Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Brentford & Arsenal face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Brentford form and stats
Brentford have not come this way in the Carabao Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Newport County. Brentford was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Carabao Cup.Brentford have played 4 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Brentford crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Everton here at LNER Community Stadium. Midfielder Janelt was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.15 (out of ten) in that game. Janelt served one assist and hit one key pass.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Newcastle United.There will be little rest for Brentford after this match as they are travelling to Nottingham Forest for a Premier League game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Brentford in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches.
Arsenal form and stats
Arsenal was sent out of Carabao Cup in the 3rd round last season.Arsenal are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Premier League.
Arsenal played 2-2 against Tottenham Hotspur in their previous match. Attacker Saka got a player rating of 8.4 in the game. "Man of the match" Saka scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).
A home win as expected against PSV before that, in the Champions League.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Arsenal manager Arteta as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against AFC Bournemouth.
It's early days yet, but Arsenal has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding five meetings): Brentford won one game, one match ended with a tie and Arsenal have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Mbeumo 4 goals |   B. Saka 3 goals |  M. Jensen 2 goals |
Brentford missing players
Arsenal missing players
| Brentford | Arsenal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 55 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 12% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 6 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 14 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | ||
| 13.2 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Brentford | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Chelsea | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Everton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| 19 | Burnley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 1 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -12 | 1 |
