📊 Form Guide

Brentford

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Brentford fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 2-4 Premier League triumph over Everton.

In that match, Brentford managed 55% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Brentford, goals were scored by Thiago (11', 51', 88') and Nathan Collins (50'). On the other side, Everton had 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. Beto (66') and Thierno Barry (91') scored for Everton.

Keith Andrews's Brentford have found the net 10 times in their preceding 6 outings. The comparative number of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures amounts to 5.

Heading into this contest, Brentford haven't been defeated in their previous 6 league matches at home.

Sunderland

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In their previous fixture, Sunderland drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Tottenham Hotspur.

In that game, Sunderland had 51% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Sunderland was Brian Brobbey (80'). On the other side, Tottenham Hotspur had 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Ben Davies (30') was the scorer for Tottenham Hotspur.

For 5 of the previous six games involving Sunderland, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and their opponents. The overall average goals scored per game in that spell works out to a paltry 1.17, with the number of goals averaged by The Black Cats equalling 0.33.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Sunderland:

• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
• have not won away from home in their last 5 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 12/12/1992 shows that Brentford have won 3 of these games & Sunderland 1, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

A total of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 12 of them for The Bees and 8 created by The Black Cats. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 3 on 30/08/2025 when it ended Sunderland 2-1 Brentford.

That day, Sunderland managed 54% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Goals were scored by Enzo Le Fée (82') and Wilson Isidor (96').

Brentford got 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Thiago (77') was the scorer.

The referee was Anthony Taylor.

🗞️ Team News: Brentford

Josh Dasilva (Knee surgery), Antoni Milambo (Cruciate ligament tear) and Fábio Carvalho (Cruciate ligament tear) aren’t available for Brentford boss Keith Andrews.

In our view, The Bees should kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, beginning the first half with Caoimhin Kelleher, Michael Kayode, K. Vassbakk Ajer, Nathan Collins, Rico Henry, Jordan Henderson, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade and Igor Thiago.

🗞️ Team News: Sunderland

We believe The Black Cats appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting the game with Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Daniel Ballard, Omar Alderete, Trai Hume, Lutsharel Geertruida, Granit Xhaka, Eliezer Mayenda, Enzo Le Fee, Simon Adingra and Brian Brobbey.

🧠 Prediction

Here, we’re thinking that Sunderland will have a tough ask to break down this Brentford lineup who will likely score at least once to put them ahead.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a good tussle with a 1-0 winning margin for Brentford at the end of the 90 minutes.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Lucas Pereira, 19:01 07/01/2026