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Brentford vs Liverpool prediction: Reds can show title credentials
Follow our football betting tips as Liverpool travel to Brentford on Saturday
Brentford vs Liverpool betting tips
Liverpool travel to Brentford in Saturday’s late kick-off, looking to get their Premier League campaign back on track (8pm, Sky Sports Main Event).
They have lost their last three league matches against Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Manchester United, and betting sites have pushed out their Premier League odds to retain the title.
However, they did end a four-game losing streak in all competitions with an impressive 5-1 win away at Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday.
Rasmus Kristensen gave the home side an early lead before Hugo Ekitike equalised on his return to the Deutsche Bank Park.
Headers from Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate gave the Reds a 3-1 lead at the break before Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai wrapped up the win.
The only downside to the result were the injuries suffered by Jeremie Frimpong and Alexander Isak, which will rule them out this weekend. Frimpong was replaced after just 19 minutes with a hamstring injury, while Isak was replaced at the break with a groin problem.
The Reds go into the weekend fourth in the league table, four points behind the leaders Arsenal, but five ahead of Saturday’s opponents, who are currently 13th.
Life after Thomas Frank has been mixed for Brentford, but two wins from their last three matches, against United and West Ham, have seen them move clear of the bottom three.
Brentford vs Liverpool: Both teams to score again
The last time Liverpool lost four or more of their first nine games in a league season was in 1993-94, while the last time they lost four league games consecutively was in 2021.
Going to Brentford puts them in real danger of extending that domestic losing run, but there’s a reason most Premier League betting sites had them as short-priced favourites in their football odds, even before the win in Frankfurt.
The Bees have lost their last five matches against Liverpool by an aggregate scoreline of 12-1. Their only goal came in a 4-1 defeat at home in February 2024.
Despite Brentford struggling to score against Liverpool in the past, they will fancy their chances on Saturday night with the Reds having conceded in 11 of their 13 games so far this season.
They have even conceded two or more seven times, which is a far cry from the defence that conceded just 41 goals in 38 league games last season.
Football betting sites are offering just 4/7 on both sides scoring at the Gtech Community Stadium, and the fact that both sides have only failed to score once suggests we should see plenty of goals.
If Liverpool can show the attacking intent they did in Germany, then their former keeper Caoimhin Kelleher is in for a busy afternoon and we could see a third consecutive win for the Reds over Brentford by two goals.
Brentford vs Liverpool prediction 1: Liverpool to win by exactly two goals - 4/1 Bet365
Brentford vs Liverpool: Tiago to punish Reds' defence
Brentford’s Igor Thiago has scored five league goals already this season, with only Erling Haaland (11) and Antoine Semenyo (6) scoring more.
He had six shots, with three of them on target in Monday’s 2-0 win over West Ham. That was the second time in his last two games he’s had two or more shots on target and he could prove a handful for van Dijk and co.
Brentford vs Liverpool prediction 2: Tiago over 1.5 shots on target - 3/1 Bet365
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