Brentford and Newcastle United are going to clash on Saturday the 26th of February at 3:00 pm in the 27th week of the Premier League. The match will be played in London at the Brentford Community Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Mike Dean.
Brentford sits in the 14th position in the league with 24 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Arsenal in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 14 times.
Newcastle United sits in the 17th place in the table with 22 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 4 times, draw 10 times, and lost 10 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 (23 times or 92.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (23 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: D. Raya Martin, E. Pinnock, P. Jansson, K. Vassbakk Ajer, R. Henry, P. Dasilva, V. Janelt, C. Nørgaard, S. Canós Tenes and B. Mbeumo.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Brentford would be 26.00.
There are doubts about the presence of I. Toney.
Thomas Frank will probably not be able to employ T. Fosu, M. Jensen and O. Frank because of injury.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 20.83%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (5 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 5-4-1 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: M. Dúbravka, F. Woodman, F. Schär, E. Krafth, M. Ritchie, J. Apolinário de Lira, J. Shelvey, J. Willock, R. Fraser and J. Murphy.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Newcastle United would be 28.40.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ J. Manquillo Gaitán and A. Saint-Maximin because of injury.
C. Clark, J. Lewis, K. Trippier, I. Hayden and C. Wilson will definitely miss the match.