Brentford and Wolverhampton Wanderers turn their attention to FA Cup action this Friday night with the Bees aiming to conjure up some sort of positive form after their worst-ever start to a Premier League season.
Brentford's three-year stay in the top flight has been more than impressive. However, this campaign, the club have gone relatively under the radar down at the bottom end of the table, mainly due to the woeful form of the newly promoted teams and Everton's 10-point deduction. In reality, in another season, Brentford would probably be right in the mix for a relegation battle.
Such form so far this time around leaves Brentford down in 16th and only four points above the bottom three. In fact, they only sit ahead of Everton because of their points deduction, while Thomas Frank's men have lost the most goals for those outside of the relegation spots with 10 from 20 games - this means they have lost half of the matches they have played.
Worse yet, the London club recorded only one win throughout December and even managed to lose to last-placed Sheffield United at the start of last month. Brentford did beat the relegation-sitting Luton Town but defeats to Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion, Wolves and Palace mean a five-game losing skid right now.
That 4-1 loss to Wolves came only two weeks before this match, as Mario Lemina kicked things off with a first half goal before Hwang Hee-chan scored just seconds later. The South Korean bagged another in what is turning out to be a stunning season from him - the striker is only outscored by Mohamed Salah, Erling Haaland and Dominic Solanke this season. Yoane Wissa bagged in the first half that day as well, as Jeanricher Bellegarde added a fourth late on for Wolves.
As for Wolves, they come into this game on a three-game winning run after a routine 3-0 victory over Everton. They also beat Brentford in this run and managed to edge past Chelsea 2-1 as well.