Our prediction for this EFL Cup match:
Brentford
Match Time & Date:
29/10/2024
21:00
Prediction: 2-1
Sheffield Wednesday
Brentford will look to build on a thrilling 4-3 win over Ipswich Town when they take on Sheffield Wednesday in the EFL Cup last 16. The Bees have been scoring goals for fun at home of late and, no doubt, the return of Yoane Wissa from injury has helped them improve offensively. Kristoffer Ajer is unlikely to be risked, while all Igor Thiago, Aaron Hickey, Gustavo Nunes, Josh Dasilva, and Rico Henry remain in the treatment room.
The Owls, on the other hand, set up a meeting with Brentford by beating Blackpool on the road, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry in London. Considering that the Bees have been producing excellent performances at home of late, we predict that the visitors are going to return to the “Steel City” empty-handed. To make things even worse for the Championship side, important defender Akin Famewo misses out with injury.
Highlighted Player (Josh Windass):
Born in Hull, England on January 9, 1994, John Windass is a professional footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic. Windass is a product of Huddersfield Town youth academy, but he did not play for the Terriers at senior level.
The 175-cm-tall midfielder began his senior career at Accrington Stanley and after scoring 22 goals in 77 appearances in the league for the club, he moved to Glasgow Rangers in the summer of 2016. Two years later Josh Windass joined Wigan Athletic and he has been playing for the DW Stadium outfit ever since. He scored his first Championship goal on September 18, 2018 in a 2-1 win over Hull City.
His main position is attacking midfield, but he is used as both central midfielder and second striker as well. It has to be noted that Josh is the son of former footballer Dean Windass, who played for the likes of Hull City, Middlesbrough, Sheffield United and Bradford City during his professional career.
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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