Top-ranking Liverpool arrive at Brentford after their 2-1-result against Leicester City. Check out our thorough preview!
- Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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
3 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Brentford have to build on here at Brentford Community Stadium in the Premier League. The home fans are hungry for more even though Brentford have been steadily collecting points here at Brentford Community Stadium through three straight draws.
A strong away win for Brentford against West Ham United the last match, as Dasilva and Toney were on target. Toney, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.4 (out of 10). Toney scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Tottenham Hotspur.A decent goal production from Brentford in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Liverpool form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The fact that Liverpool have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Liverpool go into this game after a win, the home game against Leicester City that ended 2-1. Alcântara got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Alcântara hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 80 successful passes (of 91 total).
Prior to that result Liverpool won their away game at Aston Villa. The scoreline was 3-1.Goal alert! This side have played 5 consecutive league games all featuring at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).
Liverpool are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Liverpool in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Brentford wins - draws - Liverpool wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Toney 12 goals |   R. Firmino 7 goals |  M. Salah Ghaly 7 goals |
Brentford missing players
Liverpool missing players
| Brentford | Liverpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 33 |
| 27 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 59% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 47% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 38% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 59% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 29% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 12% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
| 5.8 | 5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 10.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 14.6 | 17.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.9 | 6.5 |
| 36% | 42% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 24% | 32% |
| 16 | 15.4 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 11.7 | 9.9 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5 | 4.3 |
- Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 40 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 35 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 33 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Chelsea | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Brentford | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Fulham | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 26 | -16 | 16 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 | Everton | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 13 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 22 | -22 | 13 |
| 20 | Southampton | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -16 | 12 |
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