Brentford will be bidding to make it back-to-back home wins in the Premier League when they square off with Southampton at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Thomas Frank’s team kicked off their campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Crystal Palace, in a game that brought up my Bet Builder.
The Bees were then always going to be up against the odds traveling to Anfield to take on Liverpool on matchday two, and so it proved, with the Reds running out 2-1 winners, bringing up another Bet Builder for me along the way.
Back at their capital headquarters this weekend, Brentford will look to bank all three points at the expense of newly-promoted Southampton.
Russell Martin’s men have endured a bit of a rocky return to the top-flight following their promotion from the English Championship.
The Saints were turned over 1-0 by 10-man Newcastle on the opening weekend of the season and they have since slumped to a disappointing 1-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest.
How the bookies view it: Bees to sting Saints
Brentford go into their second Premier League home match of the season as odds-on 3/4 favourites with Bet 365,
Southampton go in search of their first win of the season as big underdogs at 18/5 (William Hill) while all square affair in the capital can be backed at a best price of 3/1 (UniBet).
Head to head: Saints tend to suffer
Brentford have held the upper hand in this fixture in recent years, having claimed top honours in each of the last three meetings between the pair. Thomas Frank’s team have run out 3-0 winners in each of their last two home games with the Saints. The same scoreline on Saturday can be taken at a tasty 14/1 on Betfred.
Players to watch: Wissa
Yoane Wissa – who finished last season as Brentford’s top scorer – netted against Crystal Palace a fortnight ago, and he looks tempting proposition for a goal or an assist here at 6/4 (Bet 365).
I flagged up Southampton's Flynn Downes in the foul market last weekend and he duly delivered. The tough-tackling Saints midfielder is a tempting 10/11 to commit two or more fouls on Saturday.
Predicted line-ups
Brentford remain without injured quartet Aaron Hickey, Igor Thiago, Josh Dasilva and Rico Henry.
Southampton boss Russell Martin will be unable to call upon injured trio Adam Lallana, Gavin Bazunu and Kamaldeen Sulemana.
Brentford: Flekken; Roerslev, Collins, Pinnock, Ajer; Norgaard, Janelt, Jensen; Mbeumo, Wissa, Schade
Southampton: McCarthy; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens; Sugawara, Downes, Smallbone, Alcaraz, Walker-Peters; Armstrong, Brereton Diaz
Anything else catch the eye?
Brentford’s Nathan Collins is a real threat for Brentford in the opposition's box and he looks worthy of interest to attempt just one shot here at even-money on Bet 365.
The Bees centre-half attempted two efforts against Liverpool at Anfield last weekend and he also registered a shot against Crystal Palace on matchday one.
Given how adept Thomas Frank’s teams are from set piece situations, Collins could cause the newly-promoted Saints a few problems on Saturday.
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