Week 22 brings us a match on Jan 16th, where Liverpool will host Brentford at Anfield in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 3rd placed Liverpool, recorded a 4-1 win against Shrewsbury Town. Daniel Udoh struck first for Shrewsbury Town in the 27th minute, then Gordon tied it up for Liverpool in the 34th minute on a feed from Conor Bradley But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 44th minute on a penalty goal by Fabinho. Liverpool is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Brentford recorded a 1-4 loss against Southampton. Jan Bednarek struck first for Southampton in the 5th minute on a feed from James Ward-Prowse, then in the 23rd minute, Bryan Mbeumo sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Vitaly Janelt. Brentford is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 25th of September, Brentford and Liverpool battled to a 3-3 draw. Ethan Pinnock struck first for Brentford in the 27th minute, then in the 31st minute, Jordan Henderson sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Diogo Jota .
Brentford’s most prolific scorer has been Bryan Mbeumo. The French attacker has netted 3 goals over 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
Liverpool will be without Roberto Firmino, Adrián, Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Thiago Alcântara and Nathaniel Phillips, while Frank Onyeka, Tarique Fosu-Henry, Joshua Da Silva, Rico Henry, Charlie Goode, David Raya and Vitaly Janelt are unavailable to play for Brentford.