Brentford vs Leicester City

The Premier League surprise package Brentford will play host to Leicester City at the Brentford Community Stadium in an exciting match-up.

Despite putting on a heroic performance, Brentford fell to a narrow 1-0 home defeat to Chelsea last time out, seeing their three-game unbeaten Premier League streak come to an end (W2, D1). Despite that upset, the ‘Bees’ have enjoyed a stellar start to the season, as only five promoted teams in Premier League history have better their 15-point tally after eight top-flight matches. However, Brentford will put their hopes of bouncing back from the abovementioned defeat to Chelsea on the line against a Leicester side they’ve failed to beat in any of their last seven meetings in all competitions (D1, L6). Worryingly, Thomas Frank’s men have registered a clear majority (71.43%) of their Premier League goals conceded this season on home turf (5/7). Additionally, both of their league reverses so far have arrived at the Brentford Community Stadium.

On the other hand, Leicester City came from behind to beat Manchester United 4-2 at home last time out to snap a four-match winless Premier League run to a halt (D2, L2). Brendan Rodgers’ side performed another sensational comeback to outscore Spartak Moscow 4-3 in midweek Europa League action, showing they possess the character to dig themselves out from the bottom half of the Premier League table. After beating United, the ‘Foxes’ are now gunning for back-to-back league victories for the first time since April. However, the visitors have picked up just one triumph in their four Premier League away matches this season (D1, L2), conceding 2+ goals in each game they didn’t win in that sequence. Indeed, Leicester’s defensive frailties have seen them fail to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 top-flight travels in a row.