Aston Villa 0-1 Brentford: 10-man Bees Stun Sloppy Villa

Match Report

Brentford produced a disciplined and clinical performance to beat Aston Villa 1-0 at Villa Park. The win was built on resilience, organisation, and a moment of outstanding quality from Dango Ouattara.

The visitors were reduced to 10 men shortly before half-time when Kevin Schade was shown a straight red card for planting his studs into the midriff of Matty Cash. Despite this setback, Brentford managed the game intelligently and secured a hard‑earned three points.

Goal

• Dango Ouattara (45+1'): Scored the winning goal for Brentford, cutting inside and unleashing a superb left‑footed strike into the far top corner.

Match Highlights

• Aston Villa had a goal disallowed in the second half when Tammy Abraham scored on his second Villa debut, but VAR ruled it out for the ball being out of play earlier in the move.
• Leon Bailey had a huge chance for Villa but fired over from a promising position.
• Harvey Elliott almost finished at the back post but couldn't quite get on the end of a wonderful cross from Morgan Rogers.

Team News

Aston Villa

• OUT: Youri Tielemans (ankle), John McGinn (knee), Alysson (knee), Boubacar Kamara (knee), Andres Garcia (hamstring)
• QUESTIONABLE: Ross Barkley (knee), Ollie Watkins (thigh)

Brentford

• OUT: Antoni Milambo (knee), Fabio Carvalho (torn ACL), Josh Dasilva (knee)
• QUESTIONABLE: Mikkel Damsgaard (knee), Kristoffer Ajer (ankle)

Next Matches

• Aston Villa head to Bournemouth on Saturday, February 7.
• Brentford head to Newcastle on the same day.