Aston Villa vs Brentford Matchday Stats Preview

Aston Villa vs Brentford Matchday Stats Preview 

Aston Villa have won two of their last three league games against Brentford (D1), having been winless in eight against the Bees before this (D4 L4).

Brentford have never won away against Aston Villa in the league, drawing five and losing three of their eight visits to Villa Park.

The team scoring first has won just one of the five Premier League meetings between Aston Villa and Brentford (D2 L2), with the Villans winning 4-0 in this exact fixture last season under Aaron Danks.

Aston Villa have won all four of their Premier League games on Saturday at 3pm this season, with these matches producing an average of 4.5 goals per game (18 in total – F12 A6).

Brentford have lost nine of their last 10 away games in the Premier League, though the exception was a victory in the Midlands in February (2-0 vs Wolves).

Brentford have lost 11 of their last 12 Premier League matches against sides starting the day in the top five of the table, including all eight such matches this season. Their sole victory in this run was against Manchester City on the final day last season, who had already been crowned champions.

Since their 15-game home winning run in the Premier League between March and December 2023, Aston Villa have won three of their seven league games at Villa Park (D1 L3), although they did win 2-0 against Wolves last time out and ended a run of six games without a clean sheet on home soil.

Aston Villa have scored 37 goals at Villa Park in the Premier League this season, their most on home soil in a single season in the competition. They last scored more than 37 in a top-flight campaign in the 1982-83 season (47).

No player has been directly involved in more goals at Villa Park for Aston Villa in all competitions this season than Douglas Luiz (9 goals, 6 assists) – before this season, his best campaign for goals and assists at Villa Park was last season (3 goals, 2 assists).

Bryan Mbeumo has scored (4) and been involved in (5) more away goals in the Premier League this season than any other Brentford player, despite playing in just eight of their games on the road so far this term.