📏 Form Guide

Brentford

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Brentford head into this fixture following on from a 0-0 Premier League drawn result against Everton.

In that match, Brentford managed 41% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Everton had 27 shots at goal with 5 on target.

Brentford have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although they’ve also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, Brentford have conceded in 5 of them as well as scoring in 5 of those games.

A look at their previous results shows us that Brentford:

• haven't lost in the league to Leicester City in their last 2 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 6 league matches at home.

Leicester City

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Chelsea in Premier League competition, Leicester City will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Leicester City managed 36% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Leicester City was Jordan Ayew (95'). For their opponents, Chelsea got 16 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Nicolas Jackson (15') and Enzo Fernández (75') scored for Chelsea.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 games involving Leicester City, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell is 4, with the number of goals averaged by Leicester City coming out as 1.33. Such a trend might not be sustained into this next game, however.

Heading into this contest, Leicester City are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 25/01/2020 reveals that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Brentford. They have not been able to come away with any wins at all while Leicester City have been too good for them, running out winners in 67 per cent of those matches.

A combined sum of 17 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for The Bees and 11 for The Foxes. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The last league game between these sides was Premier League match day 28 on 18/03/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Brentford 1-1 Leicester City.

On that day, Brentford managed 53% possession and 11 shots on goal with 2 on target. The scorer was Mathias Jensen (32').

Leicester City had 14 shots at goal with 1 on target. Harvey Barnes (52') scored.

The referee was Darren Bond.

📋 Team News: Brentford

Kristoffer Ajer (Foot injury), Rico Henry (Muscle injury), Gustavo Nunes (Back injury), Josh Dasilva (Knee surgery) and Aaron Hickey (Hamstring injury) are not available for Brentford manager Thomas Frank.

It looks as if The Bees will possibly kick off with a 4-3-3 formation in the match and select Mark Flekken, Sepp van den Berg, Nathan Collins, Ethan Pinnock, Keane Lewis-Potter, Mathias Jensen, Christian Noergaard, Vitaly Janelt, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa and Mikkel Damsgaard.

📰 Team News: Leicester City

Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Jannik Vestergaard (Ankle injury), Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Achilles heel problems), Patson Daka (Ankle injury) and Jakub Stolarczyk (Ankle injury) are those who can’t be considered.

We are inclined to think that The Foxes appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, going with Mads Hermansen, James Justin, Wout Faes, Memeh Caleb Okoli, Victor Kristiansen, Wilfred Ndidi, Boubakary Soumare, Jordan Ayew, Facundo Buonanotte, Stephy Mavididi and Jamie Vardy.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Leicester City will likely be able to score against this Brentford side, but it is unlikely to be as many as they will have scored against them.

We reckon that it will be a 2-1 advantage for Brentford at the end of the match. Let’s see what eventuates.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 14:01 30/11/2024