[Match Thread] Brentford vs Aston Villa

Brentford Starting 11 Flekken; Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard, Janelt; Mbuemo, Damsgaard, Schade; Wissa

Aston Villa Starting 11 Olsen; Disasi, Konsa, Mings, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans; Bailey, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins

Brentford Subs Valdimarsson, Yarmolyuk, Morgan, Mee, Maghoma, Konak, Ji-Soo, Jensen, Fredrick

Aston Villa Subs Zych, Torres, Rashford, Malen, Maatsen, Kamara, Garcia, Cash, Bogarde

Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa

Previous game we won 3-1, Rogers, Watkins and Cash scored in the first half, with Damsgaard scoring in the second for Brentford.

Watkins and Konsa face their former clubs today. Watkins moved to Villa in 2020 for £28 million, after making 143 appearances scoring 49 times. Konsa moved a year earlier in 2019, after a single season at the club.

Match Events

Kick off!

41 min: McGinn is booked for a tactical foul after Baileys freekick hit the wall, and Wissa started to make a break.

Half time. 0-0

48 min: WATKINS! Villa counter, Tielemans, Rogers, all forward passes towards Watkins. Who is outside, drives, then takes a shot from a left position, and it’s beaten Flekken!

50 min: Rogers! This time Ramsey progresses the ball on the left, passes to Watkins who made a run. Watkins held, waited for support and centred in for Rogers to then convert in the box!

But hang on… VAR is looking. Is Watkins offside?

No goal… Watkins was offside during his run.

Stays 1-0 for Villa.

60 min: Kamara on for McGinn

66 min: Ajer booked for fouling Ramsey. With that Ramsey comes off for Rashford

74 min: Janelt off for Jensen

81 min: Cash yellow for time wasting during a throw in

92 min: Ajer off for Kim

93 min: Rogers replaced for Malen

95 min: Collin’s booked for fouling Tielemans… really bad challenge too

Full time! We’ve won