In a weekend match in week 2, on Sat Aug 19th, Brentford and Fulham will play a match in London in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 5th placed Fulham, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Everton. Bobby Reid struck first for Fulham in the 73rd minute on a feed from Andreas Pereira, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Everton was frustrated by Fulham’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Fulham ended the match with the shutout victory. Fulham is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while brentford is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur. Cristian Romero struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the 11th minute on a feed from James Maddison, then Bryan Mbeumo tied it up for Brentford in the 26th minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Brentford’s top weapon lately has been Bryan Mbeumo, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Fulham’s most prolific scorer has been Aleksandar Mitrović. He has netted three goals over the last five matches
Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva’s squad will be without João Palhinha and Tom Cairney, while Ben Mee and Ivan Toney are unavailable to play for Thomas Frank’s team.