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Aston Villa v Brentford
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Kick Off: Wednesday 4th December at 20:15
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Competition: Premier League
Both Aston Villa and Brentford come into Wednesday night’s fixture with a modicum of doubt around their capabilities of winning the match.
Villa are winless in their last 8 matches across all competitions – Unai Emery’s worst run as a manager, while Brentford haven’t won a Premier League game away from home all season.
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What we should be able to count on is goals, and both teams scoring. Four of Aston Villa’s 6 home matches have seen both teams scoring with matches averaging 2.83 goals per game.
Brentford have only scored 4 away league goals this season, but they have come against Manchester Coty, Tottenham, Manchester United and Fulham – all teams inside the top half of the table.
Only Spurs have scored more league goals than Brentford this season and The Bees can improve their away scoring record here.
🟢 Aston Villa v Brentford #WhatOddsPaddy Tip
Since leaving Brentford to sign for Aston Villa in 2020, Ollie Watkins has faced his former club 6 times and hasn’t suffered defeat, winning 3 and drawing 3 of the 6 matches. Watkins has scored 4 goals in these matches.
Watkins has just 1 goal in his last 8 matches and will be hoping that familiar opposition aids him in getting back to his best form.
Watkins is Villa’s top league scorer this season with 6 goals. He has had more than one in 9 of 13 league matches and more than one shot on target in 5 of 13 league matches. He will be Villa’s main goal threat in a match they’re expected to dominate, this pick provides excellent value at 22/1.
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👕 Aston Villa v Brentford Predicted XI
🔍 Aston Villa v Brentford Players to Watch
🟣 Lucas Digne
Lucas Digne has, so far, wrestled off the challenge of Ian Maatsen for his Villa left back jersey, displaying form good enough to earn himself a recall to the France international squad.
Digne has been unlucky to have not scored this season – on multiple times he’s gone close with free kicks. During the November international break, he had a shot come back off the underside of the crossbar and go into the net off the back of the goalkeeper in France’s 3-1 win in Italy.
In Villa’s last home game, against Juventus in the Champions League, Digne hit the crossbar again in the dying stages of the match that went on to finish 0-0. Digne has taken 10 shots in his last 12 matches and will likely be on free kicks again on Wednesday.
🟢 Kevin Schade
Brentford’s front three all look capable of causing problems for Aston Villa. Kevin Schade comes into Wednesday’s match off the back of a weekend hat-trick v Leicester, he’ll be looking to build on his good form at Villa Park.
In all competitions for Brentford this season, Schade has taken 17 shots this season at an average of 1 every 54.29 minutes with an impressive 72.2% hitting the target. He looks well priced to fire a sole effort on target here.
🟢 Bryan Mbeumo
Villa’s defence has looked shaky in recent Premier League matches – they have given up 26 shots in their last 4 matches. Bryan Mbuemo and Yoann Wissa are joint 5th in the Premier League’s top scorers chart with 8 goals each.
Mbuemo has taken 25 shots in all competitions for Brentford this season, at an average of 1 every 55.68 minutes.
🟢 Yoane Wissa
Wissa has taken 16 shots in all competitions for Brentford this season, at an average of 1 every 53 minutes.
Boosted by the news that Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez will miss the match, the DR Congo international will feel inclined to fire some shots at the deputising Robin Olsen.
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💻 Aston Villa v Brentford Form and Tactics
Aston Villa are winless in their last 8 matches across all competitions, Villa are also 19th in the 5-game form table. Unai Emery’s side have kept just one home Premier League clean sheet this season.
Emi Martinez was replaced at half-time in Sunday’s defeat to Chelsea, he has a suspected broken finger and is expected to be unavailable throughout December – which is a huge blow.
On the contrary, Brentford are 3rd in the 5-game form table with 10 points from their last possible 15.
However, 19 out of Brentford’s 20 points this season have come at home, their only away point came in their last away fixture when they drew 0-0 with Everton.
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🏁 Aston Villa v Brentford Ref Watch
- Referee: Lewis Smith
- Averages 3.55 cards per game in matches officiated this season
- Has given a penalty in 7 of his 20 matches that he has refereed this season
- Refereeing just his 5th Premier League game, having already given a red card in 2 of his other 4.
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