Brentford v Aston Villa
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Brentford vs Aston Villa

, KO: 15:00 , Gtech Community Stadium
Aston Villa

Both bidding to secure their first Premier League victories of the season, Brentford and Aston Villa will go up against each other at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The hosts failed to get off the mark at the first attempt last weekend, while Villa have one point on the board.

It was a nightmare start to life as a top-flight manager for Keith Andrews, who watched his Brentford side get brushed aside 3-1 by Nottingham Forest last Sunday.

Things are unlikely to get any easier for the new Bees boss this weekend when Aston Villa come to town.

Unai Emery’s side kicked off their campaign with a goalless draw at home to Newcastle last Saturday.

Villa were made to work hard for that point after playing the final 24 minutes of the game with 10 men after Ezri Konsa was shown a straight red card.

How the bookies view it: Villa set for victory

Boylesports expect Aston Villa to bank their first three points of the season on Saturday afternoon, with an away win trading at 11/10 on Boylesports. Given how shaky Brentford looked at the back last weekend, Over 1.5 Aston Villa looks well worthy of support at 10/11 (Boylesports).

Brentford come into their maiden home game of the season as 9/4 outsiders on Boylesports while an all square in the capital has been priced up at 5/2 with the same bookmaker.

Head to head: History against the hosts

Brentford have failed to win each of their previous six Premier League meetings with Aston Villa, coming away empty-handed from four of those contests.

Players to watch: Ollie to get off the mark?

After scoring in each of Aston Villa's two wins over Brentford last season, Ollie Watkins holds plenty of appeal to either score or assist on Saturday at 10/11 on Bet 365.

Igor Thiago netted his first Premier League goal for Brentford against Nottingham Forest last weekend. The Bees forward is as big as 2/1 on Boylesports to repeat the trick on Saturday.

Predicted line-ups

Yoane Wissa is not expected to feature due to the ongoing speculation surrounding his future while Vitaly Janelt is still recovering from a heel injury that required surgery towards the tail end of last season.

Aston Villa will be without the aforementioned Konsa due to suspension with fellow defender Pau Torres expected to deputise. However, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez will come off the naughty step and is likely to come straight back into the starting XI.

Brentford: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, Berg, Henry, Yarmoliuk, Jensen, Carvalho, Milambo, Lewis-Potter, Thiago

Aston Villa: Martinez, Cash, Torres, Mings, Digne, Kamara, Onana, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers, Watkins

Anything else catch the eye?

Nathan Collins stands out to commit a minimum of one foul on Saturday afternoon at 4/5 on Bet 365.

The Brentford centre-half was guilty of one offence during the Bees’ 3-1 loss to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground last Sunday.

It's also worth noting that Collins committed one foul or more in each of his final three Premier League appearances of last season.

Brentford vs Aston Villa Betting Tips & Predictions
Over 1.5 Aston Villa Goals
10/11
Boylesports
Ollie Watkins to Score or Assist
10/11
Bet365
Nathan Collins To Commit 1+ Foul
4/5
Bet365
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