📊 Form Guide

Arsenal

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Arsenal, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-0 Champions League triumph over Real Madrid.

In that match, Arsenal managed 53% possession and 12 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. For Arsenal, goals were scored by Declan Rice (58', 70') and Mikel Merino (75'). Real Madrid got 9 shots at goal with 3 on target.

Arsenal have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although they’ve also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Arsenal have been punished defensively in 5 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those games. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this game, of course.

Their past results show that Arsenal:

• have not been beaten in the league by Brentford in their previous 6 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 home league matches.

Brentford

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In the game prior to this, Brentford drew 0-0 in the Premier League tie with Chelsea.

In that game, Brentford had 41% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Chelsea had 21 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

Thomas Frank's Brentford have turned their attacks into goals 8 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period adds up to 5.

👥 Head to head

Looking at past results between these clubs going back to 18/09/2022 shows that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Brentford. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all whereas Arsenal have just been stronger than them, winning in 83 per cent of those games played.

A combined sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 11 of them for The Gunners and 3 created by The Bees. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The previous league game featuring these sides was Premier League match day 19 on 01/01/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Brentford 1-3 Arsenal.

On that occasion, Brentford managed 50% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player to score was Bryan Mbeumo (13').

For their opponents, Arsenal had 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Gabriel Jesus (29'), Mikel Merino (50') and Gabriel Martinelli (53') scored.

The referee was Peter Bankes.

🗞️ Team News: Arsenal

Riccardo Calafiori (Knee injury), Gabriel Magalhães (Hamstring injury), Kai Havertz (Hamstring injury), Gabriel Jesus (Cruciate ligament tear) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (Knee surgery) will not be taking part for Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.

We think that The Gunners may well use a 4-3-3 formation for this one with David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Oedegaard, Jorginho, Mikel Merino, Ethan Nwaneri, Leandro Trossard and Raheem Sterling.

📋 Team News: Brentford

Brentford manager Thomas Frank has to currently contend with reduced team options. Josh Dasilva (Knee surgery), Igor Thiago (Knee injury), Gustavo Nunes (Fitness), Aaron Hickey (Fitness) and Fábio Carvalho (Shoulder injury) will miss out on this game.

There’s a good chance that The Bees seem likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Mark Flekken, K. Vassbakk Ajer, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Keane Lewis-Potter, Christian Noergaard, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Bryan Mbeumo, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade and Yoane Wissa.

💭 Prediction

For this match, we think that Arsenal should score more than once when they play Brentford, who might well find it difficult scoring a goal of their own.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 2-0 margin for Arsenal when the full-time whistle blows.

Andre Moura, 16:01 12/04/2025