Team news
Brentford captain Christian Norgaard is available following concussion.
Mathias Jensen will also be involved in the matchday squad after missing two games with an adductor injury, while Sepp van den Berg will resume training next week.
Aston Villa midfielder Amadou Onana is closing in on a return following five weeks out with a hamstring injury although the trip to the Gtech Community Stadium is likely to come too soon.
Ross Barkley remains sidelined by a knee issue, while Donyell Malan and Andres Garcia could feature after they were ineligible to play in the Champions League win at Club Brugge on Tuesday.
Match facts
Head-to-head
Brentford are winless in their last five league games against Aston Villa, having gone unbeaten in the preceding eight.
Villa can complete their first league double over Brentford since 1947.
However, the Villans have triumphed on just one of their last six visits to the Bees in all competitions.
Villa have scored in all seven Premier League meetings, but have also kept only one clean sheet.
Brentford
Brentford triumphed in seven of their opening eight Premier League home games this season but are now winless in the last six, drawing two and losing four.
It is the Bees' longest run without a home league victory since a sequence of nine games in League One in 2006.
Their shot conversion rate of 15.2% is the best in the Premier League this season. They also have the highest xG per shot of 0.14.
Ten of Bryan Mbeumo's 15 Premier League goals this season have put Brentford ahead in a match.
Yoane Wissa has scored a career-best 13 goals in the Premier League this season.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa have won just once in their last nine league games on the road, having amassed 10 points from their opening four away fixtures this season.
They have kept just two clean sheets in their last 19 matches in all competitions.
Villa have failed to win any of their last four away Premier League games against sides from London, drawing one and losing three.
They have failed to win any of their last seven matches to be played immediately after a Champions League fixture.
Twenty of Villa's Premier League games this season have seen both sides score - the highest total in the top flight.
Marco Asensio has been directly involved in eight goals in his last nine league starts, scoring four and assisting four. However, he hasn't scored in any of his last 12 away league appearances since netting at Strasbourg for PSG in February 2024.
Ollie Watkins has been directly involved in nine goals in his last 13 Premier League games in London, scoring eight and assisting one.
Watkins' tally of 15 career Premier League goals in the capital is more than twice as many as any other Aston Villa player.
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