Brentford vs Aston Villa prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-08-22 14:00.
[p]Brentford and Aston Villa meet in west London, with both teams desperate to kickstart their Premier League campaigns after underwhelming performances on matchday one.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Brentford will be especially keen to move on quickly from last weekend’s 3-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest as new manager Keith Andrews’ reign started much like Thomas Frank’s ended, with a whimper, leaving them winless in three league games (D1, L2). At least the Bees will have Mikkel Damsgaard back from paternity leave for this fixture and hope to have new signing Dango Ouattara available as they make their 2025/26 bow at the Gtech Community Stadium still adjusting to life without Bryan Mbeumo and wantaway forward Yoane Wissa, along with former captain Christian Nørgaard. [/p]
[p]Aston Villa fans will also feel their season has not properly started yet as their goalless draw against Newcastle saw them register fewer shots than any other Premier League team on matchday one (three). That result means the Villans have also drawn a blank for two consecutive English top-flight games for just the second time under Unai Emery, while they have not failed to score in three successive league encounters since July 2020. They sold Jacob Ramsey to Newcastle at the weekend, although Emery is still hopeful of making further signings despite being severely limited by financial regulations.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Aston Villa have enjoyed the better of recent meetings as they are unbeaten across the last six H2Hs (W4, D2), a run which includes winning both of their last two visits here by a one-goal margin.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Brentford have never lost their first home league match of the season in the English top flight (W7, D2).[/p]
[p]Brentford are yet to keep a clean sheet against Villa in the Premier League (W1, D3, L4).[/p]
[p]Three of Villa’s last five league away games have produced exactly three goals (W3, L2).[/p]
[p]None of Villa’s last five Premier League fixtures have seen both sides score (W3, D1, L1).[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Igor Thiago is off the mark for Brentford after netting their late consolation against Forest, with each of his last five goals for any club arriving after the 55th minute. Villa summer signing Evann Guessand is yet to score for them, but if he can find the net, it could be early, as he has made it 1-0 in six of his last seven goalscoring outings. [/p]
[p]Brentford do not appear to have any new injury concerns at the time of writing, while former Bee Ezri Konsa will miss this one for Villa after being sent off against Newcastle.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The visitors’ excellent record in this fixture suggests backing Villa to win is the sensible choice here, especially if Brentford do not improve on last week’s performance.[/p]
[p][i]Author: John Pennington[/i][/p]