Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last four league games against Brentford (W2 D2), having been winless in their previous eight (D4 L4).
Brentford have never won an away league game against Aston Villa (D6 L3), with the Bees only facing Stoke (14) and Halifax Town (11) more often on the road without ever winning in their league history.
There has been just one clean sheet in the six Premier League meetings between Aston Villa and Brentford, with the Villans winning 4-0 in October 2022 under Aaron Danks.
Brentford have lost nine of their last 10 Premier League games against sides that finished in the top four the previous season, with the only exception being a 1-1 draw with Manchester United in March.
Aston Villa have won just two of their last 14 Premier League games played on a Wednesday (D4 L8), though one of these was in their last such home match against Manchester City in December last year.
Brentford have lost 10 of their 15 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League matches (W2 D3), though both of their victories in this run have come away from home on a Wednesday (2-0 v Southampton in March 2023, 2-0 v Chelsea in April 2023).
Aston Villa have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League home games (W4 D6), going down 2-0 against Arsenal in August. Each of their last three have finished level, with the Villans last drawing four consecutive Premier League games at Villa Park in March/April 2007.
While Brentford have won more points in Premier League home games than any other side this season (19), no side have won fewer points on the road than the Bees this term (1, level with Southampton).
Against Crystal Palace last time out, Ollie Watkins became the first Aston Villa player to reach 50 goal involvements in Premier League home games (35 goals, 15 assists). His 35 goals is the second most by a Villa player at Villa Park, behind only Dwight Yorke (37).
Brentford’s Kevin Schade became the fourth German player to score a Premier League hat-trick last time out against Leicester, with his three goals in that game more than he’d managed in his previous 41 appearances in the competition combined (2).
