Wednesday seventh January 2026Brentford v Sunderland – Premier LeagueStadium of Gentle Kick-Off: 19:30Tickets & Match Protection
Tickets: Tickets are bought out.
TV/Stream: Full reside match protection is offered by way of Sky Sports activities.
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Radio: Full reside match commentary out there by way of BBC Radio Newcastle (not on-line)
The build-up…
It’s the assembly of the 2 shock packages of this season’s Premier League and it’s a troublesome take a look at for the Lads tonight.
We’re shouting it from the rooftops that we’ve remained unbeaten at residence within the first half of the season and what an achievement that’s from Le Bris’ facet, however regardless that they’ve misplaced one, Brentford have taken another level on residence soil in the identical variety of video games.
Solely the highest three have taken extra factors on their very own patch and we have now to look again to the fifth October for Keith Andrews’ facet final defeat at Griffin Park. Their away type isn’t almost pretty much as good, which is one other signal of how spectacular this report is since they sit on thirty factors as they occupy seventh within the desk – solely forward of us on objective distinction.
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Everybody thought the bubble had burst when Thomas Frank left to take the Spurs job, however Andrews has defied all the predictions, though the stress is firmly on holding their type at hom,e as solely the underside 4 have misplaced greater than Brentford.
In all competitions, we’ve solely taken on tonight’s opposition on twenty events. Within the forty years between conferences within the league that ranged from 1947 and 1987, we took them on twice, as soon as within the FA Cup and as soon as within the League Cup and that is solely our fourth journey to Griffin Park for a league recreation within the final forty years – the primary within the prime flight since 1946.
Within the final 4 video games, Le Bris’ facet has proven how onerous we’re to beat; tonight we may have the same efficiency.
The betting…
The bookies have the Lads at 16/5 to win the sport, whereas Brentford are priced at 4/5, and the draw is 5/2.
Face to face… at Brentford
(All competitions)
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Final time we met… at BrentfordSaturday twenty first October 2017Championship
Griffin Park
Brentford 3-3 Sunderland
[Yennaris 8’, Jozefzoon 47’, Maupay 78’ – Grabban 13’, Bentley (OG) 40’, Grabban (pen) 45’]
Sunderland: Steele, Jones, Kone, O’Shea, Oviedo, Watmore (McManaman), Cattermole, Ndong, McGeady (Vaughan), Honeyman, Grabban (Vaughan) Substitutes not used: Ruiter, Matthews, Gibson, Rodwell
Brentford: Bentley, Dalsgaard, Clarke, Dennaris, Egan, Bjelland, Jozefzoon, Woods, Vibe (Maupay), Sawyers (McEachran), Watkins (Canos) Substitutes not used: Daniels, Barbet, Mepham, Mokotjo
Attendance: 10,726
They’re sturdy at residence, and I feel it is going to come right down to the one objective of the sport.
