We have reached the third round of the 2023/24 English Football League Cup and on the 27th of September, we have a meeting between Brentford and Arsenal.
The game will be played at the Gtech Community Stadium and the hosts are currently 13th in the Premier League while the visitors are 5th in the table.
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Brentford come into the game on the back of a disappointing 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Everton in the Premier League on the weekend.
It took only 6 minutes for Everton to open the scoring but Brentford struck back against the run of play 22 minutes later.
Into the second half and Everton continued to have the better of things and took the lead for a second time in the 67th minute. Everton scored their third goal in the 71st minute to leave Brentford with nothing.
The defeat at home to Everton means Brentford have failed to win any of their last 5 fixtures in all competitions.
There have been draws with Crystal Palace and Bournemouth in the Premier League plus a 1-0 loss at Newcastle United.
Brentford were held to a 1-1 draw by Newport County in the second round of the EFL Cup and needed penalties to beat the League Two club.
Trends show in Brentford's 3 most recent League Cup matches, there have been under 2.5 goals scored. The Bees have lost each of their last 2 home League Cup games.
Arsenal make the short journey to the Gtech Community Stadium having been held to a 2-2 draw at home by rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
Arsenal twice took the lead in the game and will be disappointed they could not hold on for the victory.
The draw with Spurs means Arsenal are undefeated this season.
They have won 4 of their 6 Premier League fixtures, with the wins coming over Nottingham Forest and Manchester United at home plus Crystal Palace and Everton away.
There was also a 4-0 home win over PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League group stages.
Trends show Arsenal have failed to win any of their 3 most recent games in the EFL Cup.
They have lost at home against Liverpool and Brighton in the past two seasons but are undefeated in each of their last 4 away matches in the competition.
Team news: Brentford are without the injured trio of Rico Henry, Shandon Baptiste, and Joshua Da Silva.
There are doubts over the fitness of Mikkel Damsgaard and Kevin Schade plus Ivan Toney is suspended.
Arsenal have several injury concerns, with Declan Rice, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Martinelli, Thomas Partey, and Jurrien Timber all unlikely to play any part in the match.
Aaron Ramsdale could play in goal with Takehiro Tomiyasu, Emile Smith Rowe, Jorginho, Mohamed Elneny, Kai Havertz, and Reiss Nelson all in contention to start.
Both teams are expected to make changes to their Premier League starting XI from the weekend, with Arsenal having the superior quality to come into the team.
Being an all Premier League encounter, we expect it to be close but Arsenal have a good recent away record in the EFL Cup and could come away with a narrow 1-0 win.