Brentford Aiming for Top Half Finish as They Host West Ham
Brentford vs West Ham - 14/05/2023
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There are three fixtures to be played on the 14th of May in the English Premier League including the meeting between Brentford and West Ham.
The game will be played at the Brentford Community Stadium and the hosts begin the weekend 9th in the table on 50 points while the visitors are in 15th place on 37 points.
Brentford come into the match having lost 1-0 at Liverpool last weekend in the Premier League. The only goal of the game was scored in the 13th minute and although Brentford kept out Liverpool for the remainder of the match, they could not score the equaliser.
The defeat at Liverpool was the first in 4 fixtures for Brentford, all of which were played in the Premier League. There have been victories at home over Nottingham Forest and away to Chelsea plus a 1-1 draw at home with Aston Villa.
However, Brentford have not been finding wins easy to come by and they have recorded only 2 victories from their 9 most recent Premier League games.
Trends show Brentford have a good record of 20 undefeated games in their last 24 home encounters in all competitions. They are undefeated in 12 of their last 13 home Premier League matches but have won only 2 of their last 5 on home soil. In all of Brentford's last 6 home games in all competitions both teams scored.
West Ham make the short journey to the Brentford Community Stadium on the back of a 2-1 home win over AZ Alkmaar in the Europa Conference League on Thursday night. The Hammers conceded the opening goal of the game shortly before the interval but were better in the second half and scored two goals in an 8 minute spell to win the first leg 2-1.
The win over AZ Alkmaar means West Ham have won their 2 most recent fixtures in all competitions and are undefeated in 7 of their last 10 matches.
However, form in the Premier League shows West Ham have recorded just a single victory from their last 4 games, losing the other 3 matches. The defeats have come against Crystal Palace and Manchester City away plus Liverpool at home.
Trend show West Ham have won only 2 of their 15 most recent away Premier League fixtures.
Team news and Brentford are without the injured trio of Christian Nørgaard, Pontus Jansson, and Keane Lewis-Potter. They also have doubts over the fitness of Thomas Strakosha.
West Ham will assess their squad following the game on Thursday but will definitely be without Vladimir Coufal, Kurt Zouma, and Gianluca Scamacca.
Brentford have a top half finish in their grasp and a win in this game would see them move closer to a guaranteed spot in the top ten.
West Ham are considered safe from relegation and have their minds on their Europa Conference League semi-final. Therefore, this game should finish with a home win and both teams scoring.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
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1
2 - 1
2.90
17°
2.00
2.00
3.40
3.75
no
no
no
2 - 0(2 - 0)
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