📊 Form Guide

Brentford

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Brentford will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-1 FA Cup victory over Macclesfield.

In that game, Brentford had 74% possession and 16 shots on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Macclesfield had 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Sam Heathcote (70' Own goal) scored for Macclesfield.

Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Brentford have been participants. Breaking down the goal weighting in that period, opposing sides scored a total of 7 and Brentford managed a tally of 6.

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Liverpool in FA Cup competition, Brighton and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion had 53% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Liverpool got 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Curtis Jones (42'), Dominik Szoboszlai (56') and Mohamed Salah (68') scored for Liverpool.

The strike force from Brighton have failed to get amongst the goals in their past six games, recording the disappointing return of just 3. In those fixtures, The Seagulls have also seen the collective goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 9. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see if that trend shall persist in this next game.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 01/04/2023 tells us that Brentford have won 1 of them and Brighton 2, with the number of drawn games being 3.

An aggregate of 18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 9 of them from The Bees and 9 coming from The Seagulls. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Premier League match day 12 on 22/11/2025 when the final score was Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Brentford.

In that match, Brighton & Hove Albion managed 64% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Danny Welbeck (71') and Jack Hinshelwood (84').

Brentford got 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Thiago (29') scored.

The match was refereed by Chris Kavanagh.

📋 Team News: Brentford

Antoni Milambo (Cruciate ligament tear) and Fábio Carvalho (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Brentford manager Keith Andrews. Kevin Schade is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We think that The Bees should opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation, beginning the first half with Caoimhin Kelleher, Aaron Hickey, K. Vassbakk Ajer, Sepp van den Berg, Rico Henry, Jordan Henderson, Vitaly Janelt, Dango Ouattara, Mathias Jensen, Keane Lewis-Potter and Igor Thiago.

📰 Team News: Brighton

We are inclined to think that The Seagulls appear most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 lineup, starting Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Ferdi Kadioglu, James Milner, Jack Hinshelwood, Pascal Gross, Diego Gomez, Danny Welbeck and Kaoru Mitoma.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Brighton & Hove Albion have the capability to score a goal against this Brentford lineup, but that possibly won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Brentford after the 90. We’ll have to see what happens.

Lucas Pereira, 14:03 21/02/2026