Aston Villa v Brentford betting tips: Ings seeks to emulate Atkinson

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Aston Villa v Brentford head-to-head

The sides have met 14 times since 1935 and Villa have won six of those clashes (D5 L3), but the Bees are undefeated in the last six meetings (W3 D3) – all in the Championship – since 2016.

There have been just four away wins in their 14 meetings and Brentford are 3/4 to either win or draw the game on the Double Chance market.

Villa have never lost a top-flight match against Brentford (W5 D1), although this is the first such meeting between the sides since February 1947. Villa are 3/1 to win but concede.

Nine of their previous meetings have seen three or more goals scored in total and it is 17/20 for that trend to continue.

Aston Villa v Brentford key battles

Brentford are yet to concede a goal in the Premier League this season, with only two newly-promoted sides keeping clean sheets in their first three games of a season. They are 10/3 to keep a clean sheet this weekend.

Brentford may fancy their chances, since Villa have had just four shots on target in total in their two games thus far – but have scored with each of them.

Dalian Atkinson was the last Villa player to score in his first three league matches of the season (1992-93) and Brentford will be out to stop Ings repeating the trick after he scored against Watford and Newcastle. Ings is 6/4 to score at any time and 4/1 to grab the first goal.

Villa have looked vulnerable defensively at times, although goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez has kept 16 clean sheets in 40 Premier League appearances. Given the Bees’ stingy defence, it is Evens that one or other team fails to score as the last of our Aston Villa v Brentford betting tips.

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