Brentford vs. Aston Villa: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 26

Draws: 9

Aston Villa versus Brentford has only become a regular fixture this decade, but the clubs have amassed 26 competitive meetings so far, with the Lions leading the way in the head-to-head.

Indeed, Villa boast 10 victories compared to seven for the Bees, and the capital club failed to win any of their first nine meetings with the Lions, who prevailed in five of their first six First Division battles between 1935 and 1947.

Brentford and Villa have only ever met outside of the league on three occasions, with the first two arriving courtesy of a 1952-53 FA Cup fourth-round tie, where the Villans were held to a goalless draw at home but triumphed 2-1 in the replay a few days later.

In April 2024, the two clubs played out a 3-3 stalemate, months before Aston Villa emerged 3-1 victors in December, and thanks to a 1-0 win in March 2025 courtesy of an Ollie Watkins strike, the former European champions went six Premier League matches unbeaten against the Bees.

That successful sequence commenced when Aaron Danks was in charge of the club in October 2022, when the caretaker Lions boss masterminded a 4-0 thrashing of Brentford.

In the past, the Londoners enjoyed an undefeated streak of their own, going eight without losing between September 2016 and January 2022, following a draw-win-draw-win pattern throughout that Championship and Premier League cycle.

The Bees recorded their first-ever Premier League clean sheet against Villa in August 2025, taking all three points in a hard-fought 1-0 win, before completing the double over Unai Emery's side six months later with a 1-0 away win courtesy of a goal from Dango Ouatarra.

Most recently, Keith Andrews's Brentford travelled to face Villa in October 2026, playing out a dramatic 2-2 stalemate in the West Midlands that extended the Londoners' unbeaten start to the campaign to eight matches across all competitions.

Yegor Yarmolyuk gave the Bees the lead early on, though Nicolas Jackson struck back in rapid fashion before the pattern was repeated in reverse in the second period, when John McGinn put the Lions in front only for Kristoffer Ajer to salvage a point two minutes later.

Ollie Watkins earned status as a fan-favourite for both teams over the years, though his six strikes in this matchup - which make him the highest scorer in the history of this fixture - all came in a Villa kit.