With the Eagles arguably getting away with one last weekend against the rivals at Selhurst last weekend, Patrick Vieira and his players will be keen to get three points from a game on the board sooner rather than later.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 3pm
- 18th February 2023
- Gtech Community Stadium, Lionel Road South, Brentford TW8 0RU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last visit for the Eagles which was their first to the new stadium to take on Brentford ended in stalemate as neither team could find the back of the net so the points were shared.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Ethan Pinnock (8.1)
OFFICIALS
- Referee: Paul Tierney
- Assistants: Neil Davies, Akil Howson
- Fourth official: Samuel Barrott
- VAR: Jarred Gillett
- Assistant VAR: Richard West
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Joel Ward, Nathan Ferguson and Wilfried Zaha could continue to be ruled out while there is also a doubt over Will Hughes. Chris Richards and Joachim Anderson are both closing in on a return.
BRENTFORD – Thomas Strakosha is not available while Pontus Jansson is a doubt.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1)
YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Cheick Doucoure (8), Ivan Toney (8), Marc Guehi (7), Jeffrey Schlupp (5)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 30/08/22 Palace 1-1 Brentford
- 12/02/22 Brentford 0-0 Palace
- 21/08/21 Palace 0-0 Brentford
- 02/08/14 Brentford 3-2 Palace
- 30/07/10 Brentford 1-1 Palace
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 13/02/23 Palace 1-1 Brighton
- 04/02/23 United 2-1 Palace
- 21/01/23 Palace 0-0 Newcastle
- 18/01/23 Palace 1-1 United
- 15/01/23 Chelsea 1-0 Palace
Last FIVE results for Brentford;
- 11/02/23 Arsenal 1-1 Brentford
- 04/02/23 Brentford 3-0 Southampton
- 22/01/23 Leeds 0-0 Brentford
- 14/01/23 Brentford 2-0 Bournemouth
- 07/01/23 Brentford 0-1 West Ham
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 25 points from 22 games played while Brentford are 8th with 34 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST BRENTFORD
- Played 41
- Won 17
- Drawn 10
- Lost 14
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Ivan Toney 7.38
- David Raya 7.08
- Wilfried Zaha 6.88
- Joachim Andersen 6.87
ONE TO WATCH
IVAN TONEY
FORMER CLUBS – Northampton Town, Newcastle United, Barnsley (loan), Shrewsbury Town (loan), Scunthorpe United (loan), Wigan Athletic (loan), Peterborough United
The striker is the real danger man and the one that the Palace back line need to be looking out for. That is not to say Brentford are a one many team but his eye for goal provides the hosts with plenty of impetus.
KEY CLASH
WILL HUGHES v MATHIAS JENSEN
The Danish midfielder caught the eye in the game earlier in the season at Selhurst Park so hopefully he will be a fair bit quieter in this match up, particularly if the Palace midfielder continues his good form since being brought into the side.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Palace are without a win in 3 away league games against Brentford since a 3-0 victory on Christmas Day 1957 in the Third Division Sout
- The home side has not lost any of the past 8 league encounters.
- This fixture could become only the fourth in Premier League history in which the first four meetings end in a draw, emulating matches between Arsenal and QPR, Bournemouth against Watford and Southampton versus Stok
- The Bees are on a club record run of 10 successive Premier League matches without defeat (W5, D5)
- They are aiming to win 4 successive home league games in the top flight for the first time since September to October 1937
- Thomas Frank’s side are unbeaten in all 21 Premier League fixtures in which they scored the opening goal
- Only Newcastle United and Arsenal have lost fewer top-flight games this season than Brentford’s tally of 4
- Crystal Palace have failed to win any of their six league matches in 2023 (D3, L3)
- The Eagles are without a victory in all 13 of their Premier League encounters this season against teams currently in the top half of the table
- They have won just one of their 7 league London derbies so far this season and have lost the last 3 without scoring
- Palace have won 14 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season, a joint high with Tottenham
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (6 – 18th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (4 – 15th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (1192 – 14th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (55 – 5th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (1445 – 19th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (41)
- FOULS – Jeffrey Schlupp (36 – 5th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Wilfried Zaha (70 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (72 – 4th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
The Gtech Community Stadium Brentford moved to in 2020 is the 7th ground the club have played at in their history.
PREDICTION
There will not be a lot between these two sides and hopefully there will be goals this time around but this is a pretty even match up, there is every chance this could be the third draw in five games for Palace and we would probably take that.
FINAL SCORE: 1-1
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 5/6
- Draw – 12/5
- Away – 7/2
- Both teams to score – 9/10
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