Brentford at Leicester City preview
Pre-game correlation
Friday evening's match with be the sixth time that the teams have played in the Premier League. The Foxes won the first two, the teams drew the third and fourth, and the Bees won the fifth. That strongly suggests that the Bees will win this one.
Building on that, the Foxes have not had much luck at home recently, losing 5 straight Premier League matches at home, the four most recent losses all 2-0. The Bees on the other hand recently won their third straight away game, the first time they've done that in the top flight. Very clear advantage to the Bees.
Based on these facts, the Bees are likely to win. Who will score the winner? It has to be Kevin Schade. He picked up a hat trick (and an assist) earlier in the season against Leicester City when the Bees won 4-1 at home, plus he has scored in each of the Bees last three away games (Southampton, Crystal Palace and West Ham).
Schade's goals have been remarkably diverse with three in the first half proper, three in the second half and one in injury time. Three have been with this left foot, three with his right, and one with his head.
Correlation FC pre-game prediction
Kevin Schade will score a goal at some point during the game with some part of his body. It's impossible to be more specific.
Correlation FC pre-game prediction #2
The Bees will stick with their pink away kit as they've won their last two games with it. The strong visual contrast between the Foxes in Blue and the Bees in Pink will make TV viewers happy.
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Friday evening draw?
Neither team has won a game on Friday this season. In fact, neither team has won a game on any evening this season. The Bees will want to change this soon, as they aren't scheduled to kickoff during daylight hours again until April.
Come back Sepp
Sepp van den Berg is set to miss the next few weeks due to a knee injury that he picked up against West Ham. Earlier in the season, he missed two games due to injury. The Bees only picked up one point in those two games. Ethan Pinnock also missed the same two games – he's healthy now, as is Ben Mee, so hopefully the Bees will fare better this time around.
This story was published on 20 February 2025. It was written by Dennis Flood. The image at the top of this story was generated using AI.
