Brentford vs Everton -Everton will play Brentford at Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday in search of their first Premier League win. Manager Frank Lampard called the Carabao Cup a true test of character.
The Toffees earned their first point of the season against Nottingham Forest in the 88th minute, while the Bees lost 3-2 to Fulham.
Aleksandar Mitrovic put the Bees up for sure in the 90th minute after a tough first 20 minutes against the Cottagers.
While dissatisfied with the loss, manager Thomas Frank recognized several positives, including his team’s never say die spirit.
They battled back from two goals down for the second time this season, exactly as they did in their opening match against Leicester City.
Frank has given his team 24 hours to celebrate a win or mope over a loss. His team appeared revitalised and well-prepared against Colchester this week, winning 2-0 with 65% possession.
In their first EPL season, the Bees beat Everton 1-0 at home and 3-2 at Goodison Park. Brentford only won both league games against Everton last season (also Watford and West Ham).
Brentford has kept a clean sheet in five of their previous six Premier League home games. In their opening home encounter, they became just the third side to score four goals against Man United in the first half. It was their largest win since joining the EPL.
Brentford vs Everton – Betting Analysis
Everton just avoided relegation in their previous domestic campaign, and with only one point after three games this time around, they are already in some danger.
They have only lost their opening four games of a season twice before, in 2010-11 and 1994-95, but that is their worst start in this competition in more than a decade.
Tuesday at the Carabao Cup, Lampard expressed his satisfaction with the result but stated that his players were having trouble improving the level of their play.
The Everton manager felt, among other things, that they could have won it with a deadly pass but instead lost it to Fleetwood Town of League One by a score of 1-0.
The Toffees had only defeated Brentford once in nine prior trips to West London, and that success came in a 4-2 victory in September 1952, when both teams were competing in the second division of English football.
The Toffees struggled against London-based teams in the previous campaign, earning only one point in six away trips after earning 15 of a possible 18 points in the British city in 2020–21.
Everton has scored two goals in three league games, which is the fewest goals they have scored at this point in a Premier League season since 2019–20, when they only scored once in their first three games.
Brentford vs Everton – Head-to-Head
Our Prediction: Over 2.5 Goals
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