Premier League · Matchday 7 Match report

Brentford 1-2 Liverpool: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Brentford

1-2Full time

Liverpool

Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford, Middlesex

Our picks against the result

10 of 13 right

Result Liverpool win41% 1-2
Double chance Brentford or Liverpool (12)72% 1-2
Both teams to score Yes61% Yes
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.559% 3 goals
More corners Liverpool50% Liverpool (3-9)
Yellow cards Around average 5 yellow cards · league 3.8
Yellow cards 5 yellow cards 3.5 Over57% 4.5 Under63% 5.5 Under79%
Corners Above average 12 corners · league 9.3
Corners 12 corners 8.5 Over66% 9.5 Over55% 10.5 Under55%

Match stats

Brentford Liverpool

1 Goals 2
2 Yellow cards 3
2 Red cards 0
3 Corners 9

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Matchday 7 of the Premier League brings Brentford vs Liverpool to the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday 17 October 2026, and our model leans towards a Liverpool win while expecting the game to avoid a draw.

Why this pick?

Our model's result pick is a Liverpool win, mainly because it rates them clearly above the Premier League average on its long-run, xG-based strength figures, while Brentford sit only above average. The obvious case against is that this is Brentford's own ground, where their home advantage carries real weight. Even so, the gap in the ratings and a head-to-head record that has gone Liverpool's way since 2010, with six wins in ten meetings, lean the call towards the visitors. This is a narrow call.

Both teams to score: Our model also expects goals at both ends. Liverpool and Brentford both attack above the Premier League average, and playing at home adds to Brentford's case, though Liverpool's strong defence is a genuine counterweight.

Form guide

Brentford

D 2-2 at Aston Villa (A) Premier League · 10 Oct
W 3-0 vs Chelsea (H) Premier League · 18 Sep
W 2-1 at Reading (A) EFL Cup · 15 Sep
D 2-2 at AFC Bournemouth (A) Premier League · 12 Sep
D 1-1 vs Sunderland (H) Premier League · 5 Sep

Liverpool

W 6-3 at LASK (A) Champions League · 14 Oct
L 0-3 vs Manchester City (H) Premier League · 11 Oct
W 1-0 at AFC Bournemouth (A) Premier League · 20 Sep
W 3-1 vs Tottenham Hotspur (H) EFL Cup · 15 Sep
D 0-0 vs Fulham (H) Premier League · 12 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

BrentfordLiverpool

Attack 68 89 2.0 goals per match this season1.2 goals per match this season

Defence 53 89 1.0 conceded per match this season1.2 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Premier League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.