Brentford v Leicester

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Brentford remained sitting in a mid-table position of 11th place in the Premier League following their 0-0 stalemate away from home at Everton last Saturday but nevertheless The Bees return to the home surroundings of their Gtech Community Stadium having picked up five wins from their last six home games in the Premier League.

Leicester City by contrast slumped to a third defeat in four games in the English top flight as The Foxes were dealt a 2-1 loss at home to high-flying Chelsea and the east midlands side dropped down to 16th place in table as a result.

Brentford remain one of only three clubs yet to taste defeat at home so far in this season's Premier League campaign and having racked up five wins within their opening six home games to date this term already, Thomas Frank's side look to be well placed to further add to their points tally on Saturday afternoon.

It has been a tale of two sets of results though so far this season for Brentford as the hosts have produced a poor start away from home, losing five of their six outings on the road to date.

However, the goals market looks extremely promising for this upcoming clash as 10 out of Brentford's 12 matches to date have resulted in both teams scoring (83%), while nine of their 12 matches have also produced Over 2.5 goals as well (75%).

Leicester City continue to hover just above the relegation zone in the Premier League as The Foxes occupy 16th place and just one point above Ipswich Town and the bottom three clubs heading into this weekend's English top flight action.

Recent defeats to Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and Chelsea have prevented the east midlands club from pulling themselves further up the table to a safer league position and indeed, Leicester City have managed to capture just the two league wins to date so far this season.

Rare victories against Bournemouth and Southampton in 1-0 and 3-2 wins respectively have been overshadowed by slipping to six defeats within their opening 12 league matches of this current campaign, three of which have been dealt out to The Foxes on their travels.

Losses on the road at Fulham 2-1, Arsenal 4-2 and Manchester United 3-0 certainly do not bode well for Leicester City, especially as they have recently parted ways with former manager, Steve Cooper, just a few days ago, but goals should be flowing in the nation's capital as 10 of Leicester City's 12 games overall have also resulted in both teams scoring.

Brentford v Leicester City Verdict

Previous history suggests goals are the way to go here as each of the last five meetings have seen both teams hitting the back of the net.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS Yes @ 1.61

Other side bets worth considering:

BTTS Yes & Over 2.5 goals @ 1.90

Brentford win & BTTS Yes @ 3.00