Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Brentford & Newcastle United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Overall Championship stats at home this season for Brentford are 4-5-1 (wins-draw-losses). This match is a Carabao Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Brentford haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Stoke City, 59 days ago.
A nice win for Brentford last time playing, versus Reading. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Mathias Jensen scoring for the victors. Preceding that game was the away draw at Watford that finished 1-1.
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 Brentford have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Brentford as they are travelling to their away game against Cardiff City in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Brentford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Brentford Community Stadium with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Brentford have conceded 10 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Newcastle United form and stats
Newcastle United's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Newcastle United in their Premier League matches away. When we have look at the Carabao Cup statistics, we find 2W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
Newcastle delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Fulham in their previous match; a Premier League game. Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting Leeds United's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Newcastle in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Newcastle United, one draw and one defeat.
Newcastle has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Manchester City in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Newcastle United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Newcastle struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Brentford zero wins, zero draws and Newcastle United two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Toney 16 goals |   C. Wilson 8 goals | M. Forss 5 goals |
Brentford missing players
Newcastle United missing players
| Brentford | Newcastle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 18 | 36 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Watford | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Reading | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 22 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Everton | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Southampton | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Manchester City | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Chelsea | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | West Ham United | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 15 | Arsenal | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 17 | Fulham | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | Burnley | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -16 | 7 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -17 | 1 |