In a weekend match in week 26, on Saturday Feb 19th, Brentford will travel to London to battle Arsenal in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Arsenal is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Gabriel struck first for Arsenal in the 25th minute on a feed from Alexandre Lacazette, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolverhampton Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Arsenal took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Arsenal should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 14th placed Brentford is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Crystal Palace. Brentford had 8 on net, and Crystal Palace had 7, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Brentford looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
Arsenal and Brentford last played eachother at the Brentford Community Stadium on Aug 13th. Brentford won by a score of 2 to 0 in front of just over 16000 jubilant spectators. Sergi Canos scored the first goal for Brentford in the 22nd minute, then Christian Nørgaard added another in the 73rd minute In the end, Arsenal was frustrated by Brentford’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Brentford ended the match with the shutout victory. Bukayo Saka has been the most prolific scorer on Arsenal in the last five matches with 3 goals
Arsenal will be without Martinelli and Cédric Soares, while Christian Eriksen, Tarique Fosu-Henry, Joshua Da Silva and David Raya are unavailable to play for Thomas Frank’s team.