Match Centre: Aston Villa vs Brentford
Player of the match Ollie Watkins 8.7
GolVolt rating 2.8GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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12 → 7
Aston Villa climb 5 places in the table. Brentford: 8 → 9.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 34′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 34′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.0 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Watkins scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 5.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 1.6 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 7.9 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 2.8more watchable than 28% of Premier League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
4 goals4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 21' Goal: Morgan Rogersassist: Watkins1:0
- 25' Ethan Pinnockyellow card
- 28' Goal: Ollie WatkinsAston Villa2:0
- 34' Goal: Matty CashAston Villa3:0
- Half-time · 3:0
- 49' Nathan Collinsyellow card
- 54' Goal: Mikkel DamsgaardBrentford3:1
- 64' SubstitutionMaghoma for Yarmolyuk
- 65' 2 substitutionsDurán for WatkinsPhilogene for Bailey
- 65' Jhon Durányellow card
- 71' SubstitutionBarkley for Kamara
- 71' 2 substitutionsCarvalho for SchadeThiago for Wissa
- 80' SubstitutionRoerslev for Lewis-Potter
- 82' Matty Cashyellow card
- 87' SubstitutionBuendía for Rogers
- 88' SubstitutionMaatsen for McGinn
- Full-time · 3:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Aston Villa
Brentford
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Aston Villa
- 25 Robin Olsen GK —
- 3 Diego Carlos DEF —
- 14 Pau Torres DEF —
- 22 Ian Maatsen DEF on
- 26 Lamare Bogarde DEF —
- 6 Ross Barkley MID on
- 10 Emiliano Buendía MID on
- 9 Jhon Durán ATT on
- 19 Jaden Philogene ATT on
Brentford
- 12 Hákon Valdimarsson GK —
- 16 Ben Mee DEF —
- 21 Jayden Meghoma DEF —
- 30 Mads Roerslev DEF on
- 14 Fábio Carvalho MID on
- 26 Yunus Konak MID —
- 28 Ryan Trevitt MID —
- 32 Paris Maghoma MID on
- 9 Igor Thiago ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Villa Park, Birmingham
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Aston Villa Ollie Watkins
- 2. place · Brentford Mark Flekken
- 3. place · Aston Villa Matty Cash
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