Week 8 brings us a match on Sep 18th, where Brentford and Arsenal will play a match in London in a clash of these two mismatched Premier League teams in the anticipated London derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 8th placed Brentford, recorded a 5-2 win against Leeds United. Ivan Toney scored the first goal for Brentford in the 30th minute from the penalty spot, then Ivan Toney added another in the 43rd minute. Brentford is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while 1st placed Arsenal is fresh off their 2-1 win against Zürich. Marcus Vinícius Oliveira Alencar struck first for Arsenal in the 16th minute, but Mirlind Kryeziu got the equalizer for Zürich in the 44th minute. Arsenal should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Arsenal’s most prolific scorer has been Martin Ødegaard. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Ivan Toney has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Brentford
Brentford will be without Kristoffer Ajer, Christian Nørgaard, Sergi Canos, Ethan Pinnock and Pontus Jansson, while Mikel Arteta Amatriain’s Arsenal squad will be without Emile Smith Rowe and Reiss Nelson.