Crystal Palace vs Brentford Preview, Team News, Confirmed Lineups, and Prediction

Ahead of Sunday afternoon’s encounter, we have the Crystal Palace vs Brentford preview, prediction, latest team news and confirmed lineups. 

Crystal Palace vs Brentford Preview

The Eagles have been on a strong run of form in recent weeks, remaining unbeaten from the last five Premier League matches (3W & 2D).

Oliver Glasner’s side picked up a 2-0 win against West Ham at the London Stadium in their most recent fixture, as Jean-Philippe Mateta bagged a brace.

This run has seen Palace move away from the relegation zone and into 12th, which is above the likes of Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

In contrast, Brentford have suffered some disappointing results, conceding a late brace from Darwin Nunez to lose 2-0 to Liverpool most recently.

The Bees were also knocked out of the FA Cup by Plymouth, who currently sit bottom of the Championship and the win over Brentford is Argyle’s only win since November 5th.

Thomas Frank’s side have picked up their points at home, with the Bees winning just one away match all season and Palace have lost just two of their last eight at Selhurst Park.

These two sides began their 2024/25 Premier League campaigns against one another back in August 2024, as Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa helped the Bees pick up a 2-1 win.

Crystal Palace vs Brentford Team News

Brentford’s long list of injuries has been a huge dampener this season, with Joshua Dasilva, Kristoffer Ajer, Gustavo Nunes, Aaron Hickey, Ethan Pinnock, Igor Thiago, and Ryan Trevitt all absent.

However, Rico Henry has returned to the side after almost two years and could be in line to start his first Premier League match of the season.

The Eagles have some injury concerns of their own, as Adam Wharton continues to miss out with a groin injury and Jefferson Lerma is a doubt through illness.

Matheus Franca will miss the match through injury, and Rob Holding appears to have been frozen out by the Palace boss indefinitely.

Crystal Palace vs Brentford Confirmed Lineups

Crystal Palace: Henderson; Guehi, Lacroix, Richards; Mitchell, Lerma, Hughes, Munoz; Eze, Sarr, Mateta

Brentford: Flekken; Roerslev, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Janelt, Norgaard; Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade, Wissa

Crystal Palace vs Brentford Prediction

Both sides are fairly even prices on UK betting sites, as this fixture is a difficult one to call given the performances of both Brentford and Crystal Palace.

A Palace win would see them leapfrog Brentford in the table; however, we expect an end-to-end encounter, and a high-scoring draw seems plausible.

Prediction: Crystal Palace 2-2 Brentford