It's the FA Cup: Brentford and Stoke City face off

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Competition: England FA Cup
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:01 (UTC)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as these teams face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA 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.

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Brentford form and stats

Last season, Brentford's FA Cup journey ended in the 5th round.

The home supporters can't complain about results here as Brentford have scored 22 goals to get 24 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 7-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Huddersfield Town game Brentford has been unbeatable here producing five straight wins.

Happy days for Brentford in their previous game, a Championship match away at Bristol City that ended with a 4-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Brentford lost 0-1 at Millwall's place.

As mentioned above, Brentford "killed" Bristol City in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Brentford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

The Brentford fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 league matches. Brentford have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stoke City form and stats

Stoke City's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 3rd round replays.

Stoke City have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-1-9 (13 played).

It's the second away game in a row for Stoke City, but there's smiles all around after the 5-2 victory versus Huddersfield Town in the Championship last time out. A 0-1 defeat away at Fulham before that.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Stoke City, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

We have checked recent matches where Stoke City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were W2-D2-L4.

Stoke City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Stoke City have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings between the teams: Brentford won 1, Stoke City won 0 and 2 draws. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordO. Watkins
O. Watkins
17 goals
BrentfordJ. Dasilva
J. Dasilva
6 goals
Stoke CityS. Clucas
S. Clucas
6 goals

Brentford missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brentford Stoke City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   14 25
12 7   Won W   3 7
5 4   Drew D   3 4
8 1   Lost L   8 14
41 23   Scored S   18 32
20 8   Conceded C   22 38
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 92%
64% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 76%
44% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 60%
24% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 24%
8% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 16%
40% 50%   BTTS BTTS   64% 56%
32% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 16%
32% 17%   Failed to Score F T   36% 36%
 
6.5 7   Corners For (avg) C F   3.7 4.5
4.5 4.1   Corners Against (avg) C A   4.7 4.3
1.3 1.2   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.3
1 0   Red Cards R C   1 2
 
346 188   Total Shots T S   149 305
121 68   Shots on Target S O   50 96
34% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
8 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
9 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
8 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
9 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21

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