Wolves vs Brentford: Wolves eye successive Premier League when they welcome Brentford for their next domestic fixture at the Molineux on Saturday.
Match Details:
Teams: Wolves vs Brentford
Venue: Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
Date: Saturday 18th September, 2021
Time: 05:00 PM IST
Live Link: https://www.hotstar.com/in
Preview
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Wolves picked up their first win of the season on Saturday as they beat Watford 2-0 away from home in the Premier League.
Sierralta’s own goal and Hwang’s strike made the difference for Lage’s side. Wolves will look to build on this win and get some consistency into their season.
With this win, Wolves is in 13rd spot in the league table with 3 points from 4 matches which includes 3 losses.
On the other hand, newly promoted Brentford started off their season well with a home win against Arsenal but have since not won a single clash.
In their last match, they lost to Brighton 1-0 at home with Trossard scoring in the 90th minute.
Thomas Frank needs to galvanise his troops and ensure a positive run of results come their way.
Brentford currently stand in 10th place with 5 points from 4 matches.
🎯 Most accurate long balls this season (#PL):
4⃣0⃣: 🐝 DAVID RAYA 🐝
3⃣9⃣: Rúben Neves
3⃣8⃣: Nick Pope
3⃣4⃣: Paul Pogba
3⃣2⃣: Tim Krul
3⃣0⃣: Hugo Lloris, Joachim Andersen#BeeTogether 🐝 #BrentfordFC pic.twitter.com/s7yzHewzcC— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) September 14, 2021
Both these sides last met in the Championship in 2018 where Wolves won the contest 3-0 with goals from Neves, Douglas and Jota.
Form Guide
Wolves: LLWLW
Brentford: WDWDL
𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙷𝙳𝙰𝚈 -𝟸#BrentfordFC pic.twitter.com/4cssIgAE82
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) September 16, 2021
Last Matches of both teams:
Watford 0-2 Wolves
Brentford 0-1 Brighton
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Wolves vs Brentford in India?
The match is live streamed on the Hotstar VIP App or Jio TV while the broadcast is available on Star Sports Select 2.
Team News
Bueno is recovering from a hamstring injury and could be doubtful for the hosts. Jonny and Neto are ruled out for this one.
Dasilva and Bech remain on the side-lines for Brentford due to hip and knee injuries respectively.
Wolves possible 11:
Sá, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Neves, Moutinho, Marcal, Trincao, Traoré and Jiménez
Brentford possible 11:
Raya, Pinnock, Jansson, Ajer, Henry, Janelt, Nørgaard, Onyeka, Canos, Toney and Mbeumo
Prediction: Wolves 2-1 Brentford
Wolves is expected to nick this contest after winning their first game last week.
They have the quality in their ranks to trouble the Bees and should make it successive wins this season.
Brentford has been inconsistent after Matchday 1 and do not have the firepower to stop the home side.
Players to watch out for: Traoré, Jiménez, Toney and Nørgaard.
