Beesotted contributors The Gowler and Paul Kowalczyk (@BeesBreakdown) give us the tactical and statistical lowdown of Brentford?s draw against Aston Villa.
Brentford came out in their 4-3-3 with Janelt coming on for Dasilva the only change from last weekend at Wolves. Brentford haven?t won in five matches, and were given another tough challenge with an in-form Aston Villa side. Aston Villa had won their last 5 games coming into this fixture and their last defeat was to Arsenal on February 18th.
Aston Villa had no surprises in their 4-2-3-1 with Ollie Watkins leading the line with  Buendia behind him. Ramsey and McGinn were the wide players, while Luiz and Dendoncker looked to control the midfield. Tyrone Ming and Konsa the usual centerback pairing with Moreno and Ashley Young the fullbacks.
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Quick Stats:
Possession: Brentford 42% – 58% Aston Villa
xG: Brentford 2.74 ? 1.74 Aston Villa
Shots: Brentford 16 ? 14 Aston Villa
Clearances: Brentford 16 ? 24 Aston Villa
Other Brentford stats:
Interceptions: 11
Aerial duels won: 18 (58%)
 
Summary
            This is one of the matches that Phil Giles will look at the underlying statistics and be optimistic about Brentford?s performance. Brentford racked up 2.7 xG which was the most all season. Some clear chances stick out like Schade?s 0.88 miss, one that with time he?ll learn to finish calmy.
It?s promis...