Wednesday evening, at 19:45, Brentford receives Aston Villa’s visit to the 32nd Championship stage in a duel of inconsistent teams in the English second league. Aston Villa is on 10th place (56-49 golaver), while Brentford is on the 18th place (goal 49-43).
Aston Villa moved away from the promotion area after a negative series lately, which brought him three draws and one victory in the last five stages. From the 10th place, Villa still “breathes” due to the productive attack, with which Leeds (2nd place) or Sheffield United (3rd place) can not boast. Only Norwich and West Brom Albion (60) scored more goals than Dean Smith’s team, and the Wednesday’s script is a special one.
Dean Smith took Aston Villa in the middle of the season when he was on Brentford’s bench! With consistently good results in recent years, Smith has left Brentford and the team has reached a relegation point. However, the quality of players like Maupeay or Watkins inspired a comeback, and Brentford comes after three wins and a single failure in the last 6 stages. Retrograde is not a problem yet for white-reds, but the points made in the game remain important in the underground battle. Brentford is going through a somewhat normal transition period but plays without pressure and that can count.
Aston Villa is forced to win with a system of 3 strikers that Dean Smith has benefited from. Tammy Abraham is a constant danger for the Championship fighters, and Villa has been involved in high-profile matches lately: 3-3 with Sheffield United, 2-1 with Ipswich Town, 2-2 with Hull and 0-3 with Wigant are some of the results of the cunning. On the other hand, Brentford also played recently open matches with victories at Barnet (3-1), Blackburn Rovers (5-2) and Rotherham (4-2). There are two bands who practice a good rhythm football and we will not see a boring game. The stake will push them to attack the guests on Wednesday!
PREDICTION: Brentford to win @ 2,15
