Brentford vs Leicester Preview: Team News & Prediction

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After Steve Cooper's dismissal, Leicester take on Brentford hoping to have Ruud van Nistelrooy in charge by the time the fixture kicks off on Saturday.

Kick-off date/time: Saturday 30th November, 2024: UK – 3:00pm / US ET – 10:00am / US PT – 7:00am

How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Peacock Premium

How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – Premier League on Peacock

Brentford Preview: Fortress Gtech

After scoring for 12 consecutive games in all competitions, Brentford were kept scoreless by Everton last weekend, and they head into the weekend just outside the top ten in the Premier League.

The Gtech has been something of a fortress for the Bees this season though, as they are unbeaten on home turf in 2024-25 and have scored 12 goals in their last three Premier League games in their own stadium.

Leicester Preview: Cooper out, Ruud in

The Leicester board somewhat surprisingly sacked Steve Cooper on Monday, with Ruud van Nistelrooy set to come in as his replacement and the Dutchman could even be in the dugout for this fixture.

Despite going winless in their last four league games, losing three of them, Leicester remain above the drop zone thanks to their back-to-back wins over Bournemouth and Southampton last month, but they need to start building up a stronger cushion. The Foxes were 1-2 losers at Chelsea in Cooper's final game last weekend with Nicolas Jackson and Enzo Fernandez scoring for the Blues before Jordan Ayew converted a consolation penalty in injury-time.

Brentford Team News

Predicted line-ups & injuries are currently provisional. Team news will be updated here after the club’s press conference…

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Flekken; Van den Berg, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter; Jensen, Noorgard, Janelt; Mbeumo, Wissa, Damsgaard

Unavailable: Hickey (Injured), Henry (Fitness), Ajer (Injured), Dasilva (Injured), Nunes (Fitness)

Questionable:

Leicester Team News

Predicted line-ups & injuries are currently provisional. Team news will be updated here after the club’s press conference…

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Soumare, Skipp, Ndidi; Buonanotte, Edouard, Mavididi

Unavailable: Stolarczyk (Injured), Pereira (Injured), Fatawu (Injured)

Questionable: Winks (Injured), De Cordova-Reid (Injured)

Brentford vs Leicester Prediction

It's difficult to know what to expect from Leicester here as Van Nistelrooy, assuming he is appointed as expected, will have had next to no time to prepare for this fixture.

What we can be more certain of though, is Brentford's impressive home form. The Bees have been scoring for fun in front of their own fans of late, and against a Leicester outfit in a state of flux, they can be fancied to record a comfortable home win.

Brentford vs Leicester Tip: Brighton to win score & over 2.5 goals