 49 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 44 |
| 9 | Brentford | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 43 |
| 10 | Fulham | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 42 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 39 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 21 | -9 | 36 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 59 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 40 | -28 | 33 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 30 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -15 | 29 |
| 17 | Everton | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -22 | 27 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 36 | -30 | 27 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 35 | -14 | 25 |
| 20 | Southampton | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -29 | 23 |
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