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Brentford vs Arsenal

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Gtech Community Stadium

Date: 1st January 2025

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

Arsenal will look to end the year on a strong note when they make the short trip to the Gtech Stadium to face Brentford in the first Premier League game of the new year.

The hosts played out a surprising goalless draw against Brighton in their last outing. Despite the disappointment of the result, that stalemate did at least serve as the Bees’ second point of this Premier League campaign on the road (D2, L7).

As a direct result of their form away from home, manager Thomas Frank will be delighted to get his side back to the Gtech Stadium for this latest clash with the Gunners, especially as they’ve taken a joint-high 22 home points in the top-flight this term (W7, D1, L1). But the fact that their only defeat at home came in their last outing at this venue could dampen spirits slightly ahead of kick-off, with their 2-0 defeat to high-flying Nottingham Forest also acting as the first time across their 11 home competitive matches this term that the Londoners have also failed to score.

They’ll hope to change that here but that could prove very difficult as Brentford have lost each of their last three home H2Hs without netting a single goal in the process.

Meanwhile, Arsenal will look to make it three league wins in a row when they travel to Brentford on New Year’s Day. The Gunners beat Ipswich 1-0 last time out to maintain their fantastic recent form across all competitions.

That result pushed their unbeaten run to 11 matches in total (W8, D3) as they continue to hunt down table-toppers Liverpool and their first Premier League title since the 2003/04 campaign. However, to do that, Mikel Arteta’s side need to improve their return away from home.

Although they’re now unbeaten across their last four away league matches (W2, D2), each of their three competitive defeats has come away from the Emirates Stadium this season. However, as the visitors have remained unbeaten in each of their ten Premier League London derby matches in 2024 (W8, D2), prospects pre-game look positive.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

April 3, 2025
Chelsea 20:00 Tottenham Hotspur
April 5, 2025
Everton 12:30 Arsenal
Crystal Palace 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Ipswich Town 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Aston Villa 17:30 Nottingham Forest
April 6, 2025
Brentford 14:00 Chelsea
Fulham 14:00 Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur 14:00 Southampton
Manchester United 16:30 Manchester City
April 7, 2025
Leicester City 20:00 Newcastle United
April 12, 2025
Manchester City 12:30 Crystal Palace
Brighton & Hov… 15:00 Leicester City
Nottingham Forest 15:00 Everton
Southampton 15:00 Aston Villa
Arsenal 17:30 Brentford
April 13, 2025
Chelsea 14:00 Ipswich Town
Liverpool 14:00 West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 14:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United 16:30 Manchester United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 30 22 7 1 70 27 +43 73
2 Arsenal 30 17 10 3 55 25 +30 61
3 Nottingham Forest 30 17 6 7 50 35 +15 57
4 Manchester City 30 15 6 9 57 40 +17 51
5 Newcastle United 29 15 5 9 49 39 +10 50
6 Chelsea 29 14 7 8 53 37 +16 49
7 Aston Villa 30 13 9 8 44 45 -1 48
8 Brighton & Hov… 30 12 11 7 48 45 +3 47
9 Fulham 30 12 9 9 44 40 +4 45
10 AFC Bournemouth 30 12 8 10 49 38 +11 44
11 Brentford 30 12 5 13 51 47 +4 41
12 Crystal Palace 29 10 10 9 37 34 +3 40
13 Manchester United 30 10 7 13 37 41 -4 37
14 Tottenham Hotspur 29 10 4 15 55 43 +12 34
15 Everton 30 7 13 10 32 37 -5 34
16 West Ham United 30 9 7 14 33 50 -17 34
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 8 5 17 41 58 -17 29
18 Ipswich Town 30 4 8 18 30 63 -33 20
19 Leicester City 30 4 5 21 25 67 -42 17
20 Southampton 30 2 4 24 22 71 -49 10

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