Brentford vs Leicester City

Gtech Community Stadium plays host to an intriguing Premier League contest between Brentford and Leicester City.

Brentford immediately bounced back from an underwhelming 1-0 defeat away to Everton, steamrolling to a 2-0 victory at Southampton in midweek Premier League action. Back to the Gtech Community Stadium after back-to-back road trips, the ‘Bees’ are looking to post their first-ever Premier League win over Leicester after three straight failed attempts (D1, L2), including an action-packed 2-2 draw in the reverse fixture in August. Stretching beyond the Premier League boarders, they’re winless in their last seven league H2Hs (D2, L5). However, Thomas Frank’s men have been nothing short of impressive at home this season, losing just one of their 13 Premier League home matches (W7, D5) and are unbeaten in the last nine in a row (W5, D4) since going down to pacesetters Arsenal in September.

In stark contrast to Brentford’s outstanding season, visiting Leicester City cannot catch a break as they come into this round on the back of five consecutive losses in all competitions, including a 3-1 league defeat to Chelsea last time out. Having lost four successive Premier League matches in the build-up to this trip, the ‘Foxes’ should consider themselves lucky for starting this round outside the bottom three, albeit they’re level on points with 18th-placed Bournemouth. Despite beating West Ham United 2-0 in their last Premier League game in London, the visitors haven’t won back-to-back top-flight games in the capital since December 2020. Halting that streak will require Leicester to defy a ponderous five-game away league form (W1, L4).