Brentford vs. Fulham: Preview and betting tips

Monday’s 26th round of the Premier League will be a battle for the top seven, guaranteeing European Cups. Brentford welcome Fulham in a clash of two of the season’s pleasant surprises. What to expect from the match and what to bet on?

Brentford is experiencing an excellent season, they are ninth in the table, they are three points behind sixth-placed Liverpool with a game to spare. It is unbeaten in the league for a long 11 league games since October 23 last year.

Fulham are even better off, with 39 points they are seventh, but they have two more games to play than the Bees. It has picked up four wins and three draws from its past seven games, and managed to fight its way into the FA Cup quarter-finals during the week.

Brentford’s key figures

The home side have relied on the productivity of Ivan Toney, with the England striker scoring 15 goals and assisting four times. His quick-footed Cameroonian partner Bryan Mbeumo has split the net five times and assisted three times.

Fulham’s key figures

However, the visitors have their cannonballer too. The recovered Serbian forward Aleksandar Mitrovic boasts 11 goals and two assists.

Israeli winger Manor Solomon has scored three times in the past four games.

Brentford are held off by Toney’s superb defence, with 30 goals conceded they are seventh best in the league. In the last eight games, including duels with Arsenal or Liverpool, he has scored only four times, keeping four nil.

Fulham, too, have improved significantly defensively since Christmas. In 15 games since the World Cup in Qatar, it has conceded nine goals and kept a clean sheet in seven matches, including confrontations with Chelsea and Brighton.

Considering the return of cannonballer Mitrovic, the very good form of Willian Solomon or stopper Tim Ream, and the well-functioning Fulham defence, it can be assumed that the visitors will not lose.