Crystal Palace are looking to continue their impressive revival on Sunday afternoon when they host fellow Londoners Brentford in the Premier League.
After a challenging start to the campaign, the Eagles have found their feet under Oliver Glasner and are now unbeaten in six games, four of which have resulted in wins. Back-to-back 2-0 wins on the road have lifted them to within a single point of Sunday's opponents.
Brentford have been relatively inconsistent since the start of the year and have won just one of their previous nine games in all competitions – a 5-0 thrashing of bottom of the table Southampton. The Bees have been surprisingly open away from home this season and are looking for just a second Premier League win on their travels.
Here it is 90 minutes guide to a capital crash.
Record against Crystal Palace v Brentford (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
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Crystal Palace |
Brentford |
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West Ham 0-2 Crystal Palace – 18/01/25 |
Brentford 0-2 Liverpool – 18/01/25 |
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Leicester 0-2 Crystal Palace – 15/01/25 |
Brentford 2-2 Man City – 14/01/25 |
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Crystal Palace 1-0 Stockport – 12/01/25 |
Brentford 0-1 Plymouth – 11/01/25 |
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Crystal Palace 1-1 Chelsea – 04/01/25 |
Southampton 0-5 Brentford – 04/01/25 |
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Crystal Palace 2-1 Southampton – 29/12/24 |
Brentford 1-3 Arsenal – 01/01/25 |
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country |
TV channel/live streaming |
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United Kingdom |
Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Ultra HD, Sky GO, Sky GO Extra, NOW TV. |
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United States |
peacock |
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Canada |
fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports Network 3 Canada |
palace have been dealt a blow this week as Glasner confirmed that Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure will miss this Sunday with knee injuries. No timetable has been set for the return of the pair, who join Adam Wharton and Joel Ward in the treatment room.
Matheus Franca is a long-term absentee, but the Brazilian is back in training. He won't be ready for Sunday, but Jefferson Lerma could return after missing the West Ham game through illness.
New January signing Romain Esse, who arrived from Millwall for £14.5m, could feature in some capacity.
Crystal Palace predicted formation against Brentford (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Hughes, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; The tests.
Brentford have a much longer injury list going into Sunday's game, with long-term absentees Aaron Hickey, Gustavo Nunes and Joshua Dasilva all still missing.
Igor Thiago is missing up front and centre-back Ethan Pinnock remains unavailable through injury. However, in better news, Frank will welcome Kristoffer Ajer back into the fold and the defender will be in the squad for the trip across the capital.
The latest signing of Fiorentina loanee Michael Kayode should help bolster an injury-hit defence, but the full-back will not receive international clearance in time for the weekend after only signing on Friday.
Brentford predicted formation against Crystal Palace (4-3-3): Stains; Roerslev, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Jensen, Norgaard, Yarmolyuk; Mbeumo, Wissa, Schade.
Palace are favored going into Sunday's clash as they continue to climb the table, with Jean-Philippe Mateta's sharp shooting helping the Eagles soar in recent weeks. Their attacking talent should trouble Brentford, who have kept just three clean sheets Premier League this season.
In Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford have attacking options capable of breaking down a Palace defense that has kept three consecutive clean sheets, but they could still find themselves on the wrong end of the 2-1 result that favored them. in the opposite match. August.