West Ham vs Brentford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th February 2024

When Brentford come to London Stadium for the Premier League match on Monday, West Ham will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

West Ham approach the next Premier League round as number nine in the table, having claimed 36 points this season so far. With 25 games behind them, Brentford amassed 25 points, placing them as number 14 before their next fixture.

With both West Ham and Brentford coming off disappointing defeats in their previous outing, we could be in for a cautious battle. Both will be eager to get back to winning ways sooner rather than later.

The Irons are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady ten goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of one per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 19 goals, or an average of 1.9 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to four clean sheets in this run.

Brentford scored 12 goals, conceded 23 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Brentford beat West Ham twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-2 and 2-0, respectively.

West Ham vs Brentford Prediction

West Ham Form

West Ham endured a tough spell in their previous three matches, which brought three defeats. They lost 3-0 against Manchester United, before Arsenal won 0-6, while Nottingham Forest claimed all three points in a 2-0 win. West Ham managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew three and lost one, as they scored seven and conceded eight goals.

Brentford Form

Brentford have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it started with a 0-2 win against Wolverhampton. Unable to follow that up, they went down 1-4 against Liverpool, before handing over all three points in a 1-0 defeat against Manchester City. Brentford only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew zero and lost five as well as being outscored by ten goals to six.

It seems both Brentford and West Ham have some issues concerning their defence, as they seem to find themselves on the receiving end a bit too often lately. We believe the trend continues on Monday, and we are rooting for goals.

West Ham took 19 points from their last 13 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to five wins after scoring 19 times and conceding 20. Brentford won two matches and picked up seven points from their last 13 encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League. They scored 14 goals and conceded 26. West Ham have a record of ten wins, six draws and nine defeats in the Premier League this season. Brentford enjoy a record of seven wins, four draws and 14 defeats in the Premier League.

West Ham vs Brentford Squads

West Ham Squad

The 60-year-old coach of the home team, David Moyes, will select the lineup against Brentford from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Alphonse Areola (0/22), Joseph Anang (0/0), Lukasz Fabianski (0/5), Aaron Cresswell (0/4), Angelo Ogbonna (0/6), Ben Johnson (0/7), Emerson (0/24), Konstantinos Mavropanos (1/10), Kurt Zouma (1/21), Nayef Aguerd (1/19), Vladimir Coufal (0/23), Edson Alvarez (0/21), James Ward-Prowse (5/24), Kalvin Phillips (0/8), Lucas Paqueta (2/18), Mohammed Kudus (6/20), Oliver Scarles (0/0), Tomas Soucek (5/24), Danny Ings (0/13), Divin Mubama (0/5), Jarrod Bowen (11/24), Lewis Orford (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (1/5), Michail Antonio (2/13).

Brentford Squad

Here is the full team squad of Brentford. The 50 year-old Thomas Frank will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Ellery Balcombe (0/0), Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson (0/0), Mark Flekken (0/24), Thomas Strakosha (0/2), Aaron Hickey (0/9), Ben Mee (2/15), Ethan Pinnock (1/23), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/17), Mads Roerslev (0/21), Mathias Joergensen (0/5), Nathan Collins (1/20), Rico Henry (0/5), Sergio Reguilon (0/14), Bryan Mbeumo (7/15), Christian Noergaard (2/23), Frank Onyeka (0/18), Joshua Dasilva (0/0), Mathias Jensen (3/20), Mikkel Damsgaard (0/12), Ryan Trevitt (0/0), Shandon Baptiste (1/9), Vitaly Janelt (0/25), Yegor Yarmolyuk (0/15), Yoane Wissa (4/21), Yunus Emre Konak (0/0), Ivan Toney (4/6), Keane Lewis-Potter (2/19), Kevin Schade (1/5), Neal Maupay (5/22), Saman Ghoddos (1/16).

West Ham vs Brentford Team News

West Ham might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Brentford. Kalvin Phillips gets a day off from the West Ham squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Lucas Paqueta and Michail Antonio nurses various injuries and won't take part for West Ham against Brentford at London Stadium.

Brentford have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match on Monday against West Ham. For instance, Brentford won't be able to field Ivan Toney as he serves out a ban following too many cards.

Brentford need to do without Joshua Dasilva, Bryan Mbeumo, Aaron Hickey, Kevin Schade and Rico Henry, who are not fit enough to travel to London Stadium.

West Ham vs Brentford Lineups

West Ham vs Brentford H2H

Brentford got the better of West Ham in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-2 and 2-0, respectively. Brentford seem to have a bit of a love affair with West Ham, as they have beaten them five times in last five encounters. The bookies have Brentford to win this match at best price odds of 17/10.

West Ham vs Brentford Results

In the last five matches between West Ham and Brentford, both teams to score came up two times.

West Ham vs Brentford Betting Tips

James Ward-Prowse is the most prolific Premier League marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Brentford look to Ivan Toney, hoping he can add to his current total of four Premier League goals in his latest games.

West Ham claimed five wins, drew four and lost one of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Brentford won two, drew zero and lost eight of their last 10 games away. Who'll impose themselves on the match first at London Stadium on Monday? West Ham scored the opening goal seven times in 10 home games, while Brentford did it in seven of their last 10 away games.

In the last five encounters between West Ham and Brentford over 2.5 goals came out two times, as West Ham averaged 0.6 goals a game. Brentford scored an average of 2.2 goals in these, while both teams scored two times. West Ham saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.8 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Brentford, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.4 times goals per game.