Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Brentford and Fulham square off against each other at Brentford Community Stadium in a highly-anticipated London derby. The Bees aim to recover from a 1-0 loss to Everton and you should know that they are undefeated in the previous four home games. Denmark midfielder Mikkel Damsgaard is widely expected to return to the starting XI, while all Rico Henry, Josh Dasilva, Ben Mee, and Aaron Hickey remain in the recovery room.
The Cottagers, on the other hand, head into Saturday’s clash following a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace. Fulham and Brentford seem to be evenly matched at the moment and, taking everything into account, there is a big value in betting on draw. Marco Silva should have a full squad to choose from for the local derby. You should know that over 2.5 goals have been netted in each of the previous four meetings between the two sides in all competitions.
Highlighted Player (Tom Cairney):
Tom Cairney is a professional footballer who plays for Fulham. His main position is central midfielder, but he plays as an attacking midfielder and a right midfielder as well. The left-footed player was born in Nottingham, England on 20 January, 1991 and he started his youth career at Leeds United.
In 2007 he moved to Hull City and he was named Hull’s Young Player of the Year for the 2008/2009 campaign. After making 70 league appearances for the Tigers he joined Blackburn Rovers on 1 August, 2013 on loan and on 2 January, 2014 he signed a permanent deal with the Riversiders. At the end of the 2014/2015 Championship campaign he joined Fulham.
Tom Cairney’s father is Scottish and, as a result, the Fulham footballer decided to represent Scotland on the international stage. Cairney has 2 caps for Scotland U-21 and he made 6 appearances for Scotland U-21 team. It has to be noted that he suffered a serious injury in August 2012. The injury forced him to be out of contention for over three months.
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.