Brentford vs Watford. Prediction for English Premier League (December 10, 2021).

Brentford are having a good season. They successfully passed three rounds of the League Cup, defeating Forest Green (3:1), Oldham (7:0), and Stoke City (2:1), and will face Chelsea in the quarterfinal game next week.

The Bees are 13th in the Premier League with 17 points from 15 games. The newly promoted team had a very impressive start, but failed to retain a position in the Top-10. In the last three rounds, Thomas Frank's men defeated Everton (1:0), lost to Tottenham (0:2) away, and drew with Leeds United (2:2) last Sunday. The attacking line of Brentford has been showing decent performance - the Bees scored 19 goals in 15 matches. 

Ajer, Dasilva, Janvier, Jorgensen, Raya have been sidelined with injuries.

Watford got promoted to the Premier League alongside Brentford, but they have endured a less successful campaign so far. Before the start of the 16th match day, the Hornets have 13 points from 4 victories and 1 draw, and they sit in 17th place in the table. Claudio Ranieri's charges famously upset Manchester United five rounds ago (4:1), but they lost the following four games. Last Saturday, Watford suffered a defeat to Man City (1:3).

As for the League Cup, Watford performed well in the first round and eliminated Crystal Palace (1:0) from the competition, but after that, they lost to Stoke CIty (1:3). 

Watford will be without Baah, Foster, Masina, Sarr, and Etebo.