Brentford at West Ham preview
Pre-game correlation
The Bees and Hammers have met seven times in the Premier League, with the Bees winning on five occasions and drawing another during their most recent meeting, back in September 2024. Brentford has scored exactly two goals in each of their three previous visits to London Stadium, so you can count on them scoring exactly two goals again on Saturday. This season, the Bees are undefeated when they score exactly two goals.
So, we know that the Bees will score twice and won't lose. The question is how many goals will West Ham score – 0, 1 or 2? West Ham has lost 4 out of 5 times this season when they've conceded exactly 2 goals, with the final score being 2-1 on three occasions.
Correlation FC pre-game prediction
Brentford beats West Ham 2-1.
Other data stories
Goals
Across all seven previous matches, the Bees have scored a total of 14 goals, an average of two goals per game. They've scored exactly 2 goals in 5 of those 7 matches.
Clean sheets
Brentford has held West Ham scoreless on three occasions. West Ham hasn't had a Premier League clean sheet against Brentford (though they did hold the Bees scoreless in an FA Cup match in early 2023).
West Ham coaches
Julen Lopetegui has never lost a Premier League match to Brentford, coaching West Ham in their 1-1 draw against Brentford earlier this season. He previously beat Brentford 2-0 in April 2023 when he was coaching Wolverhampton. Taking it one step further, new Hammers coach Graham Potter has never lost to Thomas Frank (3 wins while at Swansea City, 2 wins with Brighton, 1 draw with Chelsea).
This story was published on 12 February 2025. It was written by Dennis Flood. The image at the top of this story was generated using AI.
