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Fulham welcome Brentford to Craven Cottage on Monday evening looking to end a run of three league matches without a win against a team that has won two of their last three matches in the Premier League.
Fulham started the season quite well with just one defeat from their opening six matches, but since their 1-0 away win at Nottingham Forest on September 28, they have picked up just one point from a possible nine.
Back-to-back defeats at the hands of Manchester City and Aston Villa were broken up by a 1-0 away point at Everton. They will be hoping some home comforts will propel them to victory on Monday evening.
Fulham will welcome back Joachim Andersen after serving his recent suspension, although Sasa Lukic and Timothy Castagne could both miss out through injury once again.
Brentford currently occupy ninth place on the Premier League ladder and are one point ahead of their hosts.
The Bees have tasted just one defeat in their last four matches with wins over Wolverhampton Wanderers, Ipswich Town and a draw with West Ham United.
Kristoffer Ajer seems to be winning his fitness battle to be involved on Monday, but Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry, Igor Thiago and Aaron Hickey are still absent.
This London Derby has seen Fulham record eight wins over Brentford with just two of them coming on home soil. Brentford have won six of their 23 meetings with three of them on the road.
The last time these two met was back in May when a goalless draw was played out. Brentford recorded a comfortable 3-0 win the last time they went to Craven Cottage.
Aside from the 0-0 draw last time, the last five winners of this fixture have scored three goals with three games ending 3-2 and two ending 3-0. Brentford ended up winning three of those matches.
Only a single point separates these two on the Premier League ladder, but Fulham are in a bit of a slump at the minute and they cannot afford to drop more points at home. Take a look at the key stats and best betting odds ahead of the game between the Cottagers and the Bees on Monday evening..
Betfred have Fulham as the favourites to win this game at even money, but we disagree with them as we feel Brentford will be too strong all over the park. The Bees can be backed at 13/5 with the draw on offer at 11/4.
Brentford might have lost striker Ivan Toney in August, but they could become a serious threat to the top six and fight for a place in Europe.
They have won four of their opening nine matches and could have taken a point off Manchester United at Old Trafford.
The Bees know the way to the goal. They have scored 10 goals in their last three matches and we expect them to find the back of the net on more than two occasions on Monday evening.
Bryan Mbeumo has shown the Brentford fans that there is life after Toney with eight goals in the Premier League already this season.
He scored two in the 4-3 win over Ipswich Town and also found the back of the net in the 5-3 home win over Wolves. He has been well supported by Yoane Wissa who has five goals to his name.
We believe the combination of Mbeumo and Wissa will be too much for Fulham and we are backing the former to open the scoring with Brentford winning the game 3-0.
This first goalscorer bet and scoreline can be backed at 150/1.
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