Aston Villa 2-2 Brentford: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 22 August 2018
Result
Aston Villa 2-2 Brentford
Championship · Wednesday 22 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Aston Villa 2-2 Brentford: match report
Aston Villa drew with Brentford 2-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 August 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Neal Maupay opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Aston Villa's goals came from J. Kodjia (39') and J. Kodjia (90+5'). Brentford scored through Neal Maupay (23') and Neal Maupay (82').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Brentford received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 6th on 7 points from 3 and Brentford 5th on 7 points from 3. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 5th with 82 points, and Brentford 11th with 64.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonathan Kodjia of Aston Villa (8.8), ahead of Neal Maupay (8.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 2 draws and 2 for Brentford.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · J. Kodjia
- 23'Goal · Neal Maupay
- 32'Yellow card · O. Watkins
- 39'Goal · J. Kodjia
- 67'Yellow card · James Chester
- 68'Yellow card · Jack Grealish
- 82'Goal · Neal Maupay
- 90+5'Goal · J. Kodjia
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-1-1)
Ørjan Nyland, Axel Tuanzebe, James Chester, Mile Jedinak, Alan Hutton, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Glenn Whelan, John McGinn, Albert Adomah, Jack Grealish, Jonathan Kodjia
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bentley, Henrik Dalsgaard, Ezri Konsa, Chris Mepham, Yoann Barbet, Lewis MacLeod, Josh McEachran, Sergi Canós, R. Sawyers, Ollie Watkins, Neal Maupay