Brentford vs Aston Villa Predictions

• Brentford have scored the most home goals in this season’s Premier League
• Only three teams have conceded more away goals in the top flight this season than Aston Villa
• Yoane Wissa is seeking to score for Brentford for the third game in a row

Brentford’s home form waning as Villa struggle on the road

Brentford boasted a near-perfect home record over the opening months of the season, winning seven and losing none of their first eight Premier League fixtures at the Gtech Community Stadium during 2024/25.

However, since being defeated on their own patch by Nottingham Forest just before Christmas, the Bees have gone seven home matches across all competitions without a win, losing five of those games.

That record does not make for good reading, but Thomas Frank’s side have at least been picking up results on the road, which means they come into this game having registered three wins and just one defeat across their last five matches.

Aston Villa recorded an eye-catching, if slightly fortuitous, 3-1 victory away to Club Brugge in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie on Tuesday and they will be looking to finish the job off when the Belgian giants visit Villa Park next midweek.

That victory at Jan Breydel Stadium was something of an outlier for Villa, as they had lost three away matches on the bounce prior to that, as well as nine of their previous 12 road trips.

Goals should be guaranteed at the Gtech

With Brentford’s home form having stuttered and Villa proving not the best travellers this season, it is hard to pick a winner from Saturday’s evening kick-off.

One thing that should be guaranteed, though, is goals, with five of the last six meetings seeing at least three goals scored, while both teams have found the back of the net in six of the seven Premier League encounters between the pair.

Brentford are also the highest home scorers in this season’s top flight, netting 30 across their 14 games – two more than league leaders Liverpool – while only Wolves, Leicester and Southampton have conceded more away goals than Villa’s total of 27, which includes the four they shipped at Crystal Palace in their last domestic road fixture.

Wissa could prove decisive

While calling Saturday’s result is not easy, Brentford may just have enough to edge out a Villa side that will perhaps be distracted by their ongoing efforts in the Champions League.

Brentford’s only other Premier League victory over Villa was a 2-1 home success in January 2022 and they could well replicate that outcome on Saturday.

Forward Yoane Wissa was on the scoresheet in that victory and with goals in Brentford’s last two games against Leicester and Everton, the DR Congo international could prove a menace to Villa’s defence again.