Aston Villa vs Brentford prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-12-03 20:15.
[p]Aston Villa’s recent plight continues to go from bad to worse, as they were comfortably beaten 3-0 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Unai Emery’s men are now winless in eight matches across all competitions (D3, L5), five of which came in the Premier League (D2, L3), marking their worst such run in the competition since August 2022.[/p]
[p]As a result, Villa enter the round in the bottom half of the Premier League table, making this clash with Brentford crucial for their seasonal ambitions. The hosts will likely take confidence from a four-match unbeaten run in league H2Hs (W2, D2), while they’ve also lost just one of their last 11 Premier League home games (W4, D6) even if the last three all ended level.[/p]
[p]In contrast to their opposition here, Brentford won by three goals at the weekend as they came from behind to put lowly Leicester to the sword (4-1). That lifted the Bees into the top-half of the Premier League table and remarkably within three points of the top-four, highlighting the tremendous work Thomas Frank continues to do at the club.[/p]
[p]But replicating their victory on Saturday here could prove a very tall order as Brentford have earned just one of their 20 points on the road this campaign (D1, L5) – only newly-promoted Southampton have won as few away points this term. There’s also the small stumbling block that the Bees have never won an away league game against Aston Villa (D6, L3), only ever facing Stoke and Halifax Town more often on the road without ever winning in their league history.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Aston Villa’s Youri Tielemans has never been on the receiving end of a defeat in five prior personal H2Hs (W3, D2), scoring twice during that time in a pair of victories. Brentford’s Kevin Schade struck a hat-trick against Leicester at the weekend, becoming just the fourth German player in Premier League history to achieve that feat. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Brentford’s Premier League matches this season have seen 2.15 total goals scored on average in the first half – the highest tally in the competition. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans[/i][/p]