Our prediction for this EFL Cup match:
Newport County
Match Time & Date:
29/08/2023
20:45
Prediction: 1-2
Brentford
Rodney Parade will host Tuesday’s EFL Cup game between Newport County and Brentford, the two teams who meet for the first time since the 1986/1987 season. The Bees are seen as hot favourites to make it to the last 32, but keep in mind that key attacker Ivan Toney has yet to serve his-ban. In his absence, Yoane Wissa will continue to lead the line for the Premier League side. Towering defender Ben Mee is unlikely to be risked against the Exiles.
The League Two outfit, on the other hand, have been scoring goals for fun of late. Since there have been over 2.5 goals in each of Newport’s last seven games in all competitions, a high-scoring affair is on the cards at Rodney Parade. A man to watch in the home team will be Will Evans, who has been scoring goals for fun of late.
Highlighted Player (Saman Ghoddos):
Saman Ghoddos is a product of FC Malmo football academy, but he started playing for IF Limhamn Bunkeflo at senior level. After scoring four goals in 41 appearances for the club the Swedish attacker moved to Treleborg, but he did not spend too much time at the club. In 2014 he signed a deal with Syrianska and he quickly established himself as a first-team regular at the Sodertalje Fotbollsarena outfit.
Saman Ghoddos, who was born in Malmo on September 6, 1996 played for Syrianska from 2014 to 2016 and then he moved to Ostersunds. The Swedish striker, who is used as an attacking midfielder as well, scored ten goals in 27 appearances for Ostersunds in the 2016 Allsvenskan campaign and he impressed in the 2017/2018 Europa League qualifiers.
Saman Ghoddos netted three goals in the process and helped the Swedish club book their place in the group stages of the European competition. Speaking of his personal life, you should bear in mind that Saman’s parents were born in Iran.
Highlighted Team (Brentford):
Based in London, Brentford compete in the Championship and they were founded in 1898. Griffin Park has been the home ground of the club since 1904 and the capacity of the venue is 12,300.
The Bees have yet to play in the Premier League and it has to be noted that they made it to the FA Cup sixth round on four occasions (1937/1938, 1945/1946,1948/1949, 1988/1989). Brentford played in the League Cup round 4 in the 1982/1983 and 2010/2011 season and that is the club’s biggest success in the competition.
Brentford’s main rivals are Fulham and Queens Park Rangers and they take on each other in the West London Derby. The rivalry with the Cottagers is probably the biggest and you should bear in mind that the clashes between the two teams have their history of crowd violence. The colour of Brentford’s shirts is red and white and they wear black shorts.
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