For the second successive week, there’s a West London derby live on Sky Sports on Saturday night, as this time, Fulham welcome Brentford to Craven Cottage.
Brentford were involved in last Saturday’s West London derby, as they played out a four-goal thriller with Chelsea.
Kevin Schade had given The Bees a first-half advantage, but goals from Cole Palmer and Moises Caicedo turned the game around in Chelsea’s favour, before Fabio Carvalho tapped in a dramatic late equaliser for the hosts, which denied our man The Betting Desk two winners from two.
New Brentford head coach Keith Andrews has taken four points from his opening two home matches in charge in the Premier League, but they have lost both away matches at Nottingham Forest and newly promoted Sunderland.
After beginning the campaign with back-to-back 1-1 draws away at Brighton and home to Manchester United, Fulham suffered their first defeat of the season across the road as they were beaten 2-0 by Chelsea.
However, Marco Silva’s hosts grabbed their first of the campaign last time out, as a late fortuitous Gabriel Gudmundsson own goal gave them a 1-0 victory at home to newly-promoted Leeds.
How the bookies view it: Fulham favourites
Fulham come into this clash as favourites to make it back-to-back home wins in the Premier League, with BoyleSports pricing them at 1/1.
Brentford are 11/4 underdogs with the same form to claim their first Premier League away win of the season, whilst the draw is 9/4.
Head to head: Cottagers came out on top last season
Fulham did the double over Brentford last season, with a stoppage-time double from Harry Wilson giving them a 2-1 victory at The Cottage, whilst they secured a 2-3 win in the reverse fixture at the Gtech.
Brentford's last win against Fulham came in a 0-3 success at The Cottage in August 2023.
Players to watch: More Wilson magic against The Bees?
Harry Wilson was the hero in both of these fixtures last season, with his dramatic double in stoppage time giving Fulham a 2-1 victory at The Cottage.
The Welsh international also scored the winning goal in Fulham’s 2-3 success in the reverse fixture, and is an appealing 5/2 at BoyleSports to score for the third consecutive match against The Bees.
Predicted line-ups:
Marco Silva appears to have a fully fit squad to choose from, with new signing Kevin potentially coming in from the start, following his impressive cameo against Leeds last time out.
Brentford are likely to be without Paris Maghoma due to injury.
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon, Lukic, Berge, Wilson, King, Iwobi, Muniz
Brentford: Kelleher, Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter, Henderson, Yarmoliuk, Jensen, Schade, Thiago
Anything else catch the eye?
As alluded to, Fulham did the double over Brentford last season, and look well-equipped to make it back-to-back home wins in the Premier League.
Brentford has lost both of their opening two away matches at Nottingham Forest (3-1) and newly-promoted Sunderland (2-1), and Marco Silva’s men appeal at evens to claim all three points.
Both Teams to Score paid out in a joint league-high 27/38 (71%) of Fulham’s Premier League matches last season – including in both meetings with Brentford – and given 3/4 (75%) of Brentford’s Premier League contests have seen goals at both ends, there’s a chance we could see a repeat here.
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