oth Brentford and West Ham may come away from their meeting on Sunday with their suspicions confirmed.
For the Bees, a growing gap to the European places means even a perfect end to the Premier League campaign makes it unlikely that they would crack the top-seven.
Certainly, anything but a win would put a final nail in that ambitious coffin.
The Hammers, meanwhile, are all-but secure of their survival for next season yet know another point or three would add further comfort to their final weeks.
Further boosting West Ham is the fact they knocked Brentford out the FA Cup on their last trip to west London.
Date, kick-off time and venue
Brentford vs West Ham is scheduled for a 2pm BST kick-off on Sunday, May 14, 2023.
The match will take place at Gtech Community Stadium.
Where to watch Brentford vs West Ham
TV channel and live stream: In the UK, the game will not be televised live on TV due to be originally scheduled as a Saturday 3pm kick-off, before it was moved for West Ham’s Europe committments.
Live blog: You can still follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog, with expert analysis from Malik Ouzia at the ground.
Brentford vs West Ham team news
Brentford are set to be without Pontus Jansson (hamstring), Keane Lewis-Potter (knee) and Christian Norgaard (heel).
Kevin Schade could return to the starting line-up after being relegated to the bench in the defeat at Liverpool, with Josh Dasilva also ready to come into the midfield.
Kurt Zouma returned for the Hammers on Thursday night to face AZ Alkmaar, and may be required to start again with Angelo Ogbonna likely to miss out again with illness.
Gianluca Scamacca remains absent, while Vladimir Coufal is nearing a return from a “slight hamstring injury” but this match is likely to come too soon.
Brentford vs West Ham prediction
The Hammers could well put out a weakened team amid their Europa Conference League push, although the Bees are hardly sprinting to the finish with two wins in their last nine.
A 1-1 draw.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
All three of their Premier League meetings since the Bees promotion in 2021 have been won by Brentford.
Brentford wins: 18
Draws: 11
West Ham wins: 23
Brentford vs West Ham match odds
Brentford: 11/10
Draw: 5/2
West Ham: 13/5
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).
