Aston Villa vs Brentford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st February 2026

Aston Villa enjoy home advantage, when visitors Brentford swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Aston Villa are third in the Premier League standings after collecting 46 points from their initial 23 encounters. Brentford trail them on 33 points after 23 rounds, leaving them as number 8 in the table.

Aston Villa are looking for revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the last meeting against Brentford. Judging by the odds from the bookmakers, they have a good chance of making it.

When it comes to goal-scoring Aston Villa could be more prolific, scoring 19 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.9 goals per game in which, they conceded 14 times. This is an average of 1.4 a game, achieving a clean sheet in two games.

Brentford are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 14 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.4 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 12 goals, and while Brentford claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.2 goals per match.

Aston Villa lost to 1-0 Brentford in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 1-0 win, which Aston Villa dished out the match before that.

Aston Villa vs Brentford Prediction

Aston Villa Form

In their last three outings, Aston Villa won 0-1 against Fenerbahce, beat Newcastle by 0-2 and hammered Salzburg 3-2. Aston Villa won five of their last six Premier League matches at Villa Park, scoring 12 and conceding four along the way. They lost once but didn't draw a single match.

Brentford Form

Brentford have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it started with a 0-2 win against Sheffield Wednesday. Unable to follow that up, they went down 2-0 against Chelsea, before suffering another loss in a 0-2 match against Nottingham Forest. Brentford won twice, while also recording zero draws, and four defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches says ten goals conceded and seven scored.

You could argue a case on behalf of both teams, but form quite simply looks better, and the prices with the bookmakers for a home win are decent. Therefore, Aston Villa get the nod here against Brentford.

Aston Villa won six matches, scored 13 goals and conceded 12 in their last 12 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. This earned them 20 points. Brentford took five wins from their last ten games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They collected 16 points, scored 17 goals and conceded 16. Aston Villa have a record of 14 wins, four draws and five defeats in the Premier League this season. Brentford are looking at ten wins, three draws and ten defeats in the Premier League.

Aston Villa vs Brentford Squads

Aston Villa Squad

Emery will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Brentford from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Emiliano Martinez (0/19), Marco Bizot (0/5), Rhys Oakley (0/0), Ronnie Hollingshead (0/0), Ezri Konsa (0/22), Ian Maatsen (0/17), Lamare Bogarde (0/18), Lino Sousa (0/0), Lucas Digne (0/22), Matty Cash (3/22), Pau Torres (0/14), Tyrone Mings (0/8), Victor Lindelof (0/11), Yeimar Mosquera (0/0), Amadou Onana (2/15), Boubacar Kamara (1/18), Douglas Luiz (0/0), Emiliano Buendia (5/21), Harvey Elliott (0/4), John McGinn (3/22), Leon Bailey (0/1), Ross Barkley (1/7), Youri Tielemans (0/17), Alysson Edward (0/0), Andres Garcia (0/2), Brian Madjo (0/0), Evann Guessand (0/13), Jadon Sancho (0/12), Morgan Rogers (7/23), Ollie Watkins (8/23), Tammy Abraham (0/0).

Brentford Squad

Below is the full team squad of Brentford. The manager Andrews will pick his starting XI against Aston Villa from these players:

Caoimhin Kelleher (0/23), Ellery Balcombe (0/0), Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson (0/0), Julian Eyestone (0/0), Aaron Hickey (0/15), Benjamin Arthur (0/0), Ethan Pinnock (0/3), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/17), Michael Kayode (0/23), Nathan Collins (1/23), Rico Henry (0/19), Sepp van den Berg (0/18), Antoni Milambo (0/1), Frank Onyeka (0/6), Jordan Henderson (1/21), Joshua Dasilva (0/0), Mathias Jensen (2/21), Mikkel Damsgaard (1/20), Romelle Donovan (0/1), Vitaly Janelt (0/18), Yehor Yarmoliuk (1/23), Dango Ouattara (3/17), Fabio Carvalho (1/6), Igor Thiago (16/23), Kaye Furo (0/0), Keane Lewis-Potter (2/21), Kevin Schade (6/22), Reiss Nelson (0/6).

Aston Villa vs Brentford Team News

Brentford have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Aston Villa on Sunday.

Brentford need to do without Aaron Hickey, Joshua Dasilva and Rico Henry, who are not fit enough to travel to Villa Park.

Aston Villa vs Brentford Lineups

Aston Villa vs Brentford H2H

Aston Villa took a hit when Brentford handed them a 1-0 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 1-0 win. Aston Villa enter the match against Brentford with a 4-3-2 record in their previous nine encounters. A win rate of 44%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Aston Villa vs Brentford Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last nine matches between Aston Villa and Brentford. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 1/1 with bookies.

Aston Villa vs Brentford Betting Tips

When looking for in-form players to find the target, there are some interesting names popping up in both teams. Ollie Watkins brings great form to the table, as he is now on five goals in six games. Surely, Aston Villa will start him against Brentford, who also have some appealing names to consider. Not least Igor Thiago, who notched up five goals in his past six games.

Of their last 10 matches at home across all tournaments Aston Villa won nine times and lost one as well. Brentford won four times, drew zero and lost six of their last 10 games away from home. Keep an eye out for both teams not to score at Villa Park, as BTTS only came out five times in the previous 10 Premier League matches here for Aston Villa. Both teams scored in four of the previous 10 away games for Brentford.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last nine encounters between these two teams. Aston Villa managed an average of 1.76 goals, with Brentford averaging 1.1 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Aston Villa saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Brentford, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.