- Brentford drew 0-0 at Brighton on Friday and are 12th in the Premier League
- Arsenal beat Ipswich 1-0 at the Emirates last time out
- Recommended Bet: Arsenal to win and over 3.5 goals

Though Brentford can be pleased with the point that they earned at Brighton, it stretched their winless run to four games ahead of a tough showdown with Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday.

The Bees are strong at home, but Arsenal are in good form, with Mikel Arteta’s team now unbeaten in 11 games after their recent home win against Ipswich. 

Team news

Brentford goalkeeper Mark Flekken and their centre-back Ben Mee both came off with injuries during the draw at Brighton and face fitness tests. 

Winger Bukayo Saka has undergone hamstring surgery and faces two months on the sidelines for Arsenal. 

Arteta is also without the services of the injured centre-back Ben White, right-back Takehiro Tomiyasu and winger Raheem Sterling. 

The stats

Brentford have failed to score in their last two games, drawing a blank at home in a 2-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest, before their goalless draw with Brighton. 

Arsenal are undefeated in their last 11 matches across all competitions, winning eight and drawing three. 

The Bees have claimed the joint-highest amount of home points in the Premier League this season, level with Liverpool on 22. 

Arsenal’s 5-1 win at Crystal Palace prior to Christmas, was the third time that they have scored five goals from their last four away games. 

Prediction

Brentford’s unbeaten home run in the Premier League came to an end in the last game that they hosted, when Nottingham Forest ran out as 2-0 winners. 

Thomas Frank’s team had won seven and drawn one of their first eight league matches at the Gtech Community Stadium, but now face a daunting run of fixtures, with Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham set to follow Arsenal’s visit. 

Even when winning, Brentford have been vulnerable defensively, conceding at least two goals in five of the last six games that they have hosted. 

That could spell bad news against an Arsenal side that have scored 16 times in their last four away matches, even accounting for the absence of Saka, which would hurt any team. 

Arteta is not sort of options in attack, with the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli all competing for places, which should give them enough to win this London derby.

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