Brentford vs Arsenal: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head
Brentford’s first ever Premier League victory came against Arsenal, in their first match in the competition in August 2021. Since then, they are winless in their last eight matches against the Gunners (D2 L6).
Arsenal lost their first Premier League away game 2-0 against Brentford, but have since won their last three games by an aggregate score of 7-1.
Brentford have won just one of their last 11 home London derbies in the Premier League (D6 L4) and are winless in seven since a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace in August 2024.
Arsenal have lost just one of their last 23 London Premier League derbies (W17 D5), while since the start of the 2022-23 season they have lost just one of their 20 away games against other London teams (W14 D5).
This is only Brentford’s fourth Premier League game played on a Thursday – they lost 2-0 to Spurs in December 2021, beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 in May 2025 and drew 0-0 against Spurs last month.
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 12 midweek Premier League matches (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) (W9 D3). However, they are without a win or goal (D1 L2) in their last three matches, including Thursday.
Brentford lost 2-0 to Nottingham Forest in their last home league game, ending a seven-game unbeaten run at the Gtech Stadium. Since the start of last season, they have only lost two consecutive home league games, the first time being a 2-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest followed by a defeat to Arsenal.
Brentford’s Igor Thiago has scored nine goals in his last 10 Premier League home games, netting four braces during that stretch. Only Erling Haaland (5) has scored multiple goals in more varied home games this season.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has won 41 of his 67 London Premier League derbies as manager, the best win rate (61%) of anyone who has taken charge of at least 20. In total, only Arsène Wenger (106 in 194 games) and José Mourinho (42/70) have won more London derbies than the Spaniard.
Bukayo Saka has been involved in 35 goals in 63 London Premier League derbies (17 goals, 18 assists), the third most of any Arsenal player after Thierry Henry (55) and Dennis Bergkamp (38).