The Brentford & AFC Bournemouth managers T. Frank and J. Tindall are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.
- Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AFC Bournemouth has the the best goal difference (+19) in Championship
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Championship match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Cardiff City, so at least Brentford are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Brentford form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Brentford have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games. Brentford has a nice streak going on as they have played 14 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Stoke City defeat 67 days ago.
Brentford are returning here after visiting Cardiff City in a Championship game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Sergi Canos (3) scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Brentford won a home game hosting Newcastle United (1-0).
What a game it was for Sergi Canos when beating Cardiff City, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
This is expected to be a close game, with Brentford perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Brentford as a small favourite), we find five games. Brentford has won three of these, drawn two and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Bristol City are coming to town in three days.
Brentford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Griffin Park with 16 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Brentford have conceded 10 goals.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
3 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of AFC Bournemouth, who have the the best goal difference (+19) in Championship, playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Two points from the last two away games for AFC Bournemouth, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
472 minutes! That's how long the AFC Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Luton Town (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 0-0. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Wycombe Wanderers.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bournemouth playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were three AFC Bournemouth wins, one draw and two defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the AFC Bournemouth manager J. Tindall as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Stoke City.
Bournemouth has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. AFC Bournemouth are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Brentford, four draws and four wins for AFC Bournemouth. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Toney 16 goals |   D. Solanke 8 goals |  J. Stanislas 6 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 35 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 86% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 85% |
| 76% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 65% |
| 48% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 29% | 30% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 57% | 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 38% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 45% |
| 19% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 13.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 14 | 13.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 43% | 44% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 34% | 39% |
- AFC Bournemouth has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth has the the best goal difference (+19) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | Swansea City | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 39 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 4 | Brentford | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Reading | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Watford | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 29 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 29 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -2 | 29 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 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 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 18 |
| 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 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -13 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
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