Premier League match prediction: Little separates Crystal Palace and Brentford in quality

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Selhurst Park (25073 seats)

With the nervous opening game finished it’s time for the second Premier League meeting of the season. Crystal Palace are ready to confront Brentford in front of their stadium regulars.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Crystal Palace form and stats

Last season, Crystal Palace's league results were 12 wins, 8 draws and 18 losses, providing 14th position in the Premier League. From these 38 matches they scored 41 goals and let in 66. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Crystal Palace produced 6-5-8 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 32 conceded.

Stress levels are on the rise for Crystal Palace's attacking players as they have now played 208 minutes without scoring in a league game. C. Benteke was their last goal scorer.

Palace lost their last game at Chelsea (placed 2nd) after a 0-3 scoreline. Midfielder James McArthur was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. McArthur hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Liverpool.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Palace have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost one.

There will be little rest for Palace after this match as they are travelling to Watford for a Carabao Cup game in only two days.

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Brentford form and stats

Let's have a look at how Brentford performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 15 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 79 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 6 and lost 5 with 40/22 goals scored/conceded.

The supporters enjoyed Brentford's previous game versus Arsenal (placed 17th), a Premier League 2-0 win played at home. Midfielder Sergi Canós was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.75. Canós scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Swansea City in the Championship.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brentford playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Brentford win, three draws and two defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Brentford are hosting Forest Green Rovers in the Carabao Cup only two days away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordS. Canós Tenes
S. Canós Tenes
1 goals
BrentfordC. Nørgaard
C. Nørgaard
1 goals

Crystal Palace missing players

Brentford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crystal Palace Brentford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
Crystal Palace Last season Brentford
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   24 49
12 6   Won W   12 26
8 5   Drew D   6 15
18 8   Lost L   6 8
41 20   Scored S   40 84
66 32   Conceded C   23 44
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 90%
82% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 73%
50% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 45%
32% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 29%
18% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 14%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   54% 53%
21% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 37%
37% 32%   Failed to Score F T   21% 20%
 
4 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.7
6.1 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.8
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1.2
2 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
9.2 8.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 13.3
3.6 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.1
30% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Everton 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Leeds United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 38 27 5 6 83 32 19 13 2 4 43 17 19 14 3 2 40 15 51 86
2 Manchester United 38 21 11 6 73 44 19 9 4 6 38 28 19 12 7 0 35 16 29 74
3 Liverpool 38 20 9 9 68 42 19 10 3 6 29 20 19 10 6 3 39 22 26 69
4 Chelsea 38 19 10 9 58 36 19 9 6 4 31 18 19 10 4 5 27 18 22 67
5 Leicester City 38 20 6 12 68 50 19 9 1 9 34 30 19 11 5 3 34 20 18 66
6 West Ham United 38 19 8 11 62 47 19 10 4 5 32 22 19 9 4 6 30 25 15 65
7 Tottenham Hotspur 38 18 8 12 68 45 19 10 3 6 35 20 19 8 5 6 33 25 23 62
8 Arsenal 38 18 7 13 55 39 19 8 4 7 24 21 19 10 3 6 31 18 16 61
9 Leeds United 38 18 5 15 62 54 19 8 5 6 28 21 19 10 0 9 34 33 8 59
10 Everton 38 17 8 13 47 48 19 6 4 9 24 28 19 11 4 4 23 20 -1 59
11 Aston Villa 38 16 7 15 55 46 19 7 4 8 29 27 19 9 3 7 26 19 9 55
12 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 46 62 19 6 5 8 26 33 19 6 4 9 20 29 -16 45
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 12 9 17 36 52 19 7 4 8 21 25 19 5 5 9 15 27 -16 45
14 Crystal Palace 38 12 8 18 41 66 19 6 5 8 20 32 19 6 3 10 21 34 -25 44
15 Southampton 38 12 7 19 47 68 19 8 3 8 28 25 19 4 4 11 19 43 -21 43
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 40 46 19 4 9 6 22 22 19 5 5 9 18 24 -6 41
17 Burnley 38 10 9 19 33 55 19 4 6 9 14 27 19 6 3 10 19 28 -22 39
18 Fulham 38 5 13 20 27 53 19 2 4 13 9 28 19 3 9 7 18 25 -26 28
19 West Bromwich Albion 38 5 11 22 35 76 19 3 6 10 15 39 19 2 5 12 20 37 -41 26
20 Sheffield United 38 7 2 29 20 63 19 5 1 13 12 27 19 2 1 16 8 36 -43 23
Last season 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 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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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 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
4 Everton 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Brentford 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Watford 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Leicester City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Manchester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Leeds United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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