Bournemouth aims to end his sequence of three first league games and to increase its European hopes when they welcome Brentford on Saturday.
The cherries tripped in their attempt to secure continental football next season and were frustrated last weekend when they gave up an advance of two goals to Tottenham Hotspur, forced to accept a draw that leaves them in ninth. However, Saturday’s victory could see Bournemouth rise up to sixth and offer a timely confidence.
Brentford apparently has little at stake by the end of the season. The bees will be harshly pushed to make European stains, but will not fear in search of a relegation battle. Such circumstances will see them remove the foot from the gas or have fun with the handbrake.
Andoni Iraola organized an impressive revolution on the southern coast, but he could not conquer Thomas Frank on the touchline. He lost two and pulled one of the three meetings with Brentford, including a 3-2 defeat in western London earlier this quarter.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to an intriguing case.
Bournemouth vs Brentford Record head-to-head (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Bournemouth | Brentford |
|---|---|
Tottenham 2-2 Bournemouth – 03/09/25 | Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa – 08/03/25 |
Bournemouth 1-1 Wolves – 01/03/25 | Brentford 1-1 Everton – 02/26/25 |
Brighton 2-1 Bournemouth – 02/25/25 | Leicester 0-4 Brentford – 02/21/25 |
Bournemouth 0-1 Wolves – 02/22/25 | West Ham 0-1 Brentford – 15/02/25 |
Southampton 1-3 Bournemouth – 02/15/25 | Brentford 0-2 Tottenham – 02/02/25 |
Country | TV channel / live flow |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Ultra HD, Sky Go, Sky Go Extra, now TV |
UNITED STATES | FUBOTV, NBCSPORTS.COM, NBC SPORTS AP, Universo Now, Telemundo Deportes in Vivo, USA Network, Universo |
Canada | Fubotv Canada, Fubo Sports Network 2 Canada |
The vast list of injuries from Bournemouth has released in recent weeks and Iraola is now without only four players for Brentford’s visit. ENES UNAL is missing for the rest of the season, joined on the sidelines by defenders Marcos Senesi, Adam Smith and Julian Araujo.
Evanilson made an encouraging return in recent matches and has now scored in successive games. The Brazilian moved the fortune striker Dango Ouattara to invent an impressive front quartet.
James Hill intervened at the central defender against the Spurs the last time, but Illia Zabarnyi should return to the departure formation after having served his suspension.
Bournemouth predicted the programming against Brentford (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Cook, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Christie, Adams; Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo; Evanilson.
Brentford has a litany of injury problems and is still without Fabio Carvalho, Aaron Hickey, Gustavo Nunes, Igor Thiago and Joshua Dasilva. Rico Henry and Sepp Van Den Berg are also struggling with fitness problems, none should come back this weekend.
The winter signature Michael Kayode missed the defeat against Aston Villa last weekend with a blow, but should be available as part of the itinerant team this time.
Frank is unlikely to make many changes compared to the team that has been beaten by the Villans, but he will expect a more coherent display.
Brentford predicted the programming against Bournemouth (4-2-3-1): Flekken; Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard, Janelt; Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade; Wissa.
Bournemouth desperately needs to return to victory this weekend, but will have to end his Brentford Hoodoo in the process. The Iraola team has the ability to do exactly that with the talent attacking at its disposal.
However, cherries are not fantastic on the defensive and are likely to offer Brentford encouragement. The bees are in good shape during their travels and will make life difficult to have their hosts.
This is probably a tight but entertaining affair at Vitality Stadium.
