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TEAM NEWS
Brentford midfielder Christian Norgaard has returned to training following an Achilles injury and could make his first appearance since August. Pontus Jansson, Aaron Hickey and Thomas Strakosha will be out until after the World Cup.
Diego Costa is expected to be fit for Wolves despite suffering a minor injury in midweek. This game comes too soon for Toti Gomes, while there’s no timeframe on Raul Jimenez’s return.
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Steve Davis
He says it is “nice to have a bit more time to plan ahead” now he is in charge until 2023 instead of game to game.
Davis expects the World Cup break to be like a second pre-season and plans to play some friendlies.
He says the stats in their 4-0 defeat against Leicester last time out were “our highest this season in terms of crosses and touches in the box”.
Scoring goals is still their issue, he admits. “We hope if we continue with that sooner or later they’ll go in. When you make that many chances you expect a few to go in.”
He also said the goals fly in during training but they have to transfer that to a match.
They have no new injury concerns. Diego Costa picked up a knock on Wednesday but he has trained again and Davis said “we hope he’ll be OK”. Toti, who is running again, is their only absentee.
Raul Jimenez is set to return to England as he recovers from injury and Davis admits they have really missed him.
The manager has urged fans to “stay behind the players” and says they are having to “silence the outside noise”.
match facts
Head-to-head
- The Bees and Wolves have faced each other 12 times in the top flight, winning six games apiece.
- Both of last season’s Premier League encounters were won by the away team, including 2-1 for Wolves.
- Brentford have won only two of their past eight league home games against Wolves, most recently by 3-0 in the Championship at Griffin Park in February 2016.
Brentford
- Brentford’s sole defeat in six Premier League home matches this season came against current league leaders Arsenal in September.
- They have kept eight Premier League clean sheets at home in 2022, a record only bettered by Liverpool’s tally of 10.
- The Bees have failed to score in four of their six most recent games.
- Ivan Toney has scored six of Brentford’s last eight Premier League goals.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Wolves have won only two of their past 19 Premier League matches, losing 12. They’re currently on a run of five defeats in six.
- They are winless in 10 Premier League away fixtures and have earned just one point on the road this season.
- Wolves have lost all four of their Premier League games in London this season. They have never lost more than five top-flight away games in London in a season.
- Steve Davis’ side have failed to score more than once in any of their 12 league matches this campaign.
match officials
Referee: Robert Madley. Assistants: Marc Perry, Timothy Wood. Fourth official: Thomas Bramall. VAR: Peter Bankes. Assistant VAR: Harry Lennard.
match info
The match kicks off at 3pm on Saturday 29th October at the Brentford Community Stadium.