Week 25 brings us a match on Feb 12th, where Brentford will host Crystal Palace at Brentford Community Stadium in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Brentford is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Everton. Yerry Mina struck first for Everton in the 31st minute on a feed from Demarai Gray, then Richarlison added another in the 48th minute on a feed from Allan. Brentford looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Crystal Palace recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Hartlepool United. Marc Guehi struck first for Crystal Palace in the 4th minute on a feed from Michael Olise, then Michael Olise added another in the 22nd minute on a feed from Conor Gallagher In the end, Hartlepool United was frustrated by Crystal Palace’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Crystal Palace ended the match with the shutout victory. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Brentford and Crystal Palace last played eachother at the Selhurst Park on the 21st of August. Crystal Palace and Brentford battled to a 0-0 draw in front of just over 23000. Neither Crystal Palace nor Brentford could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 7 and 15 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Michael Olise has been the most effective weapon for Crystal Palace lately. The French midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. Ivan Toney has been the most prolific scorer on Brentford in his last five matches with 3 goals
Tarique Fosu-Henry, Joshua Da Silva and David Raya are unavailable to play for Thomas Frank’s team, while Patrick Vieira’s Crystal Palace squad will be without James Tomkins.