Brentford vs Aston Villa

2 January 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Yoane Wissa 42’
  • Mads Roerslev 83’
  • Danny Ings 16’

Match summary

Brentford came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Aston Villa. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Danny Ings put Aston Villa ahead in the 16th minute, set up by Emiliano Buendía, Yoane Wissa equalised in the 42nd minute, set up by Mads Roerslev, and Mads Roerslev won it in the 83rd minute.

Aston Villa can feel hard done by, creating 1.14 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Brentford's 0.51 from 10.

Match stats

Brentford Aston Villa
10 Shots 16
4 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.50 xG 1.14
0.50 Non-penalty xG 1.14
4 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Brentford Aston Villa
Kick-off
16’
Danny Ings
Assist: Emiliano Buendía0-1 (Aston Villa)
Yoane Wissa
Assist: Mads Roerslev1-1 (Brentford)
42’
Half-time1-1
Mads Roerslev2-1 (Brentford)
83’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Brentford
  • Frank Onyeka
  • Ivan Toney
Aston Villa
  • Jacob Ramsey
  • John McGinn

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 0.51 1.14 16’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), 0-1 16’ 42’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 1-1 42’ 83’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), 2-1 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.51 1.14 16’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), 0-1 Ings 16’ 42’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 1-1 Wissa 42’ 83’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), 2-1 Roerslev 83’
Brentford 0.51 xGAston Villa 1.14 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Brentford attacking 
85’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 16’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 23’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 83’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 83’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 12’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 56’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 42’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 63’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 31’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 90’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 82’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 61’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+2’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 29’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 53’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+5’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 85’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 83’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 16’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 23’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 83’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 12’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 56’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 63’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 31’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 42’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 90’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 82’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 90’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+2’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 61’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 29’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Matt Targett (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 53’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+5’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Álvaro Fernández GK900 0.000.000
Mads Bech Sørensen DEF900 0.000.071
Ethan Pinnock DEF900 0.000.000
Pontus Jansson DEF901 0.020.000
Mads Roerslev MID90113 0.230.061
Sergi Canos MID560 0.000.000
Christian Nørgaard MID900 0.000.031
Frank Onyeka MID821 0.060.000
Mathias Jensen MID631 0.030.042
Yoane Wissa FWD9012 0.080.000
Ivan Toney FWD902 0.090.061
Saman Ghoddos Sub340 0.000.000
Shandon Baptiste Sub270 0.000.091
Vitaly Janelt Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 33% Avg odds 2.87
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.23
Aston Villa win 37% Avg odds 2.62

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

Form going into the game

Brentford LDWLL
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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-1 Brentford, 28 Aug 21 Next meeting: Aston Villa 4-0 Brentford, 23 Oct 22  All Brentford vs Aston Villa 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.