{"id":38947,"date":"2025-03-08T16:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T16:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=38947"},"modified":"2025-03-08T16:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T16:18:31","slug":"brentford-vs-aston-villa-preview-prediction-team-news-confirmed-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/brentford-vs-aston-villa-preview-prediction-team-news-confirmed-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Brentford Vs Aston Villa Preview, Prediction, Team News And Confirmed Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aston Villa return to Premier League action after their victory in Europe mid-week with a tricky away trip to Brentford, and here we have the latest team news and predictions in our match preview.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Brentford Vs Aston Villa Preview<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a> will look to return to winning ways in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> as they travel to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/brentford\">Brentford<\/a> side who are just one place and four points below them in the table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/crystal-palace-4-1-aston-villa-highlights\/\">Unai Emery&#8217;s side were handily beaten 4-1 by Crystal Palace<\/a> in their last Premier League outing. A result that has left them 10th in the Premier League table &#8211; five points off the top-four.<\/p>\n<p>Since then they have had two victories starting with an FA Cup triumph against Cardiff City. They then put one foot in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/tag\/champions-league\">\u00a0Champions League<\/a> quarter-finals after their 3-1 away victory at Club Brugge.<\/p>\n<p>However, Villa&#8217;s form in Europe has been better than in the Premier League this season, and they have taken just four points from a possible 27 in their last nine away games in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Brentford are unbeaten in their last three games with victories over West Ham and Leicester followed by a draw away at Everton.<\/p>\n<p>The Bees though are winless in their last six Premier League home games. Villa are looking to complete their first league double over Brentford since the 1946-47 season.<\/p>\n<p>A victory for Thomas Frank&#8217;s side would put them just one point outside the top-half of the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An evening kick-off against Brentford is up next \u23e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ukfkle4vJn\">pic.twitter.com\/Ukfkle4vJn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVFCOfficial\/status\/1897641565675204863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Brentford Team News<\/h2>\n<p>Christian Norgaard (concussion) and Mathias Jensen (groin) might be able to prove their fitness in time for Saturday&#8217;s late kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>However, Rico Henry (hamstring) and Sepp van den Berg (knee) are not ready to return just yet for the Bees.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Dasilva (knee), Aaron Hickey (thigh), Gustavo Nunes (back) and Igor Thiago (knee) are also still out of action.<\/p>\n<p>The only likely change from the draw with Everton is Norgaard to come in for Yehor Yarmoliuk.<\/p>\n<h2>Aston Villa Team News<\/h2>\n<p>Aston Villa&#8217;s injury issues aren&#8217;t quite as bad as what they were earlier this season with only two players missing.<\/p>\n<p>Ross Barkley (knee) and Amadou Onana (thigh) are the pair that will likely miss the trip to London for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Pau Torres was on the bench iagainst Club Brugge but it is unlikely he will be rushed back into action.<\/p>\n<p>Emery could look to freshen up his side with several changes ahead of the second-leg of their Champions League last-16 clash with Club Brugge.<\/p>\n<p>Matty Cash, Marco Asensio and Ian Maatsen could come in with Marcus Rashford among those to be rested.<\/p>\n<h2>Confirmed Lineups<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Brentford (4-2-3-1)<\/strong>: Flekken; Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard, Janelt; Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade; Wissa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aston Villa (4-2-3-1):<\/strong> Olsen; Disasi, Konsa, Mings, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans, Bailey, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins.<\/p>\n<h2>Brentford Vs Aston Villa Prediction<\/h2>\n<p>The UK&#8217;s best football betting sites have Brentford as 5\/4 favourites to take the three points at the time of writing. 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