On Feb 18th, Brentford will play host to Crystal Palace in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Brentford sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Arsenal. Leandro Trossard scored the first goal for Arsenal in the 66th minute, then Ivan Toney tied it up for Brentford in the 74th minute earning Brentford a comeback draw. Brentford should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Crystal Palace is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. Solly March struck first for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 63rd minute on a feed from Pervis Estupinan, then James Tomkins tied it up for Crystal Palace in the 69th minute earning Crystal Palace a comeback draw. Crystal Palace looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 30th of August, Crystal Palace hosted Brentford in their last match together. Crystal Palace and Brentford battled to a 1-1 draw. Wilfried Zaha scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the 59th minute, then Yoane Wissa tied it up for Brentford in the 88th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Brentford.
Michael Olise and Jeffrey Schlupp are the top scorers for Crystal Palace in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Both Mathias Jensen and Ivan Toney have been the hottest scorers for Brentford in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Frank Onyeka, Shandon Baptiste, Thomas Strakosha and Pontus Jansson are unavailable to play for Brentford, while Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace squad will be without Wilfried Zaha, James McArthur and Nathan Ferguson.