Wolverhampton Wanderers and Brentford have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf expression. Both reside in mid-table places in the Premier League.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats
6-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Wolverhampton Wanderers so far this season.
The Wolverhampton Wanderers club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Chelsea and win 1-0. At last, a league win after three games without. Gomes (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.33/10. Gomes hit one key pass.
1-1 away at Nottingham Forest before that.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wolves have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 5.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Wolverhampton Wanderers here at Molineux Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 15 games). On the other hand, Wolves have conceded 19 goals.
Brentford form and stats
The visitors are W3-D7-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Brentford failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Newcastle United (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Jensen got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Jensen hit five key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 35 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Manchester United's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brentford playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Brentford win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Brentford have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 18 goals have been scored. Brentford's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the participants played each other previously this season; Brentford - Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Wolves won five, Brentford were winners in three and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals. The games between these teams have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Toney 18 goals |   D. Castelo Podence 6 goals |  R. Da Silva Neves 5 goals |
Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players
Brentford missing players
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Brentford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 24 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 47 |
| 42 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 40 |
| 93% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 90% |
| 67% | 47% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 83% |
| 40% | 33% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 47% | 50% |
| 10% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 37% |
| 7% | 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 20% | 17% |
| 40% | 20% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 53% | 57% |
| 27% | 47% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 30% |
| 40% | 40% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.3 | 6.8 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 11.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.4 | 10.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 23% | 22% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 33% | 38% |
| 13.9 | 14.1 | 15.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 23.7 | 16.9 | 15.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.7 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 43 | 72 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 75 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 48 | 67 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 27 | 56 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 56 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 53 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 47 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 46 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 43 |
| 9 | Brentford | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 43 |
| 10 | Fulham | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 39 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -18 | 31 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 30 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 30 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 38 | -29 | 30 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -11 | 29 |
| 17 | Everton | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -20 | 27 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 36 | -30 | 27 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 40 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 25 |
| 20 | Southampton | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -27 | 23 |
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