Liverpool vs Brentford preview: Away team face a difficult 90 minutes at Anfield

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 06.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Anfield (54074 seats)

Liverpool have delivered well this season, sitting at 5th position in the table. Brentford can look both up and down the table from the 9th spot.

Insights:
  • Liverpool have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Brentford have scored away.

There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Premier League match only three days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Fulham, was also a home game here at Anfield. The away team is better rested.

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Liverpool form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Anfield as Liverpool have scored 44 goals to get 40 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 12-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Liverpool tasted defeat here at Anfield, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

Liverpool's last game was hosting Fulham (placed 10th) and winning 1-0. Alexander-Arnold, defender, was given a rating of 8.13/10 in that game, top of the team. Alexander-Arnold hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tottenham Hotspur in a game that was won 4-3.

Liverpool are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Anfield in their league games, having scored an impressive 44 goals in 17 matches. From these home matches, Liverpool have conceded only 16 goals.

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Brentford form and stats

Playing away, Brentford have won 4 games, drawn 7 and suffered 6 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Brentford won their last game, 2-1 versus Nottingham Forest played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Frank when Dasilva scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute. The attacker Toney got a match rating of 7.14 in that game. Toney scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Chelsea.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Brentford have scored 20 goals in 17 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Brentford have conceded 26 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Brentford - Liverpool 3-1. Last three meetings involving these contenders: Liverpool won one, Brentford triumphed in one and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordI. Toney
I. Toney
20 goals
LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
18 goals
LiverpoolR. Firmino
R. Firmino
9 goals

Liverpool missing players

Brentford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Liverpool Brentford
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 4 17 34
17 12 2 Won W 1 4 12
8 4 3 Drew D 1 7 14
9 1 0 Lost L 2 6 8
66 44 14 Scored S 4 20 52
42 16 4 Conceded C 8 26 44
88% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
74% 76% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 76% 85%
62% 59% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 41% 47%
38% 41% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 35% 32%
24% 29% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 15%
53% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 56%
35% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 29%
24% 6% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 35% 24%
 
6.1 6.7 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.8 4.4
3.6 2.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 6.6 5.6
1.4 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.4 1.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.8 18.1 18.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.3 10.5
5.6 6.2 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.5 4.1
35% 42% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 34% 37%
 
9.9 8.5 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 21.2 16.4 14.8
4.1 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.8 5.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Brentford have scored away.
  • Liverpool have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  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 33 25 4 4 87 30 17 15 1 1 57 16 16 10 3 3 30 14 57 79
2 Arsenal 34 24 6 4 81 39 17 13 3 1 48 22 17 11 3 3 33 17 42 78
3 Newcastle United 33 18 11 4 61 27 16 10 5 1 32 11 17 8 6 3 29 16 34 65
4 Manchester United 32 19 6 7 49 39 16 12 3 1 28 8 16 7 3 6 21 31 10 63
5 Liverpool 34 17 8 9 66 42 17 12 4 1 44 16 17 5 4 8 22 26 24 59
6 Tottenham Hotspur 34 16 6 12 63 57 17 11 1 5 35 22 17 5 5 7 28 35 6 54
7 Aston Villa 34 16 6 12 46 42 17 10 2 5 29 19 17 6 4 7 17 23 4 54
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 15 7 9 61 40 15 8 3 4 31 14 16 7 4 5 30 26 21 52
9 Brentford 34 12 14 8 52 44 17 8 7 2 32 18 17 4 7 6 20 26 8 50
10 Fulham 34 13 6 15 45 46 17 7 4 6 24 24 17 6 2 9 21 22 -1 45
11 Crystal Palace 34 10 10 14 35 45 17 6 6 5 18 22 17 4 4 9 17 23 -10 40
12 Chelsea 33 10 9 14 31 38 17 6 5 6 17 16 16 4 4 8 14 22 -7 39
13 AFC Bournemouth 34 11 6 17 36 64 17 6 4 7 19 24 17 5 2 10 17 40 -28 39
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 10 7 17 29 50 17 8 2 7 17 19 17 2 5 10 12 31 -21 37
15 West Ham United 34 9 7 18 37 50 17 6 4 7 22 23 17 3 3 11 15 27 -13 34
16 Leicester City 34 8 6 20 46 59 17 4 4 9 21 23 17 4 2 11 25 36 -13 30
17 Leeds United 34 7 9 18 43 67 17 5 6 6 23 31 17 2 3 12 20 36 -24 30
18 Nottingham Forest 34 7 9 18 30 62 17 6 6 5 22 21 17 1 3 13 8 41 -32 30
19 Everton 34 6 11 17 27 52 17 5 3 9 15 24 17 1 8 8 12 28 -25 29
20 Southampton 34 6 6 22 28 60 17 2 4 11 15 31 17 4 2 11 13 29 -32 24

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  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 33 25 4 4 87 30 17 15 1 1 57 16 16 10 3 3 30 14 57 79
2 Arsenal 34 24 6 4 81 39 17 13 3 1 48 22 17 11 3 3 33 17 42 78
3 Newcastle United 33 18 11 4 61 27 16 10 5 1 32 11 17 8 6 3 29 16 34 65
4 Manchester United 32 19 6 7 49 39 16 12 3 1 28 8 16 7 3 6 21 31 10 63
5 Liverpool 34 17 8 9 66 42 17 12 4 1 44 16 17 5 4 8 22 26 24 59
6 Tottenham Hotspur 34 16 6 12 63 57 17 11 1 5 35 22 17 5 5 7 28 35 6 54
7 Aston Villa 34 16 6 12 46 42 17 10 2 5 29 19 17 6 4 7 17 23 4 54
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 15 7 9 61 40 15 8 3 4 31 14 16 7 4 5 30 26 21 52
9 Brentford 34 12 14 8 52 44 17 8 7 2 32 18 17 4 7 6 20 26 8 50
10 Fulham 34 13 6 15 45 46 17 7 4 6 24 24 17 6 2 9 21 22 -1 45
11 Crystal Palace 34 10 10 14 35 45 17 6 6 5 18 22 17 4 4 9 17 23 -10 40
12 Chelsea 33 10 9 14 31 38 17 6 5 6 17 16 16 4 4 8 14 22 -7 39
13 AFC Bournemouth 34 11 6 17 36 64 17 6 4 7 19 24 17 5 2 10 17 40 -28 39
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 10 7 17 29 50 17 8 2 7 17 19 17 2 5 10 12 31 -21 37
15 West Ham United 34 9 7 18 37 50 17 6 4 7 22 23 17 3 3 11 15 27 -13 34
16 Leicester City 34 8 6 20 46 59 17 4 4 9 21 23 17 4 2 11 25 36 -13 30
17 Leeds United 34 7 9 18 43 67 17 5 6 6 23 31 17 2 3 12 20 36 -24 30
18 Nottingham Forest 34 7 9 18 30 62 17 6 6 5 22 21 17 1 3 13 8 41 -32 30
19 Everton 34 6 11 17 27 52 17 5 3 9 15 24 17 1 8 8 12 28 -25 29
20 Southampton 34 6 6 22 28 60 17 2 4 11 15 31 17 4 2 11 13 29 -32 24

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.