By Sam McGuire
The story to date
Liverpool are but to attract a sport this season. Arne Slot‘s facet began with seven successive wins throughout all competitions earlier than shedding 4 on the spin.
They surrendered an early lead on the summit of the Premier League and now discover themselves 4 factors off the face after losses to Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Manchester United.
A powerful 5-1 win over an underwhelming Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday might have snapped the Reds out of their rut. Nonetheless, the actual take a look at will probably be in opposition to the Bees on Saturday night.
Brentford have been fairly inconsistent this time period. They’ve suffered defeats in opposition to Nottingham Forest, Sunderland, Fulham and Manchester Metropolis however picked up wins over Aston Villa, Manchester United and West Ham United.
Keith Andrews has finished an honest job since changing Thomas Frank and has managed to get Igor Thiago firing.
Current type
It could be onerous to consider this however Brentford are the shape staff heading into this sport with seven factors from their final 5 within the Premier League. They took a degree off of Chelsea in a 2-2 draw, hammered Manchester United 3-1 and claimed a snug 2-0 win over West Ham throughout this era.
Defensively, issues have improved just lately, with the Bees conceding simply two throughout their final three outings, and this included a sport in opposition to Manchester Metropolis.
Liverpool have six factors throughout their final 5 Premier League video games and are with no win because the twentieth September when the Reds beat Everton 2-1 within the Merseyside derby.
Slot’s males are struggling for objectives and have managed only one clear sheet throughout these fixtures, away at Burnley.
Key Gamers
For the hosts, the primary man is Thiago. He was the Participant of the Match in opposition to West Ham final outing, incomes himself an 8.6 FotMob ranking. He’s scored for the Bees in wins over the Hammers, Manchester United and Bournemouth within the Carabao Cup. The 24 year-old additionally discovered the again of the web in defeats to Sunderland and Nottingham Forest.
Thiago has been answerable for 5 of his staff’s 11 objectives this time period.
For Liverpool, the important thing participant is a shocking one. It’s Cody Gakpo.
He’s scored in 5 successive video games for membership and nation. He’s the joint prime scorer for the Reds within the Premier League with three objectives and his common FotMob ranking of seven.67 is the best within the Liverpool staff.
Staff Information
Liverpool are with out Alisson Becker, Jeremie Frimpong, Alexander Isak and Giovanni Leoni whereas Ryan Gravenberch stays an damage doubt after sustaining an damage in opposition to United final weekend.
Brentford are lacking Scotland worldwide Aaron Hickey. Apart from that, Andrews has a full squad accessible to him for this Saturday evening conflict.
Prediction
If Liverpool have title aspirations, a win is required right here. The way in which Brentford are taking part in means it’ll be a troublesome sport although. Each groups are going to attain. The Reds may edge it after a confidence increase on Wednesday. We’re saying 2-1 to the guests.
(Cowl picture from IMAGO)
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