Brentford V Fulham: Premier League – Live

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Teams successful brief: nary surprises for Brentford

Keith Andrews decides there’s nary logic to alteration a drafting team. It’s a beardown XI but, pinch Jordan Henderson still ruled retired by an unnamed injury, nan chair looks a spot skimpy.

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Morning everyone and invited to a feast of a play successful nan Premier League. There’s a batch much connected nan paper than a specified title decider. There’s nan Merseyside derby, pinch Everton astatine location successful their caller stadium and, for once, successful amended style than Liverpool. There’s Spurs, successful spectacular disarray, taking connected Brighton, nan champion squad successful nan convention complete nan past 2 months. There’s Chelsea, who haven’t scored against a top-flight nine for 5 weeks, facing Man United, who look to person mislaid each their centre-backs.

And first there’s Brentford v Fulham, which is much appetising than it whitethorn look. It’s not conscionable a section derby – it’s a six-pointer that will person a opportunity successful who makes it into Europe. If Brentford win, they’ll spell from seventh to sixth, supra Chelsea, and, if only for a fewer hours, these quiet over-achievers will beryllium lording it complete westbound London. If Fulham win, they’ll jump from 12th to ninth and tie level connected points pinch Brentford.

The biggest threat connected either broadside is evidently Igor Thiago, nan Haaland of nan south. But he whitethorn person his activity trim retired because nan past 3 games betwixt these sides person each ended pinch a triumph for Fulham. In nan reverse fixture, Brentford took an early lead, only to beryllium battered by 3 goals successful six minutes earlier half-time. One of them was scored by Harry Wilson, who eats Brentford defenders for breakfast. As my workfellow Taha Hashim pointed retired yesterday, Wilson has 4 goals successful his past 118 minutes against these opponents.

But past that past gathering was 7 months ago, earlier Brentford had sewage going nether Keith Andrews. It near them 17th, while Fulham were eighth (just supra Man City), Spurs were 3rd and Liverpool were nan runaway leaders. This has been a play successful which everybody turned retired to beryllium fallible, moreover nan squad who person been apical for months. And that makes almost each crippled interesting.