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Aston Villa

2 — 2 Oct 10, 2026 · 07:30 PM IST

Brentford

Premier League · Round 6

Venue Villa Park, Birmingham

Referee Craig Pawson

Attendance 36,636

Player of the Match John McGinn 8.0 90' played

Match Events

10' Away ⚽ Yehor Yarmoliuk — 0-1

12' Home ⚽ Nicolas Jackson — 1-1

35' Away Igor Thiago

45 + 3' Home Emiliano Buendía

HT

46' Home ↔ Aaron Wan-Bissaka → Matteo Ruggeri

46' Away ↔ Aaron Hickey → Jannik Schuster

52' Away ↔ Mamadou Sangaré → Kevin Schade

64' Home ↔ Ibrahim Mbaye → Emiliano Buendía

67' Away ↔ Dango Ouattara → Keane Lewis-Potter

67' Away ↔ Mathias Jensen → Yehor Yarmoliuk

72' Home Matty Cash

75' Away Vitaly Janelt

77' Home ⚽ John McGinn — 2-1

79' Away ⚽ Kristoffer Ajer — 2-2

82' Away Michael Kayode

84' Away Kristoffer Ajer

85' Away ↔ Callum Wilson ↗ → Jaidon Anthony

86' Home ↔ Ross Barkley → João Gomes

86' Home ↔ Alysson Edward → Johan Manzambi

90 + 5' Away Callum Wilson ↗

FT

Match Stats

52 48

Ball possession

2.28 1.06

Expected goals (xG)

20 14

Total shots

7 4

Shots on target

37 32

Touches in opposition box

3 3

Big chances

2 2

Big chances missed

321 (80%) 286 (79%)

Accurate passes

2 5

Yellow cards

2 2

Corners

Lineups

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Unai Emery

Starting XI

1 Zion Suzuki 6.1

2 Matty Cash 6.4

3 Victor Nilsson Lindelöf 6.6

5 Tyrone Mings 5.5

13 Matteo Ruggeri 6.6

8 Boubacar Kamara 7.4

35 João Gomes 6.4

7 John McGinn 8

10 Emiliano Buendía 6.9

44 Johan Manzambi 8

11 Nicolas Jackson 7.6

Substitutes

29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 6.7

19 Ibrahim Mbaye 6.5

6 Ross Barkley

47 Alysson Edward

40 Marco Bizot

14 Pau Torres

26 Lamare Bogarde

17 Alejandro Garnacho

18 Tammy Abraham

Brentford (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Keith Andrews

Starting XI

1 Caoimhín Kelleher 7.5

33 Michael Kayode 6.4

20 Kristoffer Ajer 7.9

44 Jannik Schuster 6.2

25 Malick Diouf 6.3

6 Yehor Yarmoliuk 7.5

27 Vitaly Janelt 7.1

19 Jaidon Anthony 7.6

23 Keane Lewis-Potter 6.5

7 Kevin Schade 6.7

9 Igor Thiago 7.2

Substitutes

2 Aaron Hickey 6.4

18 Mamadou Sangaré 6.6

8 Mathias Jensen 6.1

11 Dango Ouattara 6.7

13 Callum Wilson ↗

12 Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson

48 Benjamin Fredrick

4 Sepp van den Berg

14 Fábio Carvalho