English Premier League

FT Sunday, February 1, 2026
Brentford WWWLL 1
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Aston Villa WLWWW 0
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Villa Park · 41,415 att. · USA Net

Match Report

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
3
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
12
5
Saves
0
28.3
Possession
71.7
6
SHOTS
27
2
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
184
Accurate Passes
558
256
Passes
636
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
7
Crosses
26
0.1
Cross %
0.3
73
Long Balls
28
26
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
11
4
Effective Tackles
10
7
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
3
34
Effective Clearances
19
34
Clearances
19

Highlights

01:55 Hislop: Aston Villa's inconsistency could cost them UCL place Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 14Pau TorresCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 22Ian MaatsenLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 27Morgan RogersAM
  7. 26Lamare BogardeLM
  8. 21Douglas LuizRM
  9. 18Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 10Emiliano BuendíaAM-L
  11. 19Jadon SanchoAM-R

BRE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Caoimhín KelleherG
  2. 4Sepp van den BergCD-L
  3. 20Kristoffer AjerCD-R
  4. 3Rico HenryLB
  5. 33Michael KayodeRB
  6. 8Mathias JensenAM
  7. 27Vitaly JaneltLM
  8. 6Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 9Igor ThiagoF
  10. 7Kevin SchadeAM-L
  11. 19Dango OuattaraAM-R

Timeline

  1. 35' Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 42' Kevin Schade (Brentford) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Brentford 1. Dango Ouattara (Brentford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the top left corner.
  4. 45'+5' Michael Kayode (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leon Bailey replaces Lamare Bogarde.
  6. 60' Substitution, Brentford. Nathan Collins replaces Jordan Henderson.
  7. 60' Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmoliuk replaces Dango Ouattara.
  8. 76' Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Mathias Jensen.
  9. 77' Substitution, Aston Villa. Harvey Elliott replaces Jadon Sancho.
  10. 84' Substitution, Brentford. Aaron Hickey replaces Rico Henry because of an injury.
  11. 90'+1' Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.

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