Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Brentford
Match Time & Date:
18/08/2024
15:00
Prediction: 1-1
Crystal Palace
There will be fireworks when Brentford and Crystal Palace face each other in a small London derby on Saturday. The Bees played out a thrilling 4-4 draw with Wolfsburg in their last friendly game and they are likely to adopt yet another attack-minded approach against Palace. New signing Igor Thiago misses out with injury, while fellow summer recruit Fabio Carvalho should make his official Brentford debut in the local derby. Ivan Toney is widely expected to lead the line for the hosts.
The Eagles, on the other hand, enjoyed a successful preseason, with the team beating the likes of Crawley, Wolves, and West Ham, while sharing the spoils with Charlton and Nantes. Right winger Michael Olise is no longer part of the team, but the club chiefs managed to keep hold of Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta. Given the attacking potentials of the two sides, both teams to score seems like the best option for the London derby.
Highlighted Player (Eberechi Eze):
Eberechi Eze is a talented football player who was born in Greenwich, England on June 29, 1998. Eze started his youth career at Millwall and in the summer of 2016 he moved to Queens Park Rangers, signing a one-year contract with the capital club.
Eze scored 4 goals in 42 appearances for the Hoops in the 2018/2019 Championship campaign, while providing 4 assists for his teammates.His main position is attacking midfield, but he is capable of playing as both right and left midfielder as well. Eze is a footballer of Nigerian descent, but he has yet to make his debut for the Super Eagles in international matches.
Given his place of birth, the 173-cm tall midfielder was eligible to play for the England U20 team and he made his debut for the Three Lions on October 11, 2018 in a 2-1 victory over Italy. His preferred foot is right.
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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