Aston Villa can do the double over Brentford and kee alive its hopes for Champions League qualification this weekend.
Birmingham has been hostile territory for Brentford in the past, but the Bees will travel to Aston Villa on Saturday hoping to claim their maiden win at Villa Park as the Premier League hunt resumes. Thomas Frank’s side make the trip after going without a win in their past eight games but will look to pounce on a Villa side that suffered a one-sided demolition at Manchester City’s hands in midweek. A run of four straight defeats on the road won’t fill Brentford with confidence, however, especially after the west Londoners suffered a 2-1 home defeat to the Villans in the reverse fixture back in December.
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Unai Emery’s side were nearing a damaging defeat at the Gtech Community Stadium four months ago but battled from behind to clinch all three points that day.
Ollie Watkins stormed in to head home the decider after Alex Moreno cancelled out Keane Lewis-Potter’s breakthrough, while each team also suffered one red card apiece:
Fans will be hoping for similar entertainment in the rematch, and Villa will be out to restore its former fortress-like form at home after winning the last two as host.
Emery & Co. were dismantled 4-0 against Tottenham in front of their own fans at the start of March, but they’ve since responded with confident wins over Ajax (4-0) and Wolves (2-0).
And Watkins could be in the running to do more damage to Brentford after missing the trip to the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday due to injury.
The England international is the joint-second-highest scorer in the Premier League this term and is only two behind Golden Boot favorite Erling Haaland.
Brentford, meanwhile, will be leaning on Ivan Toney to lead its line with confidence, although the return to fitness of Bryan Mbeumo means the pressure on him may be significantly lessened.
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