The Brentford & Swansea City managers T. Frank and S. Cooper are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.
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.
Swansea are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Brentford form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Griffin Park as Brentford, who have the most scored goals (80) in Championship, have scored 44 goals to get 47 points from 23 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 14-5-4 (wins-draws-losses). Brentford has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager T. Frank and the players.
No payout for Brentford in their previous match, an away game at Swansea City that ended in defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match, Brentford lost 1-2 at home to Barnsley.
Brentford's goalkeeper David Raya was extremely busy against Swansea City, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Brentford matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and one defeat (from five games).
The Brentford fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 44 goals in 23 league matches. Brentford have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Swansea City form and stats
8 wins, 11 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Swansea City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Swansea go into this game after a win, the home game against Brentford that ended 1-0. Prior to that result Swansea won their away game at Reading. The scoreline was 4-1.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Swansea playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
The travelling fans enjoy Swansea City's attacking play in away games, having scored 35 goals in 23 league matches away. Swansea have conceded 30 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Swansea City - Brentford 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - zero - eight (Brentford wins - draws - Swansea City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Watkins 25 goals |  M. Benrahma 17 goals |   A. Ayew Pelé 16 goals |
Brentford missing players
Swansea City missing players
| Brentford | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 47 | 23 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 23 | 47 |
| 24 | 14 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 80 | 44 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 35 | 63 |
| 39 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 30 | 53 |
| 96% | 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 87% | 87% |
| 64% | 65% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 74% | 64% |
| 49% | 52% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 52% | 49% |
| 28% | 30% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 39% | 28% |
| 11% | 17% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 13% | 11% |
| 43% | 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 65% | 55% |
| 34% | 39% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 26% | 30% |
| 28% | 17% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 4 | 4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 643 | 338 | 83 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 258 | 567 |
| 222 | 116 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 82 | 187 |
| 36% | 38% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 43% | 34% |