Brentford vs Aston Villa prediction, 8 May 2027: xG model

Brentford favoured at home, but only just.

BRE42%Draw27%AVL31%

Based on 15 matches played this season.

Brentford1.6Villa1.3

A 0.2 xG edge, roughly a two-in-five win.

PROBrentford shape report PROAston Villa shape report

Where each side attacks, where the other concedes, and the biggest mismatch between them.

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Suggested picks

Player	Price	Owned
1K. Schade(C)MF	£6.2m	15.6%
2Igor ThiagoFW	£7.8m	9.3%

PROMy Team, projections

40%called correctly

Error score

6% better than guessing the usual home, draw and away split

0.211 against 0.226 for the guess. Lower is better.

Confidence vs realitySaid · got

33-50%

34%·61

50-60%

56%·9

60-70%

75%·4

70-80%

100%·1

Bar is what happened, tick is what the model said. Samples are small this early.

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Suggested picks

Player	Price	Owned
1K. Schade(C)MF	£6.2m	15.6%
2Igor ThiagoFW	£7.8m	9.3%

PROMy Team, projections

Brentford Player	Routine	Taken	xG
M. Kayode	Throw-ins
V. Janelt	Corners R, 1 short
M. Damsgaard	Corners L and R, 3 short
K. Schade	Throw-ins
M. Damsgaard	Free kicks
Igor Thiago	Penalties

Aston Villa Player	Routine	Taken	xG
J. McGinn	Corners L and R, 2 short
J. McGinn	Free kicks
M. Cash	Throw-ins

Both squads ranked by each player's chance of scoring in this fixture, with assist chance, xGI/90 and projected minutes.When the gameweek is set

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Model verdict

Projected xG

Attacking zones vs vulnerabilities Locked, Pro.

Position vs Expected Position

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Form & Head-to-head

Model accuracy

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Set-piece takers Locked, Pro.

Key players

Model verdict

Projected xG

Attacking zones vs vulnerabilities Locked, Pro.

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Form & Head-to-head

Brentford formDDWDL, most recent

Aston Villa formLWDWW, most recent

Head-to-head · last 5

Model accuracy

What this match is worth to you

Set-piece takers Locked, Pro.

Key players