Brentford and Crystal Palace will clash on Saturday the 12th of February at 3:00 pm in the 25th week of the Premier League. The match will be played in London at the Brentford Community Stadium. The chosen referee is Simon Hooper.
Brentford sits in the 14th place in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 13 times.
Crystal Palace is in the 13th place in the table with 25 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Norwich City in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 5 times, draw 10 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brentford
Brentford has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (22 times or 91.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (22 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Crystal Palace with the following players: D. Raya Martin, E. Pinnock, P. Jansson, K. Vassbakk Ajer, R. Henry, S. Baptiste, M. Jensen, C. Nørgaard, Y. Wissa, B. Mbeumo and S. Canós Tenes.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Brentford would be 26.18.
Thomas Frank will probably not be able to employ V. Janelt and I. Toney because of injury.
T. Fosu and O. Frank will definitely miss the match.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (19 times or 82.61%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (19 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Patrick Vieira is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: V. Guaita Panadero, T. Mitchell, M. Guehi, J. Andersen, J. Ward, W. Hughes, J. Schlupp, C. Gallagher, W. Zaha, M. Olise and O. Édouard.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Crystal Palace would be 26.64.
N. Ferguson and C. Kouyaté will definitely miss the match.