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 · Brentford · Championship predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · J. KodjiaAston Villa
  • 23'Goal · Neal MaupayBrentford · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · O. WatkinsBrentford
  • 39'Goal · J. KodjiaAston Villa · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · James ChesterAston Villa
  • 68'Yellow card · Jack GrealishAston Villa
  • 82'Goal · Neal MaupayBrentford · 1-2
  • 90+5'Goal · J. KodjiaAston Villa · 2-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Aston Villa 0, draws 2, Brentford 2.

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