Brentford vs West Ham prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-09-27 14:00.
[p]Brentford’s defensive problems persisted last weekend when their sixth competitive game of this season without a clean sheet, a 3-1 loss at Tottenham, saw them drop into the bottom half of the Premier League table. Back at Brentford Community Stadium, where all six of their Premier League points have been collected against lower ranked opposition, they’ll welcome another struggling club from greater London in West Ham United. [/p]
[p]Knowing he’s managing a side that battled to avoid relegation last season, Brentford boss Thomas Frank was “very pleased with the performance” against Tottenham and blamed “five potential starters out” for the gulf in class between the clubs. If Brentford are to better last season’s position they’ll likely need to improve their home record that saw them win just two of 16 Premier League home games (D7, L7) against the other teams to have avoided the drop. [/p]
[p]It starts with replicating last November’s 3-2 win over West Ham when the Hammers were mired in one of their many lengthy recent winless runs in this competition. West Ham were well-beaten last weekend by Chelsea to suffer a third straight Premier League loss at home and are now three league matches without victory (D1, L2), replicating their five-game start to 2022/23 when they ended up finishing just six points above the relegation zone. [/p]
[p]There are already signs that West Ham supporters are losing patience with new manager Julen Lopetegui and his tactical overhaul, illustrated by his decision to substitute Crysencio Summerville in the loss to Chelsea being met with boos. The silver lining is that their three defeats so far this season have come at sides finishing the last round in the top five, while they’ve picked up their four points against sides outside of it (Fulham, Crystal Palace), so matches against Brentford and Ipswich in the next round may offer Lopetegui a chance to establish some consistency before they have to face Tottenham and Manchester United later next month. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Brentford’s greatest and earliest scoring threat comes from Bryan Mbuemo, who has already opened the scoring in three separate Premier League games this season. Brentford are Jarrod Bowen’s most successful opposition in terms of goals scored (netting seven in 11 appearances) after he notched up four across the two H2Hs last season. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Six of Brentford’s last seven Premier League matches produced over 2.5 total goals. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]