Brentford – Arsenal

London derby ends with no nil on the scoreboard

Not the most significant from a historical point of view, but a real London derby will take place within the 1/32 final of the English League Cup. While Arsenal will make their debut in the current draw of the tournament on Wednesday, Brentford were involved in the first round. Despite the fact that the "Bees" had to play in Newport against the same-named club of the Second League, the victory was not given to the capital club easily. The first goal of the match was scored by Thomas Franck's men in the 87th minute, but just seconds before the final whistle Newport got back into the match by converting a penalty shoot-out. However, the League Two club failed to score in the shootout, losing 0-3 to Brentford. In last year's draw, Arsenal started in the 1/16 finals of the tournament and went straight out, losing at the Emirates to Brighton 1-3. Brentford crashed out of the tournament on the same day, but their story looked even sadder. Frank's team played at his arena with Gillingham, pulled the determination of the winner to a penalty shootout and lost there to the representative of League Two with a score of 5:6. In the upcoming derby bookmakers have identified the guests as favourites, offering odds of 2.01 on their victory. Brentford started the season quite well. In the four starting rounds of the "Bees" have not lost a single game, beating Fulham away and three times bringing the meetings to a draw. Another thing is that the second half of September was unsuccessful for the capital team. First Brentford lost in Newcastle, and then unexpectedly lost at home to Everton, which at that time closed the Premier League standings. Arsenal kicked off the season with an August triumph in the FA Super Cup. Setting a winning tone for the new football year, the Canaries did not concede in any of the next seven official matches. Arsenal kicked off the Champions League with a 4-0 win over PSV, and in the league they have picked up fourteen of a possible eighteen points. On Sunday, the Gunners played the North London derby and drew 2-2 with Tottenham. After a tough encounter with Spurs, Arteta is unlikely to field the main squad for the less significant match against Brentford. We bet that both clubs will have chances to score and at least once each will take advantage of them.