Brentford vs Liverpool Preview: Team News & Prediction | 2026-27 English Premier League

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Unbeaten Brentford host a Liverpool side who are way off the pace in the Premier League following their 0-3 defeat to Man City last weekend.

Kick-off date/time: 17 October 2026 at 3:00 pm

How to watch on TV & online: UK – Not available / USA – NBCSN, Fubo & Peacock Premium

Brentford preview: Positive start

Brentford have enjoyed an excellent start to the 2026-27 campaign having gone unbeaten in all competitions to date, and they find themselves in fourth place in the Premier League table ahead of this weekend's fixtures.

The Bees held contested an entertaining 2-2 drawn with Aston Villa last weekend, Yehor Yarmolyuk scoring just his second goal for the club and defender Kristoffer Ajer providing the other.

Liverpool preview: Humbled at Anfield

With seemingly the whole of English football behind them, Liverpool were unable to conjure up a big performance against Man City last Sunday, losing 0-3 to their north-west rivals at Anfield, but they were certainly not helped by the dismissal of Ryan Gravenberch.

The Reds were then involved in a fairly chaotic midweek fixture in the UEFA Champions League, defeating Austrian side LASK 3-6 with Bradley Barcola scoring a hat-trick - the Frenchman's first goals since joining from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer.

Brentford team news: Schade a big doubt

Further details will appear here following pre-match press conferences…

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Kelleher; Kayode, Van den Bergh, Ajer, Diouf; Yarmolyuk, Janelt; Anthony, Ouattara, Lewis-Potter; Thiago

Unavailable: Dasilva (Injured), Milambo (Injured), Furo (Injured)

Questionable: Collins (Injured), Schuster (Injured), Damsgaard (Injured), Schade (Injured)

Liverpool team news: Trio could be involved

Andoni Iraola did not give much away when it came to the availability of Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and Alexander Isak but did indicate that he would give the trio as long as possible to prove their fitness ahead of Saturday's contest.

Ryan Gravenberch's suspension means that there is a spot in central midfield that Szoboszlai could occupy if he's available, with Trey Nyoni and Wataru Endo alternative options if needed.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Araujo, Jacquet, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Mac Allister; Munoz, Wirtz, Barcola; Koumas

Unavailable: Leoni (Fitness), Bradley (Injured), Gravenberch (Suspended), Ekitike (Injured)

Questionable: Szoboszlai (Fitness), Gakpo (Injured), Isak (Injured)

Key stats

• Liverpool have won six of 10 Premier League meetings with Brentford (D2 L2), but Brentford are unbeaten in the last two: 3-2 at home in October 2025 and 1-1 at Anfield in May 2026.
• Brentford have never kept a clean sheet against Liverpool in 10 Premier League meetings; Liverpool have kept five.
• At Brentford the record is W2 D1 L2. The first Premier League meeting there was a 3-3 draw in September 2021, the highest-scoring game in the fixture.
• Brentford are unbeaten in eight Premier League games (W2 D6) and have scored in every one of them. Their club record is 12, from October 2022 to March 2023.
• Coming into Matchweek 7, Brentford are one of three unbeaten teams and one of four yet to fail to score. Their 10 points is their best start after six games of a Premier League season.
• Brentford are unbeaten in eight home Premier League games and have kept two clean sheets at home this season (3-0 v Tottenham, 3-0 v Chelsea).
• Liverpool's 3-0 home defeat by Manchester City was their second home loss by three goals in under a year (0-3 v Nott'ham Forest, November 2025).
• Liverpool have scored in 11 consecutive Premier League away games and have won their last two away, both without conceding.
• Liverpool's seven goals in six games is their fewest at this stage of a Premier League season since 2015/16 (four).
• Kick-off quirk: since 2014/15, Liverpool have won 51 of their 73 Premier League games kicking off at 15:00 on a Saturday (D14 L8).
• On this day (17 October), Liverpool have never won a Premier League game: P6 D4 L2.

Brentford vs Liverpool prediction

This is a difficult assignment for Liverpool after a midweek trip to Austria, with Brentford proving a tough nut to crack so far this season.

The Bees have beaten both Tottenham and Chelsea 3-0 at the Gtech this season, and certainly won't fear a Liverpool team who have been struggling with injuries lately.

Much may depend on whether the visitors can welcome back the likes of Szoboszlai and Isak for this fixture, so it could be worth waiting until the team news is released before deciding on a betting market here. Either way, though, Brentford draw no bet looks a reasonable option.

Brentford vs Liverpool tip: Brentford draw no bet