On Monday Jan 2nd, Brentford plays host to Liverpool in a clash of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 10th placed Brentford is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur. Vitaly Janelt scored the first goal for Brentford in the 15th minute, then Ivan Toney added another in the 54th minute on a feed from Christian Nørgaard. Brentford is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while liverpool is fresh off their 3-1 win against Aston Villa. Mohamed Salah struck first for Liverpool in the 5th minute on a feed from Andrew Robertson, then Virgil van Dijk added another in the 37th minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Liverpool should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Liverpool won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Mohamed Salah has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 5 goals for Liverpool. Brentford’s most prolific scorer has been Ivan Toney. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Thomas Frank’s Brentford squad will be without Aaron Hickey, Kristoffer Ajer, Frank Onyeka, Shandon Baptiste, Thomas Strakosha, Charlie Goode and Pontus Jansson, while Luis Díaz, Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Naby Keïta, Arthur, Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota are unavailable to play for Liverpool.