Monday Night Football in the Premier League sees West Ham host Brentford at the London Stadium. The Hammers look to try and bridge the gap to European football whereas The Bees need to put some room between them and the relegation zone.
West Ham currently sit ninth in the Premier League after 25 games. The Hammers have ten wins, six draws and nine losses, leaving them on 36 points, 11 points from European football.
In their last five games in all competitions, West Ham have two draws and three losses.
Maxwel Cornet opened the scoring for West Ham, but Ben Brereton Diaz equalised for Sheffield United before halftime. A penalty from James Ward-Prowse regained the lead for The Hammers, but following the red cards to Rhian Brewsters and Vladimir Coufal, Oli McBurnie converted a 103rd minute penalty to grab a 2 - 2 draw. It was another draw for West Ham against Bournemouth. Dominic Solanke gave Bournemouth the lead in the third minute but another penalty from Ward-Prowse grabbed a 1 - 1 draw.
Rasmus Hojlund gave United the 1 - 0 lead at halftime and a second half brace from Alejandro Garnacho secured the 3 - 0 win for Manchester United. The visit from Arsenal was one to forget for West Ham. A brace from Bukayo Saka and goals from William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Leandro Trossard and former Hammer Declan Rice gave Arsenal the 6 - 0 win.
The last time out for West Ham was against Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi and Callum Hudson-Odoi both scored in the 2 - 0 win over ten-man West Ham, with Kalvin Phillips sent off in the second half.
Brentford, on the other hand, currently sit 14th in the Premier League. In 25 games, The Bees have seven wins, four draws and 14 losses which leaves them on 25 points, just five points above the relegation zone.
In their last five games in all competitions, Brentford have one win and four losses.
Neal Maupay opened the scoring for Brentford to give them the 1 - 0 lead at halftime, but Destiny Udogie and Brennan Johnson both scored within a minute of each other to give Tottenham the 2 - 1 lead. Richarlison added a third meaning Ivan Toney’s goal wasn’t enough as Spurs held on for the 3 - 2 win. Maupay gave Brentford the lead again, this time against Manchester City. However, a hat-trick from Phil Foden gave City the 3 - 1 win.
Christian Norgaard gave Brentford the 1 - 0 lead over Wolves at halftime and Toney grabbed a goal in the second half to give Brentford the 2 - 0 win for Wolves. Toney was on the scoresheet again for Brentford but goals from Darwin Nunez, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo gave Liverpool the 4 - 1 win.
The most recent outing for Brentford was against Manchester City on Tuesday. Erling Haaland scored the only goal of the game in the 71st minute to give City the 1 - 0 win over The Bees.
West Ham and Brentford have met 54 times in their histories, the first meeting coming back in 1898. Not much separates the two sides, with West Ham having 23 wins and Brentford’s 20 wins, the other 11 games ending in a draw.