Game #5695
Aston Villa
12-2-3, 38 PTS
Sunday, 17 December 2023
Won
2nd (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
Premier League
Brentford
5-4-8, 19 PTS
Gtech Community Stadium
Attendance: 17,034
Brentford
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s): Leon Bailey | 77’ | Boubacar Kamara | 85’ |
MANAGER
Unai Emery | 🇪🇸 | 2022-
Aston Villa
GK Emiliano Martínez | 🇦🇷 | 🟨 |
RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | 🔁 |
CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Diego Carlos | 🇧🇷 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Álex Moreno | 🇪🇸 | ⚽ |
M John McGinn | 🏴 |
M Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | 🔥 | 🟥 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Ollie Watkins | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Thomas Frank | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
Brentford
GK Mark Flekken | 🇳🇱 |
CB Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Ethan Pinnock | 🇯🇲 |
CB Ben Mee | 🏴 | 🟥 |
RB Mads Roerslev Rasmussen | 🇩🇰 | 🔁 |
M Christian Nørgaard | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
M Vitaly Janelt | 🇩🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Saman Ghoddos | 🇮🇷 | 🟨 |
W Mikkel Damsgaard | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
W Keane Lewis-Potter | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Yoane Wissa | 🇨🇩 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | W Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | 🔥 | 🟨 | for RB Matty Cash | 🏴 🇵🇱 | 65’ |
🔁 | CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | 🟨 | for W Moussa Diaby | 🇫🇷 | 65’ |
🔁 | M Nicolò Zaniolo | 🇮🇹 | for CB Pau Torres | 🇪🇸 | 81’ |
🔁 | M Leander Dendoncker | 🇧🇪 | for M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴 | 90’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Frank Onyeka | 🇳🇬 | 🟨 | for W Mikkel Damsgaard | 🇳🇴 | 68’ |
🔁 | CF Neal Maupay | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 | for W Keane Lewis-Potter | 🏴 | 68’ |
🔁 | CB Nathan Collins | 🇮🇪 | for W Yoane Wissa | 🇨🇩 | 76’ |
🔁 | M Yegor Yarmolyuk | 🇺🇦 | 🟨 | for M Vitaly Janelt | 🇩🇪 | 88’ |
🔁 | W Michael Olakigbe | 🏴 | for RB Mads Roerslev Rasmussen | 🇩🇰 | 89’ |
🟩 17 December 2023, Villa 2-1 Brentford, Gtech Stadium
ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 17 December 2023
The War of West London. Games against Brentford will NEVER be the same again.
Villa have now won 25 Premier League games in 2023, their most top-flight wins in a calendar year in their entire history.
Ollie Watkins is the first Villa player to score 20 goals in a calendar year since Dwight Yorke.
John McGinn makes his 200th start in a Villa shirt (209 Appearances) since joining from Hibs in August 2018 to make it W90 D42 L77, 23 Goals, 25 Assists and 51 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Ollie Watkins scores his 57th goal and contributes his 75th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 130th start (140 Appearances) to make it W65 D21 L54, 57 Goals, 18 Assists, 17 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.73 games played so far in his Villa career.
Boubacar Kamara secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance (45 starts) to make it W30 D4 L15, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Jhon Durán, 20, makes his 30th appearance in a Villa shirt (6 Starts) to make it W18 D4 L8, 4 Goals and 6 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.50 starts so far in his Villa career.
Álex Moreno scores his second goal for the club and contributes his 5th goal involvement on his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (17 starts) to make it W15 D5 L5, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Emiliano Martínez collects his 15th booking on his 133rd appearance in a Villa shirt having not been cautioned in his first 37 games to make it W62 D22 L49, 159 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.19 goals per game, 45 Clean Sheets (34%) and 15 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
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