Our betting analysts at Ace Football preview the Premier League round 17 game between Brentford and Aston Villa and offer team news, stats, facts and the best betting suggestions for the match.
Brentford take on visitors Aston Villa at Gtech Community Stadium in a Premier League tie this coming Sunday.
While Aston Villa are now third in the Premier League table after collecting 35 points in 16 rounds, Brentford trail them on 19 points. This leaves them as number 11 in the table after 16 rounds played.
Team form: Brentford vs Aston Villa
Brentford Form
Brentford have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 3-1 victory against Luton. Unable to follow that up, they went down 2-1 against Brighton, before handing over all three points in a 1-0 defeat against Sheffield United. In their last six Premier League home matches, Brentford have three wins, while they’ve drawn one and lost two. They scored 12 and conceded nine goals.
Aston Villa Form
In their three most recent outings, Aston Villa won 1-0 and 1-0 against Manchester City and Arsenal, before drawing 1-1 against Zrinjski Mostar. Aston Villa claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads nine goals conceded and six scored.
Betting stats for Brentford and Aston Villa
Here are some interesting betting-relevant facts based on the data from the last couple of matches that Brentford and Aston Villa played across all competitions.
- Brentford have conceded in 14 of the last 16 matches
- In 9 of the last 11 Brentford matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Brentford have lost 4 of the last 5 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Brentford have won 3 of the last 4 home matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- Brentford have conceded in 8 of the last 9 home matches
- Aston Villa have scored in 31 of the last 33 matches
- Aston Villa have not lost 13 of the last 14 matches
- Aston Villa have won 9 of the last 11 matches
- Aston Villa have scored in 14 of the last 16 away matches
- Aston Villa have won 4 of the last 5 matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
In-form players: Brentford vs Aston Villa
While Ollie Watkins added three strikes to his account in his last six games in the Premier League, Neal Maupay scored twice in his last six.
Popular markets: Brentford vs Aston Villa
Full-time result
Brentford claimed three wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing four and losing three. Aston Villa won four of their last 10 away games, as they also drew three and lost three of these matches. In the Premier League, Aston Villa remained unbeaten in their last five games on the bounce.
Both teams to score
Brentford scored the first goal in seven out of their last ten games. Aston Villa scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. The Villians managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.
Total goals
In the Premier League, Brentford conceded a goal in their previous six matches on the bounce. Brentford scored an average of 1.4 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals came out as a winning bet in six of the previous ten outings for Aston Villa, who were on target an average of 1.7 times per game.
Betting tip: Brentford vs Aston Villa
The match between Brentford and Aston Villa should be an interesting one to watch and play some bets on, too. Therefore, we have come up with a free betting tip for this Premier League game.
