Brentford host Fulham at Gtech Community Stadium in a West-London derby.
Victory would lift Brentford up to 15th if Everton lose on Friday evening, whilst Fulham can go 11th with a win before Wolves and Brighton play later in the weekend.
Team News
Neal Maupay could return for Brentford after he was ineligible to feature in last weekend’s defeat at his parent club – Everton.
Aaron Hickey (hamstring), Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry (both knee) and Ben Mee (ankle) remain absent.
Fulham have no fresh injury concerns to report after their 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace.
When is Kick-Off?
Brentford meet Fulham at Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday 4 May at 3pm BST, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Brentford have won two of their three previous Premier League meetings against Fulham (W2, L1).
- Fulham lost their sole previous Premier League trip to Brentford by 3-2 result in March 2023.
- Ivan Toney has scored in each of his last two Brentford appearances against Fulham (W1, L1).
- Keane Lewis-Potter, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa have each hit the woodwork twice for Brentford this season.
- Fulham have won one of five London derbies on the road this season (W1, D2, L2).
Prediction
Although safety was confirmed less than a hour before they were in action at Everton, Brentford will be disappointed to have not got a draw because they did play well but just lacked the end product and a poor defensive moment was clinically punished.
Fulham meanwhile will be pleased to have taken a point at home to an in-form Palace because they were slightly outplayed despite having scored first, but they are safe anyway so I expect them to be up for this game purely out of pride.
Quite frankly this game is a tough call because it is effectively a dead rubber but there is local pride at stake so I expect a good competitive battle, where a draw might be a fair result.
Prediction: Brentford 1-1 Fulham
Result: Brentford 0-0 Fulham
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