Aston Villa vs Brentford

6 April 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 3 – 3

Half-time: 1–0

Ollie Watkins 39’, 80’
Morgan Rogers 46’

Zanka 59’
Bryan Mbeumo 61’
Yoane Wissa 68’

Match summary

Aston Villa and Brentford shared the points in a 3-3 draw. Aston Villa led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead with a header in the 39th minute, set up by John McGinn. In the second half, Morgan Rogers made it 2-0 in the 46th minute, set up by Youri Tielemans, Zanka pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 59th minute, set up by Mikkel Damsgaard, Bryan Mbeumo equalised in the 61st minute, set up by Sergio Reguilón, Yoane Wissa put Brentford in front in the 68th minute, set up by Sergio Reguilón, and Watkins equalised with a header in the 80th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Aston Villa created 1.17 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Brentford 1.44 from 8.

Match stats

11 Shots 8

3 Shots on Target 3

11 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.16 xG 1.42

1.16 Non-penalty xG 1.42

6 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Aston Villa Brentford

Kick-off

Ollie Watkins
Assist: John McGinn

1-0

39’

Half-time1-0

Morgan Rogers
Assist: Youri Tielemans

2-0

46’

59’

Zanka
Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard

2-1

61’

Bryan Mbeumo
Assist: Sergio Reguilón

2-2

68’

Yoane Wissa
Assist: Sergio Reguilón

2-3

Ollie Watkins

3-3

80’

Full-time3-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa

Diego Carlos
Douglas Luiz

Brentford

Mikkel Damsgaard
Yoane Wissa

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Aston Villa 1.17 xGBrentford 1.44 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brentford attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			2	0.14	0.06	1
Diego Carlos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pau Torres	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	DEF	90			2	0.12	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	MID	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.20	2
Douglas Luiz	MID	90			0	0.00	0.14	2
Morgan Rogers	MID	71	1		3	0.34	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.48	2
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	2		2	0.50	0.00	0
Nicolo Zaniolo	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jhon Durán	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Diaby	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mark Flekken	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Zanka	DEF	90	1		1	0.36	0.00	0
Nathan Collins	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kristoffer Ajer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mads Roerslev	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Reguilón	MID	78		2	2	0.11	0.80	2
Vitaly Janelt	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mathias Jensen	MID	88			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mikkel Damsgaard	MID	83		1	2	0.11	0.36	1
Bryan Mbeumo	FWD	88	1		2	0.18	0.00	0
Yoane Wissa	FWD	84	1		1	0.69	0.09	1
Keane Lewis-Potter	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ivan Toney	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yehor Yarmolyuk	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Neal Maupay	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Frank Onyeka	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 58% Avg odds 1.65

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.18

Brentford win 19% Avg odds 5.22

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa W L D W L

Brentford D L L D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brentford 1-2 Aston Villa, 17 Dec 23 Next meeting: Aston Villa 3-1 Brentford, 04 Dec 24 All Aston Villa vs Brentford meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.