Brentford vs Fulham Predictions

• Only Leeds have conceded less home goals than Brentford in the Championship this season.
• Brentford have lost just one of their last nine home Championship fixtures.
• Fulham have won just one of the last eight renewals of this fixture. Brentford have won four of the other seven.

Bees a force to be reckoned with at home

When Huddersfield to Griffin Park and picked up a narrow win, Brentford had won just one of their last four at home. Things weren’t looking so great. However, Thomas Frank’s men have since steadied themselves and after winning each of their last three at home, scoring ten goals in the process, look a menacing side in front of their own fans.

As is often the case, Brentford have taken a while to get going this term, but now that they’re just a point behind Preston, who’re in 6^th place, they’ve once again emerged as play-off contenders.

Its clear to see that Brentford are not an easy team to face at Griffin Park, not just because they can hurt teams offensively, but because they’ve not given a great deal away either. Only league leaders Leeds have conceded less goals than Brentford, who’ve shipped seven in ten games, keeping four clean sheets. Only two teams have registered more home shots on target than The Bees.

Cottagers look to bounce back

After a disappointing campaign in the Premier League last term, Fulham would’ve been hoping to do better and to ultimately bounce straight back to the big time. As they currently sit in 3^rd place, they’re not far off being positioned to achieve their goals, though it’s looking more and more likely that their route will be through the play-offs.

Fulham were recently ticking along nicely, they’d won four on the bounce and were a reasonable distance behind the top two, though after back-to-back losses, things don’t look as good for Scott Parker’s men.

Tight game in store at Griffin Park

Brentford can batter lots of team at this level, though it’s not easy to see them walking all over Fulham, who’re yet to suffer a heavy defeat away from home. That said, the attacking efforts of The Bees at home have been superior to those of The Cottagers on the road, so a low-key home win, in the form of ‘Brentford to Win & Under 3.5 Goals’ looks a good choice. Brentford will have to work hard to get three points, but they’ve got the extra attacking quality to do so. In contrast, the visitors have often struggled because of a lack of forward penetration on the road.