Brentford
- The Bees have won three of their last five Premier League games and are currently on a two-match winning streak following impressive wins away at Aston Villa and Newcastle United.
- Brentford are scoring 1.92 goals per game at home.
- Brentford likes to play a compact game and wait for the opposition to make mistakes, which they will look to exploit on the counterattack.
Arsenal
- Arsenal have won four of their last five games, losing just once.
- Mikel Arteta has forged a unique tactical identity at the Emirates since taking over in December 2019 that combines positional play, pressing, set-piece mastery and more.
- The Gunners are the current leaders of the table with 56 points from 25 games, seventeen more than Brentford, who sit in seventh on 39.
- Arsenal have conceded just 0.75 goals per match on the road in the Premier League 2025/2026.
Head-to-Head
Arsenal have won two of the last three head-to-head meetings and drawn the other.
Key Players
- Igor Thiago is Brentford’s talisman, having scored 17 times in 25 Premier League matches, and he has scored 3 of Brentford's last 7 goals.
- Viktor Gyoekeres is the main goal threat for Arsenal, having netted 8 times in 23 Premier League matches.
- Four of Arsenal’s last 12 goals have been scored by the Dane, who is coming into this match in fine form.
Betting Insights
- As Arsenal have conceded just 0.75 goals per match on the road in the Premier League 2025/2026, the Under 2.5 goals market looks a good play on paper at 1.93, especially if this turns into a cagey affair.
- Arsenal are odds-on favorites at 1.66, while the Bees are 4.7 outsiders and a draw is 3.75.
Prediction
- Under 2.5 goals could be a value play in West London.
- With Arsenal’s superior league position, the head-to-head record and their current winning sequence, we're backing the away team to just edge a close contest on Thursday.
