Brentford won their last league game against Burnley 2-0 in March 2022, ending a run of four straight defeats against the Clarets. They last won back-to-back meetings with Burnley in December 1999.Burnley have only failed to score in one of their last 10 league games against Brentford, though they've also only kept one clean sheet in their last eight against them.
Brentford have won one game in the Premier League this season (D4 L3), away to Fulham on matchday 2. They are currently winless in six league games (D3 L3), last going on a longer run between January and February in 2022 (8 games).
Burnley have lost six of their eight Premier League games this season (W1 D1); their most defeats from their opening nine matches of any league campaign are seven, doing so in 1888-89 (top-flight), 1904-05(second tier), and 1977-78 (second tier).
Brentford have dropped more points from winning positions in the Premier League this season than any other side (11), failing to win the last four league matches in which they have had a lead (D3 L1). The last side to endure a longer run of failing to win consecutive Premier League matches in which they were ahead were Newcastle from August to November 2021 (6).
Burnley have conceded 20 goals in the Premier League this season, but only four of those have come in away games (20 per cent). Only Arsenal have conceded a lower proportion of their goals in away games in this season’s competition (0 per cent - 0/6).
Brentford have completed 2 756 passes in open play in the Premier League this season, with 8.6 per cent of these being progressive passes (236), the third-highest such percentage, after Luton (11.4 per cent) and Everton (8.7 per cent). Meanwhile, only 4.9 per cent of Burnley’s successful open play passes have been progressive, the second-lowest rate of any side this term (Man City 4.8 per cent).
PLAYER STATS
Lyle Foster has scored or assisted in each of his last five games for Burnley in the Premier League (3 goals,2 assists). The last player to directly contribute to a goal in six consecutive appearances for a newly promoted side was Peter Odemwingie for West Brom in May 2011.
Brentford goalkeeper Mark Flekken has conceded 10 goals this season (excluding own goals), but based on the placement of the shots on target he has faced, the average goalkeeper would have been expected to concede just under seven goals (6.8). His goals-prevented figure is the worst of any goalkeeper in the competition this season (-3.2).
Among all goalkeepers to have started at least five games in the Premier League since the 2003-04 campaign, Burnley’s James Trafford (37.3) and Brentford’s Mark Flekken (33.6) rank first and second for passes completed per 90 minutes.
