On the 23rd of October, in this week 13 match, Brentford will travel to Birmingham to battle Aston Villa in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Aston Villa is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Chelsea. Mason Mount struck first for Chelsea in the 6th minute, then Mason Mount added another in the 65th minute In the end, Aston Villa couldn’t muster any offence and Chelsea ran away with the shutout win. Aston Villa looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Brentford recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Chelsea. Neither Brentford nor Chelsea could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Brentford is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Brentford won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw. Leon Bailey and Jacob Ramsey are the top scorers for Aston Villa in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Ludwig Augustinsson and Diego Carlos are unavailable to play for Steven Gerrard’s team, while Brentford will be without Aaron Hickey, Thomas Strakosha, Keane Lewis-Potter, Christian Nørgaard and Pontus Jansson.