Brentford meet Everton in a crunch showdown in the race for a top-seven Premier League finish.
Victory could move Brentford as high as fifth if win by four goals or more, whilst Everton can leapfrog the Bees into sixth with a win.
Team News
Aaron Hickey (hamstring), Vitaly Janelt (metatarsal) and Mikkel Damsgaard (knee) could be available for Brentford subject to late fitness checks.
Rico Henry (hamstring), Fabio Carvalho, Josh Dasilva and Antoni Milambo (all ACL) remain sidelined.
Everton are expected to have Iliman Ndiaye after he withdrew from international duty for Senegal due to a left foot injury.
Tyrique George is available after he was ineligible to feature in the Toffees’ 3-0 win over Chelsea before the international break.
Carlos Alcaraz (knock) could return but Jack Grealish (foot) is still ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Brentford host Everton at Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday 11 April at 3pm BST, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Brentford have won one of their last seven meetings against Everton (W1, D3, L3).
- Everton (W1, D2, L1).
- Two of Brentford’s last three home matches against Everton ended in 1-1 draws, whilst the other clash ended in a 3-1 away win to the Toffees.
- Two of Brentford’s last three league matches have ended in 0-0 results, albeit away whilst they drew 2-2 at home to Wolves in-between those goalless draws at Bournemouth and Leeds respectively.
- Everton have won three of their last four matches (W3, L1).
Prediction
Having suffered 2-2 draws in-between a pair of 0-0 draws in March across all competitions, Brentford now need to get back to winning ways quickly if want to stay in control of the potential final European spot as they can’t really afford any slip-ups now the chasing pack are right on their heels.
Everton meanwhile delivered a clinical dominant display to beat Chelsea before the international break so will be relishing this clash, knowing that a win would put them above the Bees and into control of that final European qualification spot especially with a season-defining Merseyside derby to come next week.
I however do feel like this could well end in a draw given that both teams have the exact same league record this season, but Brentford’s stronger goalscoring record could be the difference if there’s a winner.
Prediction: Brentford 1-1 Everton
Result: Brentford 2-2 Everton