Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 March 2025
Result
Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 8 March 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa: match report
Brentford were beaten by Aston Villa 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 March 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa in the 49th minute.
Discipline: Brentford received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 12th on 38 points from 27 and Aston Villa 10th on 42 points from 28. Brentford went on to finish that season 10th with 56 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 66.
Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Youri Tielemans of Aston Villa (8.1), ahead of Keane Lewis-Potter (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brentford win, 3 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Brentford's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Aston Villa's L-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · John McGinn
- 49'Goal · Ollie Watkins
- 67'Yellow card · Kristoffer Ajer
- 81'Yellow card · Matty Cash
- 90+6'Yellow card · Nathan Collins
Head-to-head
Team news
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Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mark Flekken, Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Ethan Pinnock, Keane Lewis-Potter, Christian Nørgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Bryan Mbeumo, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade, Yoane Wissa
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robin Olsen, Axel Disasi, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Leon Bailey, Morgan Rogers, Jacob Ramsey, Ollie Watkins