Brentford vs Crystal Palace Matchday Stats Preview

Brentford are winless in all six of their Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (D5 L1) – it’s both the joint-most the Bees have faced a side in the competition without ever winning (also 6 v Newcastle) and the joint-most the Eagles have faced a side without ever losing (also 6 v QPR).

Following a 3-1 win against Brentford in December last year, Crystal Palace are looking to win consecutive league games against the Bees for the first time since December 1957.

For the third time in four Premier League seasons, Brentford are beginning the campaign with a London derby. They beat Arsenal 2-0 in 2021-22, before a 2-2 draw with Spurs last season.

Crystal Palace beat Sheffield United 1-0 in their opening league game last season but haven’t won their first league match in consecutive campaigns since 2006-07/2007-08.

After a 14-game unbeaten run in Premier League London derbies between October 2022 and November 2023, Brentford have now lost five of their last seven against fellow London opponents (D2).

Brentford have won three of their last six Premier League games (D1 L2), as many as they had in their previous 21 combined (D4 L14).

Crystal Palace finished the 2023-24 Premier League campaign with six wins from seven games (D1), winning the last three in a row by an aggregate score of 12-1. They last won four in a row between February and June 2020.

After scoring in four of his first five games following his return from suspension last season, Brentford’s Ivan Toney has now gone 12 Premier League games without a goal. Only once has he had a longer drought in English league football, going 15 games between December 2015 and August 2016 during spells with Barnsley, Newcastle and Shrewsbury Town.

In his previous spell in English league football between 2019 and 2023, Crystal Palace’s new signing Ismaïla Sarr led all Watford players for goals (33), assists (17), chances created (124), total shots (251) and touches in the opposition box (539), while only João Pedro (242) completed more dribbles than the Senegal international (208).

Since Oliver Glasner’s first game in charge on 24th February, Crystal Palace’s Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored more Premier League goals than any player (13). Indeed, he’s netted more in 13 appearances under Glasner (13) than he had in his first 80 Premier League games (11).