Brentford vs Crystal Palace: Bees out to extend 69-year unbeaten run in final home game

Brentford volition person the accidental to widen their 69-year unbeaten location tally against Crystal Palace successful Sunday's Premier League meeting astatine the Gtech Community Stadium. 

The Bees' European propulsion has mislaid immoderate momentum with a instrumentality of conscionable 1 triumph from their past 8 Premier League matches (D5, L2).

Keith Andrews's broadside fell to a heavy 3-0 defeat successful their astir caller outing against Manchester City, leaving them in eighth spot with 2 games near to play.

The affirmative quality for Brentford is their existent presumption has since go a Conference League qualification spot pursuing Man City's FA Cup triumph.

The Bees inactive person enactment to bash to unafraid astatine slightest a top-eight finish, with Chelsea, Everton, Fulham and Sunderland each blistery connected their heels.

Brentford could besides upgrade to a Europa League spot, with 2 points seperating them from Brighton & Hove Albion successful seventh and 4 points from Bournemouth successful sixth position.

Brentford looking to widen 69-year unbeaten location run

Brentford cognize that a triumph successful Sunday's gathering with Palace would spot them instrumentality a important measurement towards European qualification for the archetypal clip successful the club's history.

While European shot is the wide goal, the Bees besides person the accidental to widen their 69-year unbeaten grounds successful location league games against the Eagles since losing 3-0 successful December 1957. 

In that period, the westbound London nine person recorded 3 victories and 3 draws successful six head-to-head location league meetings.

They prevailed by a 2-1 scoreline successful their astir caller brushwood astatine the Gtech Community Stadium successful August 2024, which came courtesy of goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa.

Brentford retired to debar different last location crippled loss

While they boast a beardown grounds astatine location against the Eagles, Brentford person mislaid their last location lucifer successful each of the past 2 seasons.

They fell to a 4-2 decision to Newcastle United successful their last location lucifer successful 2023-24, earlier they mislaid 3-2 to Fulham successful their past location outing of the 2025-26 campaign. 

The Bees are present looking to debar losing their past location crippled successful 3 consecutive campaigns for the archetypal clip since 2012-13.

Igor Thiago could person a cardinal relation to play if Brentford are to prime up a affirmative result, having scored 22 goals successful 36 Premier League appearances.

The Brazilian is presently 4 points adrift of Manchester City's Erling Haaland successful the contention for the Golden Boot.