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Brentford vs Liverpool, preview

The Premier League champions are coming to town. While Liverpool may not be at the top of their game right now, they're still an incredibly dangerous team filled with skilled players at every position. After winning the league title last year, they spent big over the summer, bringing in plenty of new talent. Brentford of course had a summer of change – two of Brentford's incoming players have deep roots in Liverpool, with Jordan Henderson having played there for 12 seasons and Caoimhin Kelleher spending 11 seasons with the club. Both have been performing well in their post-Liverpool lives. Add in Sepp van den Berg and Fabio Carvalho, who both joined from Liverpool a year ago, and it's clear that this will be a special game for many.

Recent history

This is only the ninth match-up between Brentford and Liverpool this century. Liverpool has had the upper hand, winning 6 of the previous 8. Liverpool won both games last season 2-0 – the home match was especially painful for Bees fans as they appeared to be headed for a well fought scoreless draw until Darwin Nunez netted a pair of injury time goals for Liverpool.

Recent form

Liverpool have hit an uncharacteristically rough patch lately, losing their last 3 league games (all 2-1). They did pick up a convincing 5-1 win during the week in the Champions League. Brentford has won 2 of their last 3 league games, and played their best game of the Keith Andrews era on Monday evening against West Ham.

Opta Power Rankings (as of 24th October 2025)

Pre-game correlation

Liverpool are likely to wear their green third kit at the Gtech, as their home and away kits would clash with Brentford's red and white. The Bees haven't played a team in green yet this season, and beat their only opponent in green last season (Bournemouth).

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Comparing the teams

The Bees will go into the game knowing that they'll need to be at their best to beat Liverpool. Recent slump and injuries or not, Liverpool are still the defending champions and still have a squad full of world class players.

Looking at the team numbers, Liverpool has a clear edge in terms of possession. Liverpool is best in the league with an average of nearly 62% possession in games and Brentford sits just a hair above 41%, second lowest in the league. Liverpool's sky high possession means they have a massive advantage over Brentford in terms of other stats like touches and pass attempts. But the teams are surprisingly close in some other areas.

Possession and passing (Source FBref)

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Attacking (Source FBref)

Defending (Source FBref)