Brentford favourites for feisty fight facing Crystal Palace

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brentford Community Stadium (17250 seats)

Data, patterns, game results, player info, H2H stats, lineups and a lot more: Here's all you should know about Brentford - Crystal Palace!

Insights:
  • Brentford is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League

This is a local fight, usually meaning increased stress and importance.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Brentford form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 11 Premier League games here at Brentford Community Stadium for Brentford. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. Brentford has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

An away draw last time out for Brentford, facing Arsenal in a game that ended 1-1. Brentford's goalie Raya played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Arsenal with a stunning six saves. Toney, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated player for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 8.2 (out of 10). Toney scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Southampton.

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 6 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Brentford can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 23 times. From these home matches, Brentford have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Crystal Palace have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-3-5 (10 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Palace have lost on their last two travels.

Crystal Palace's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Brighton & Hove Albion that finished 1-1. Guaita had red hot gloves after the game against Brighton & Hove Albion, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Manchester United's place.

We have checked recent matches where Palace have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 13 goals have been conceded by Crystal Palace in these games.

Head 2 Head

Brentford and Crystal Palace have faced each other previously this season: Crystal Palace - Brentford 1-1. Data for the former three meetings involving these two contenders are: zero wins for Brentford, three draws and zero wins for Crystal Palace. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordI. Toney
I. Toney
14 goals
Crystal PalaceW. Zaha
W. Zaha
6 goals
BrentfordB. Mbeumo
B. Mbeumo
5 goals

Brentford missing players

Crystal Palace missing players

Brentford Crystal Palace
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 3 10 22
8 6 1 Won W 0 2 6
10 4 1 Drew D 2 3 7
4 1 0 Lost L 1 5 9
36 23 3 Scored S 1 8 20
29 10 1 Conceded C 2 13 30
86% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 86%
86% 91% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 73%
55% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 45%
41% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 14%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
55% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 50%
36% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 23%
23% 18% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 41%
 
4.5 4.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.3 4.3
5.6 5.1 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.6 5.2
1.4 1.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.7 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.3 11 9 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.5 10.9
4.1 4.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.7
40% 46% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 21% 24%
 
15.6 14.7 15 Shots against (avg) S A 19.3 14.2 14
5.2 5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.5 4.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crystal Palace have scored away.
  • Brentford is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League
  • Crystal Palace have the most points from losing position (15) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 21 16 3 2 46 18 10 8 2 0 26 11 11 8 1 2 20 7 28 51
2 Manchester City 21 14 3 4 53 21 11 9 1 1 38 12 10 5 2 3 15 9 32 45
3 Manchester United 22 13 4 5 36 28 11 8 2 1 21 8 11 5 2 4 15 20 8 43
4 Newcastle United 22 10 11 1 35 13 11 6 5 0 19 6 11 4 6 1 16 7 22 41
5 Tottenham Hotspur 23 12 3 8 42 35 11 7 0 4 22 15 12 5 3 4 20 20 7 39
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 10 5 6 39 28 10 5 2 3 17 10 11 5 3 3 22 18 11 35
7 Fulham 23 10 5 8 34 30 12 6 3 3 20 16 11 4 2 5 14 14 4 35
8 Brentford 22 8 10 4 36 29 11 6 4 1 23 10 11 2 6 3 13 19 7 34
9 Chelsea 22 8 7 7 23 22 10 5 3 2 13 7 12 3 4 5 10 15 1 31
10 Liverpool 20 8 5 7 34 28 10 6 3 1 23 9 10 2 2 6 11 19 6 29
11 Aston Villa 21 8 4 9 25 31 11 5 2 4 17 15 10 3 2 5 8 16 -6 28
12 Crystal Palace 22 6 7 9 20 30 12 4 4 4 12 17 10 2 3 5 8 13 -10 25
13 Leicester City 22 7 3 12 36 38 11 3 3 5 15 13 11 4 0 7 21 25 -2 24
14 Nottingham Forest 22 6 6 10 17 37 11 5 3 3 14 12 11 1 3 7 3 25 -20 24
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 6 5 11 17 31 11 4 2 5 9 14 11 2 3 6 8 17 -14 23
16 West Ham United 22 5 5 12 19 27 11 4 2 5 12 13 11 1 3 7 7 14 -8 20
17 Leeds United 21 4 7 10 28 36 10 3 4 3 15 14 11 1 3 7 13 22 -8 19
18 Everton 21 4 6 11 16 28 11 3 2 6 10 14 10 1 4 5 6 14 -12 18
19 AFC Bournemouth 22 4 6 12 20 44 11 3 4 4 11 12 11 1 2 8 9 32 -24 18
20 Southampton 22 4 3 15 18 40 11 1 3 7 10 19 11 3 0 8 8 21 -22 15

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