Brentford vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd April 2023

The Premier League game at Gtech Community Stadium this coming Saturday sees visitors Aston Villa facing home side Brentford.

Brentford are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Aston Villa. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they are in for a tough assignment this coming Saturday.

1.2 Brentford go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 14. That amounts to an average of 1.4 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring once.

Aston Villa scored an average of 1.9 goals a game in the past ten matches. They scored 19 goals, let in nine for an average of 0.9 a game, and managed six clean sheets.

Brentford claimed a 2-1 win, while Aston Villa answered back with a 4-0 win in their two most recent meetings.

Brentford vs Aston Villa Prediction

Brentford Form

In their last three matches, Brentford lost 1-0 against Manchester United, 1-2 against Newcastle and 2-0 against Wolverhampton. In their last six Premier League home matches, Brentford have three wins, while they've drawn two and lost one. They scored 11 and conceded six goals.

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Leicester got left behind in a 1-2 win, before Nottingham Forest got hammered in a 2-0 victory. Newcastle was the most recent victim in a 3-0 win for Aston Villa. Aston Villa won four times in their last six away games in the Premier League, in which they drew once and lost once. They conceded five goals while scoring nine themselves.

The two teams rate more or less equal at the bookies, but in current form, and with Brentford looking a little out of sorts, Aston Villa no doubt offers the value bet here.

Brentford have taken 18 points from their last 14 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won five of these matches with a scoreline of 24 goals to 28. Aston Villa took 16 points from their last 12 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won five, scored 20 goals and conceded 22. Brentford are looking at a record of ten wins, 13 draws and eight defeats in the Premier League this season. Aston Villa are looking at 15 wins, five draws and 11 defeats in the Premier League.

Brentford vs Aston Villa Stats

Brentford vs Aston Villa Squads

Brentford Squad

The 49-year-old Brentford manager, Thomas Frank, will select the lineup against Aston Villa from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the Premier League this season):

David Raya (0/31), Thomas Strakosha (0/0), Aaron Hickey (0/19), Ben Mee (3/30), Ethan Pinnock (2/23), Fin Stevens (0/0), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/9), Mads Roerslev (0/16), Mathias Joergensen (0/14), Pontus Jansson (1/12), Rico Henry (0/30), Bryan Mbeumo (5/31), Christian Noergaard (1/21), Frank Onyeka (0/14), Joshua Dasilva (3/30), Mathias Jensen (5/31), Mikkel Damsgaard (0/19), Shandon Baptiste (0/17), Vitaly Janelt (3/28), Yoane Wissa (5/31), Ivan Toney (18/29), Keane Lewis-Potter (0/10), Kevin Schade (0/11), Nathan Young-Coombes (0/0), Saman Ghoddos (0/12).

Aston Villa Squad

Here is the full team squad of Aston Villa. The 51 year-old Unai Emery will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Emiliano Martinez (0/29), Jed Steer (0/0), Oliwier Zych (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/3), Viljami Sinisalo (0/0), Ashley Young (1/23), Calum Chambers (0/11), Diego Carlos (0/2), Ezri Konsa (0/31), Leander Dendoncker (0/20), Lucas Digne (1/22), Matty Cash (0/23), Tyrone Mings (0/28), Boubacar Kamara (0/20), Douglas Luiz (3/30), Emiliano Buendia (5/31), Jacob Ramsey (4/28), John McGinn (1/27), Philippe Coutinho (1/20), Alex Moreno (0/13), Bertrand Traore (2/4), Jhon Duran (0/8), Leon Bailey (4/29), Ollie Watkins (14/30).

Brentford vs Aston Villa Team News

At the time of writing, Brentford have five players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Aston Villa this coming Saturday.

Pontus Jansson, Ivan Toney, Frank Onyeka, Shandon Baptiste and Aaron Hickey are missing from the squad, Brentford will field against Aston Villathis coming Saturday.

Aston Villa are juggling with three absent players on on Saturday when travelling to Brentford. Douglas Luiz is suspended from the Aston Villa squad with too many penalty points to his name.

John McGinn and Diego Carlos all face a spell on the sidelines for Aston Villa due to various injuries.

Brentford vs Aston Villa Lineups

Brentford vs Aston Villa H2H

Brentford lost to 4-0 Aston Villa in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 2-1 win, which Brentford dished out the match before that. Brentford have a 33% win rate in the against Aston Villa, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 1-1-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Brentford vs Aston Villa Results

Both teams found the back of the net two times in the last three matches between Brentford and Aston Villa.

Brentford vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Ivan Toney look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Premier League matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Ollie Watkins adds to his six Premier League goals come on Saturday.

In their last 10 matches at Gtech Community Stadium across all tournaments Brentford won four times, drew four and lost two times. Aston Villa claimed seven wins, one draw and two defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Brentford on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened five times for Aston Villa in their last 10 league games away from home.

In the last three encounters between Brentford and Aston Villa over 2.5 goals came out two times, as Brentford averaged one goal a game. Aston Villa scored an average of 1.99 goals in these, while both teams scored two times. Brentford saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Aston Villa, who managed to score 1.9 times in those matches.