Week 22 brings us a match on Jan 16th, where Liverpool will play host to Brentford in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 3rd placed Liverpool is fresh off their 4-1 win against Shrewsbury Town. Daniel Udoh scored the first goal for Shrewsbury Town in the 27th minute, but Kaide Gordon got the equalizer for Liverpool in the 34th minute But luckily in the 44th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Fabinho. Liverpool looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while 13th placed Brentford is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Southampton. Jan Bednarek struck first for Southampton in the 5th minute on a feed from James Ward-Prowse, then Vitaly Janelt got the equalizer for Brentford in the 23rd minute on a feed from Bryan Mbeumo. Brentford is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 25th, Brentford hosted Liverpool in their last match together. Brentford and Liverpool battled to a 3-3 draw. Ethan Pinnock scored the first goal for Brentford in the 27th minute, but Diogo Jota got the equalizer for Liverpool in the 31st minute .
Brentford’s top weapon lately has been Bryan Mbeumo, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Both Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah have been the hottest scorers for Liverpool in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Jürgen Klopp’s squad will be without Roberto Firmino, Adrián, Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Thiago Alcântara and Nathaniel Phillips, while Thomas Frank’s squad will be without Frank Onyeka, Tarique Fosu-Henry, Joshua Da Silva, Rico Henry, Charlie Goode, David Raya and Vitaly Janelt.