+0.71 points a game is the venue form gap, in Aston Villa's favour: Aston Villa takes 1.81 a game at home over the last two seasons, Brentford 1.10 away.
Aston Villa: 43 league matches in the bank, 5 from this season and the rest from last season. Brentford: 43 league matches in the bank, 5 from this season and the rest from last season.
The question this step asks
Step two is HOME AND AWAY FORM -- the home side judged on its home record, the away side on its away record, because those are the records that will be on the pitch. The last five reach back into last season where this season is too young to answer, and say so.
The two sides
Aston Villa -- at home
Its record at the relevant venue
This season at home: won 0, drew 0, lost 2 of 2, scoring 1 and conceding 3. Last season at home: won 12, drew 2, lost 5 of 19, scoring 32 and conceding 22 -- 2.00 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 away; lost to Nottingham Forest 1-2 at home; drew with Hull City 0-0 away; lost to Arsenal 0-1 at home; lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 0-4 away.
The dugout
Every one of the 43 banked matches with a manager recorded was taken by Unai Emery Etxegoien. Who picks the team today is not yet recorded this season, so a summer change of manager would not show in these figures.
Brentford -- away
Its record at the relevant venue
This season away: won 0, drew 2, lost 0 of 2, scoring 3 and conceding 3. Last season away: won 6, drew 3, lost 10 of 19, scoring 22 and conceding 31 -- 1.11 points a game.
Its last five league matches
Newest first: beat Chelsea 3-0 at home; drew with AFC Bournemouth 2-2 away; drew with Sunderland 1-1 at home; drew with Leeds United 1-1 away; beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 at home.
The dugout
Our feed records no manager against any of its banked matches, so the dugout cannot be read.
Built 18:34 from matches completed before
kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator —
not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.