Arsenal welcome struggling Brentford to the Emirates on Wednesday evening as the Bees aim to secure a rare victory over the Gunners.
Arsenal battled to a disappointing 1-1 draw at 10-man Chelsea, reducing their lead at the top to five points.
Brentford secured a comfortable 3-1 win over Burnley on home soil on their last Premier League outing.
**Match preview**
Since losing their first ever Premier League meeting with Brentford in August 2021, Arsenal are now unbeaten in their last seven against the Bees (W5 D2).
Brentford are winless in their last seven away games against Arsenal in all competitions (D3 L4), since a 2-0 league win in April 1938.
The Gunners have won six of their last seven home Premier League matches (D1), including each of the last three in a row.
The Bees have won four of their last 23 Premier League London derby matches (D6 L13), with all four of those wins coming against either Crystal Palace (twice in 2024-25) or West Ham (in February and October 2025).
Keith Andrews’ side have lost five of their six away Premier League matches this season (W1), the second consecutive season they’ve had five defeats in six on the road at the start of the season (D1 L5 in 2024-25).
Eberechi Eze has been involved in six goals in his five home Premier League appearances for Arsenal (4 goals, 2 assists), the joint-most goals and assists any Gunners player has managed in their first five home games.
Igor Thiago has scored four away Premier League goals this season, giving Brentford a 1-0 lead with three of those. The only Bees player to score five away goals in a Premier League season before Christmas was Ivan Toney in 2022/23.
**Team news**
**Arsenal**
Gabriel Magalhaes, Leandro Trossard and Kai Havertz are unavailable with injuries.
William Saliba is out with a knock and remains a doubt.
Captain Martin Odegaard, Noni Madueke and Viktor Gyokeres all returned back to action in Sunday’s stalemate with Chelsea.
**Brentford**
Reiss Nelson is ineligible to face his parent club so he misses this fixture.
Fabio Carvalho, Antoni Milambo and Josh Dasilva are sidelined until 2026 with knee injuries.
**Predicted line-ups**
**Arsenal**: David Raya, Jurriën Timber, Cristhian Mosquera, Piero Hincapié, Riccardo Calafiori, Eberechi Eze, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Mikel Merino.
**Brentford**: Caoimhín Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Kristoffer Ajer, Jordan Henderson, Mathias Jensen, Dango Ouattara, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago.