Brentford will be looking to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they welcome Wolves to the Gtech Community Stadium on Monday night.
The Bees are flying high this term, but they head into this clash on the back of a goalless draw away at Bournemouth in their last top-flight outing.
Since then, Keith Andrews’ side have been knocked out of the FA Cup by West Ham, losing on penalties after a 2-2 draw at the London Stadium on Monday night – a match where all three of my selections landed.
Eager to bounce back at the first time of asking, the capital club will be aiming to halt Wolves’ recent revival.
Rob Edwards’ side have won each of their last two Premier League matches, claiming eye-catching victories over both Aston Villa and Liverpool.
Still bottom of the table, Wolves remain 12 points adrift of safety, but another success on Monday night could have them daring to dream of pulling off a great escape.
How the bookies view it: Bees to sting Wolves
Despite failing to win each of their last three Premier League home matches, Brentford enter this clash as short-priced 11/20 favourites on bet365.
Wolves are as big as 19/4 with bet365 to make it three Premier League wins on the spin, while the draw is unfancied at 16/5 with the same firm.
Head to head: Wolves’ record up to scratch
Historically, this has been a closely-fought fixture, with Wolves edging the head-to-head record with 17 wins from 38 meetings, compared to Brentford’s 15 victories, while six contests have ended all square.
However, it is worth noting that Brentford ran out 2-0 winners in this season's reverse fixture, and the same outcome on Monday night is trading at 15/2 on bet365.
Players to watch: Thiago to add to his tally?
With 18 Premier League goals to his name this season, Igor Thiago looks well placed to add to his impressive tally on Monday night at 4/5 on bet365.
Having racked up 19 yellow cards between them in the Premier League this season, the 4/5 on bet365 for either Joao Gomes or Yerson Mosquera to be booked on Monday night looks worthy of support.
Predicted line-ups
As was the case against West Ham last time out, Brentford will once again be without Aaron Hickey, Antoni Milambo, Fabio Carvalho, Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry and Vitaly Janelt.
Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa is rated touch-and-go for Monday night’s clash in the capital, though the visitors otherwise appear to have no fresh injury concerns.
Brentford: Kelleher; Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Yarmolyuk, Henderson; Ouattara, Damsgaard, Schade; Thiago
Wolves: Sa; Mosquera, S Bueno, T Gomes; Tchatchoua, A Gomes, J Gomes, H Bueno; Bellegarde, Mane; Armstrong
Anything else catch the eye?
Wolves look good value to earn four or more corners on Monday night at 10/11 on bet365.
Rob Edwards’ side have hit 4+ corners in relatively recent away games at Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City.
Therefore, four or more flag kicks should be within range against a Brentford side that are conceding an average of 5.08 corners per game in the Premier League this season.
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