Aston Villa vs Brentford

28 August 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Emiliano Buendía 13’
  • Ivan Toney 7’

Match summary

Aston Villa and Brentford shared the points in a 1-1 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ivan Toney put Brentford ahead from a corner in the 7th minute, set up by Pontus Jansson and Emiliano Buendía equalised in the 13th minute, set up by Danny Ings.

Brentford had the better of the chances, with 1.13 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Aston Villa's 0.44 from 7.

Match stats

Aston Villa Brentford
7 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.43 xG 1.13
0.43 Non-penalty xG 1.13
2 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Aston Villa Brentford
Kick-off
7’
Ivan Toney
Assist: Pontus Jansson0-1 (Brentford)
Emiliano Buendía
Assist: Danny Ings1-1 (Aston Villa)
13’
Half-time1-1
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Aston Villa
  • Matthew Cash
  • Anwar El Ghazi
  • Danny Ings
Brentford
  • Christian Nørgaard
  • Vitaly Janelt
  • Ivan Toney

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.44 1.13 7’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 0-1 7’ 13’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), 1-1 13’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.44 1.13 7’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 0-1 Toney 7’ 13’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), 1-1 Buendía 13’
Aston Villa 0.44 xGBrentford 1.13 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Aston Villa attacking 
7’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.44 xG, goal 31’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 19’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.13 xG, saved 56’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 19’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 33’ Rico Henry (Brentford), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 87’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+8’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 36’ Axel Tuanzebe (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 10’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 4’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+6’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.44 xG, goal 31’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 19’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.13 xG, saved 56’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 19’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 33’ Rico Henry (Brentford), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 87’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+8’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 13’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 36’ Axel Tuanzebe (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 10’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 4’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 82’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+6’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 69’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Emiliano Martinez GK900 0.000.000
Matthew Cash DEF900 0.000.000
Axel Tuanzebe DEF901 0.060.000
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo DEF901 0.090.000
Matt Targett DEF900 0.000.000
Douglas Luiz MID900 0.000.071
Emiliano Buendía MID9011 0.060.072
Ashley Young MID800 0.000.000
Carney Chukwuemeka MID640 0.000.000
Anwar El Ghazi MID901 0.010.112
Danny Ings FWD9011 0.130.061
Marvelous Nakamba Sub260 0.000.000
Ollie Watkins Sub102 0.090.000
Kortney Hause Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 46% Avg odds 2.09
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30
Brentford win 25% Avg odds 3.90

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

Form going into the game

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Brentford WD

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Brentford 2-1 Aston Villa, 02 Jan 22  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.