Brentford v Burnley: Key stats and talking pointspublished at 19:16 GMT
Jordan Butler
BBC Sport journalist
Brentford welcome Burnley to London this weekend with both sides seeking to push up the table. BBC Sport explores some of the key themes surrounding Saturday's fixture (15:00 GMT).
Bees buzzing at home
The Bees head into this weekend in the relative comfort of mid-table – five points clear of the relegation zone and five points below the top four.
Two defeats from their past three league outings doesn't look great on paper, but both losses came away from home and they only failed to snatch a point at Brighton last Saturday because top scorer Igor Thiago's 94th-minute penalty was saved with the Bees trailing 2-1.
The Brazilian scored his ninth top-flight goal of the season from the spot earlier in that match and only Erling Haaland, with 14, has more in the division. Thiago is vying to reach the 10-goal mark after just 13 matches this weekend and would become the quickest Brentford player to reach double figures in the division, beating Ivan Toney's previous record of 15 games set in 2022-23.
Thirteen of their 16 points have been accrued at the Gtech Community Stadium and their only home defeat this season was a 1-0 reverse to Manchester City. Only a handful of teams, including Pep Guardiola's side and league leaders Arsenal, have a better record on home soil in this campaign.

Statistics suggest that the Bees' home form could improve further still as they have triumphed in their past 10 Premier League home games against promoted clubs, scoring at least twice in each of those victories.
Clarets on the slide
Burnley sat above Brentford on goal difference after five games of this Premier League season but the gap between the teams is now six places and six points.
Scott Parker's side have slipped back into the relegation places after a hat-trick of defeats and they could suffer four losses in a row for the first time since between February and March 2024 under Vincent Kompany.
The Clarets rarely troubled the Chelsea goal last weekend and attempted only eight shots in their 2-0 home defeat. They have mustered a total of 98 shots in 12 games this term and are the only side to attempt fewer than 100 efforts at goal.
Their current ratio of 8.2 shots per game is the lowest on record in a Premier League campaign since Opta started recording that data in 1997-98 and history tells us that a season normally ends with relegation for teams who struggle to generate shooting opportunities.

Is Flemming the antidote?
Dutch forward Zian Flemming has attempted to shoulder the scoring responsibility in recent weeks despite Burnley's lack of creativity and although he didn't find the net in his previous outing he does have three goals from his past four starts.
Each of Flemming's strikes this season have come away from home and 12 of his 15 league goals for Burnley have been scored on the road. No player with 15 or more goals since the start of last season in England's top four divisions has scored a higher percentage in away matches.

Burnley have won six of their last eight league and cup games against their opponents this weekend (L2), although each of their three away triumphs in that run came at Brentford's old ground Griffin Park. By contrast, their two Premier League visits to the new stadium have resulted in defeats without scoring.



























