Now is the time to start deciding how the beginning of the season has been for Palace with back-to-back games against teams where it is clear we will have been targeting points from.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
7.30pm – 30th August 2022 – Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
Last August was the first time the two teams had faced each other competitively for quite some years, and we really had not missed anything as the game ended in stalemate with very little to report.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Vicente Guaita (7.5)
OFFICIALS
- Referee: Simon Hooper
- Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Mark Scholes
- Fourth official: James Bell
- VAR: Craig Pawson
- Assistant VAR: Neil Davies
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Nathan Ferguson, Jack Butland, James McArthur and James Tomkins are all ruled out through injury. Tyrick Mitchell is being assessed for an injury he picked up at City at the weekend while Wilfried Zaha may be a late decision.
BRENTFORD – Sergi Canos and Ethan Pinnock will not feature while Pontus Jansson and Kristoffer Ajer are doubtful.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – none
YELLOW CARDS (2+) – none (13 players on 1 booking)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 12/02/22 Brentford 0-0 Palace
- 21/08/21 Palace 0-0 Brentford
- 16/08/77 Palace 5-1 Brentford
- 13/08/77 Brentford 2-1 Palace
- 11/01/64 Palace 1-0 Brentford
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 27/08/22 City 4-2 Palace
- 23/08/22 Oxford 0-2 Palace
- 20/08/22 Palace 3-1 Villa
- 15/08/22 Liverpool 1-1 Palace
- 05/08/22 Palace 0-2 Arsenal
Last FIVE results for Brentford;
- 27/08/22 Brentford 1-1 Everton
- 23/08/22 Colchester 0-2 Brentford
- 20/08/22 Fulham 3-2 Brentford
- 13/08/22 Brentford 4-0 Manchester United
- 07/08/22 Leicester 2-2 Brentford
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Brentford are 10th in the Premier League with 5 points from 4 games played, with Palace in 12th with 4 points.
RECORD AGAINST BRENTFORD
- Played 40
- Won 17
- Drawn 9
- Lost 14
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Wilfried Zaha 7.31
- Joachim Andersen 7.26
- David Raya 7.22
- Ivan Toney 7.16
ONE TO WATCH
IVAN TONEY
FORMER CLUBS – Northampton Town, Newcastle United, Barnsley (loan), Shrewsbury Town (loan), Scunthorpe United (loan), Wigan Athletic (loan), Peterborough United
With 2 goals in 4 games so far this season, Toney has his eye in and will be keen to add to his tally in this game. He is a physical yet skilful front man and the main man for the Bees having averaged a goal every two games in his time at the club.
KEY CLASH
CHEICK DOUCOURE v CHRISTIAN NORGAARD
The addition to Palace’s midfield has impressed early this season and has proved why he was our number target this summer. He will be up against the combative Danish international.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- The home side has not lost any of the last 7 league meetings
- Brentford’s last win at Palace came in a 2-0 victory in 1957
- This could become the first fixture in English top-flight history in which the first 3 encounters end goalless
- Palace have won just 2 of their last 19 league London derbies, winning 3-0 over Spurs and Arsenal last season
- The Eagles have won 4 of their last 6 home league matches, as many as in their first 15 at Selhurst Park under Patrick Vieira
- Eberechi Eze has 3 assists in his last 6 league appearances, as many as in his previous 25. His tally of 2 assists this season is 1 more than he managed in 13 appearances in 2021-22
- Eze’s total of 15 successful dribbles is the highest in the Premier League this season
- Wilfried Zaha has scored 5 of Palace’s last 6 home league goals. Since the start of last season, he has scored in 6 of their 8 home league wins, including all four in 2022
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (3 – 5th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Eberechi Eze (2 – 5th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (225)
- TACKLES – Jeffrey Schlupp (11 – 16th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (295 – 19th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (8)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (9 – 13th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
Former Palace boss Steve Coppell was appointed Brentford boss in May 2001 and took the club to the play off final that season, losing 2-0 to Stoke City.
PREDICTION
Both teams will have their eye on points from this fixture and Brentford will prove a different proposition to the teams we have already faced this season. We are hoping that we will have a little too much for the visitors in this match up, especially if Zaha returns to the starting line up.
FINAL SCORE: 3-1 to Palace
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 21/10
- Draw – 12/5
- Away – 12/5
- Both teams to score – 3/4
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