In this week 3 match on Aug 20th, Fulham will play host to Brentford in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Fulham recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Neither Wolverhampton Wanderers nor Fulham could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 26 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while brentford sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Manchester United. Joshua Da Silva struck first for Brentford in the 10th minute on a feed from Mathias Jensen, then Mathias Jensen added another in the 18th minute In the end, Manchester United couldn’t muster any offence and Brentford ran away with the shutout win. Brentford is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Both Ivan Toney and Bryan Mbeumo have been the hottest scorers for Brentford in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Aleksandar Mitrović has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored six goals for Fulham
Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva’s Fulham squad will be without Manor Solomon and Joe Bryan, while Kristoffer Ajer, Sergi Canos and Ethan Pinnock are unavailable to play for Brentford.