Newcastle United and Brentford will take on on Saturday the 16th of September at 5:30 pm in the 5th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Newcastle upon Tyne at the St. James’ Park. The referee will be Craig Pawson.

Newcastle United sits in the 14th position in the table with 3 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won once and lost 3 times.​​

Brentford occupies the 8th place in the league with 6 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against AFC Bournemouth in its last match in the Premier League.

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Newcastle United​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
19 May
Brentford-Newcastle United
2-4
4-3-3
15 May
Manchester United-Newcastle United
3-2
4-3-3
11 May
Newcastle United-Brighton & Hove Albion
1-1
4-4-2
04 May
Burnley-Newcastle United
1-4
4-3-3
27 Apr
Newcastle United-Sheffield United
5-1
4-3-3
24 Apr
Crystal Palace-Newcastle United
2-0
4-3-3
13 Apr
Newcastle United-Tottenham Hotspur
4-0
4-3-3
06 Apr
Fulham-Newcastle United
0-1
4-3-3
02 Apr
Newcastle United-Everton
1-1
4-3-3
30 Mar
Newcastle United-West Ham United
4-3
4-3-3
11 Mar
Chelsea-Newcastle United
3-2
4-3-3
02 Mar
Newcastle United-Wolverhampton Wanderers
3-0
4-3-3
24 Feb
Arsenal-Newcastle United
4-1
4-3-3
17 Feb
Newcastle United-AFC Bournemouth
2-2
4-3-3
10 Feb
Nottingham Forest-Newcastle United
2-3
4-3-3
03 Feb
Newcastle United-Luton Town
4-4
4-3-3
30 Jan
Aston Villa-Newcastle United
1-3
4-3-3
13 Jan
Newcastle United-Manchester City
2-3
4-3-3
01 Jan
Liverpool-Newcastle United
4-2
4-3-3
26 Dec
Newcastle United-Nottingham Forest
1-3
4-3-3
23 Dec
Luton Town-Newcastle United
1-0
4-3-3
16 Dec
Newcastle United-Fulham
3-0
4-3-3
10 Dec
Tottenham Hotspur-Newcastle United
4-1
4-3-3
07 Dec
Everton-Newcastle United
3-0
4-3-3
02 Dec
Newcastle United-Manchester United
1-0
4-3-3
25 Nov
Newcastle United-Chelsea
4-1
4-3-3
11 Nov
AFC Bournemouth-Newcastle United
2-0
4-3-3
04 Nov
Newcastle United-Arsenal
1-0
4-3-3
28 Oct
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Newcastle United
2-2
4-3-3
21 Oct
Newcastle United-Crystal Palace
4-0
4-3-3
08 Oct
West Ham United-Newcastle United
2-2
4-3-3
30 Sep
Newcastle United-Burnley
2-0
4-3-3
24 Sep
Sheffield United-Newcastle United
0-8
4-3-3
16 Sep
Newcastle United-Brentford
1-0
4-3-3
02 Sep
Brighton & Hove Albion-Newcastle United
3-1
4-3-3
27 Aug
Newcastle United-Liverpool
1-2
4-3-3
19 Aug
Manchester City-Newcastle United
1-0
4-3-3
12 Aug
Newcastle United-Aston Villa
5-1

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (4 times).

Eddie Howe is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: Nick Pope, Dan Burn, Fabian Schär, Kieran Trippier, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimarães, Joelinton, Anthony Gordon, Miguel Almirón and Alexander Isak.

Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Newcastle United would be 28.10.

There are doubts about the presence of Sven Botman.

Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ Emil Krafth, Javier Manquillo, Elliot Anderson and Sandro Tonali because of injury.

Joseph Willock will definitely miss the match.

Brentford​

Line - Ups​
4-3-3
19 May
Brentford-Newcastle United
2-4
4-3-3
11 May
AFC Bournemouth-Brentford
1-2
4-3-3
04 May
Brentford-Fulham
0-0
4-3-3
27 Apr
Everton-Brentford
1-0
4-3-3
20 Apr
Luton Town-Brentford
1-5
4-3-3
13 Apr
Brentford-Sheffield United
2-0
3-5-2
06 Apr
Aston Villa-Brentford
3-3
3-5-2
03 Apr
Brentford-Brighton & Hove Albion
0-0
3-5-2
30 Mar
Brentford-Manchester United
1-1
3-5-2
16 Mar
Burnley-Brentford
2-1
3-5-2
09 Mar
Arsenal-Brentford
2-1
3-5-2
02 Mar
Brentford-Chelsea
2-2
3-5-2
26 Feb
West Ham United-Brentford
4-2
3-5-2
20 Feb
Manchester City-Brentford
1-0
3-5-2
17 Feb
Brentford-Liverpool
1-4
3-5-2
10 Feb
Wolverhampton Wanderers-Brentford
0-2
3-5-2
05 Feb
Brentford-Manchester City
1-3
3-5-2
31 Jan
Tottenham Hotspur-Brentford
3-2
3-5-2
20 Jan
Brentford-Nottingham Forest
3-2
3-5-2
30 Dec
Crystal Palace-Brentford
3-1
3-4-3
27 Dec
Brentford-Wolverhampton Wanderers
1-4
3-5-2
17 Dec
Brentford-Aston Villa
1-2
4-3-3
09 Dec
Sheffield United-Brentford
1-0
4-3-3
06 Dec
Brighton & Hove Albion-Brentford
2-1
4-3-3
02 Dec
Brentford-Luton Town
3-1
5-3-2
25 Nov
Brentford-Arsenal
0-1
5-3-2
12 Nov
Liverpool-Brentford
3-0
4-3-3
04 Nov
Brentford-West Ham United
3-2
3-5-2
28 Oct
Chelsea-Brentford
0-2
4-3-3
21 Oct
Brentford-Burnley
3-0
3-5-2
07 Oct
Manchester United-Brentford
2-1
4-3-3
01 Oct
Nottingham Forest-Brentford
1-1
4-3-3
23 Sep
Brentford-Everton
1-3
3-5-2
16 Sep
Newcastle United-Brentford
1-0
4-3-3
02 Sep
Brentford-AFC Bournemouth
2-2
4-3-3
26 Aug
Brentford-Crystal Palace
1-1
4-3-3
19 Aug
Fulham-Brentford
0-3
5-3-2
13 Aug
Brentford-Tottenham Hotspur
2-2

Brentford has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 75.00%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (3 times) and 5-3-2 (once).

Thomas Frank is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Mark Flekken, Rico Henry, Nathan Collins, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Aaron Hickey, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Christian Nörgaard, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa.

Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Brentford would be 26.82.

Thomas Frank will probably not be able to employ Mikkel Damsgaard because of injury.

Shandon Baptiste and Josh Dasilva will definitely miss the match.

Thomas Frank will not be able to have the presence of Ivan Toney  who is suspended​​.