Brentford host relegation battling West Ham in a London derby.
Victory would see Thomas Frank’s Bees return to ninth in the table, whilst West Ham can go 13th with a win.
Team News
Brentford have no fresh injury concerns to report after last weekend’s loss at Liverpool.
Thomas Strakosha (calf), Pontus Jansson (hamstring), Christian Norgaard (Achilles) and Keane Lewis-Potter (knee) remain absent.
West Ham have no fresh injury concerns to report following Kurt Zouma’s early return from an ankle injury, which saw him start in Thursday’s comeback Europa Conference League win against AZ Alkmaar.
Vladimir Coufal (hamstring) and Gianluca Scamacca (knee) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off
Brentford host West Ham at Gtech Community Stadium at 2pm BST on Sunday 14 May, albeit untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Brentford have won all three previous Premier League meetings against West Ham (W3).
- West Ham lost their only previous Premier League visit to Brentford by 2-0 result in April 2022 (L1), although they won their FA Cup Third Round clash in West London this season.
- Brentford have scored twice in each of their three previous Premier League meetings against West Ham, during which they scored six goals in total and conceded just one goal.
- Bryan Mbeumo has provided more league assists than any other Brentford player this season, having provided six assists in 35 appearances.
- Said Benrahma is looking to score in three consecutive matches for West Ham across all competitions for the first time since he joined in January 2021.
Prediction
With a top-ten finish virtually all but assured, Brentford’s attention now needs to to be on creating momentum to take into next season especially after a positive display at Liverpool where only a disappointing end product and defensive error cost them at least a draw.
West Ham meanwhile have their focus on their Europa Conference League semi-final against AZ Alkmaar so I do expect squad rotation amongst the away team, who dominated AZ Alkmaar in the first leg on Thursday evening yet had to come from behind after a lapse in defensive pressing.
David Moyes’ Hammers though are virtually safe so I wouldn’t be surprised if their minds are already focused on the second leg in Alkmaar, which is something that Brentford can take advantage of if they can show more end product given their form in this league fixture.
Prediction: Brentford 2-1 West Ham
Result: Brentford 2-0 West Ham
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