In this week 21 match on Jan 2nd, Brentford will play host to Aston Villa in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 14th placed Brentford, recorded a 0-1 loss against Manchester City. Phil Foden struck first for Manchester City in the 16th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Brentford was frustrated by Manchester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester City ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 12th placed Aston Villa is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Chelsea. Reece James scored the first goal for Aston Villa on an own goal in the 28th minute, then Jorginho tied it up for Chelsea in the 34th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 56th minute on a goal by Romelu Lukaku to cap off a wild match. Aston Villa is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
Aston Villa and Brentford last played eachother at the Villa Park on Sat Aug 28th. Aston Villa and Brentford battled to a 1-1 draw in front of just over 42000. Ivan Toney scored the first goal for Brentford in the 7th minute, but Emiliano Buendía got the equalizer for Aston Villa in the 13th minute earning Aston Villa at least a draw.
Both Ezri Konsa and Ollie Watkins have been the hottest scorers for Aston Villa in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Sergi Canos and Shandon Baptiste are the top scorers for Brentford in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Kristoffer Ajer, Mads Roerslev Rasmussen, Tarique Fosu-Henry, Ivan Toney, Joshua Da Silva, Rico Henry, Charlie Goode, Christian Nørgaard, David Raya and Vitaly Janelt are unavailable to play for Thomas Frank’s team, while Tyrone Mings, Bertrand Traoré, Anwar El Ghazi, Keinan Davis, Jed Steer and Marvelous Nakamba are unavailable to play for Aston Villa.