Brentford Eye Fulham Victory At Griffin Park Fortress

Mark Warburton`s Brentford will be looking to stop Fulham`s rise from the foot of the table and cement their own place in the Championship play-off zone at Griffin Park tomorrow (21st November, 19:45). A win would see the Bees four points ahead of Blackburn, Charlton and Wolves outside of the play-offs and would put the teams under pressure to seal a result in their respective fixtures on Saturday.

Conversely, a win for Kit Symons` side would put a further buffer between the Cottagers and Wigan who currently occupy the final position in the relegation zone. The London club currently lie in 17th place in the league though could rise to as high as 13th with victory over their Essex opponents.

Newly-promoted Brentford have made a tremendous start to life in the second tier of English football. The team have only lost once at home, five times in total, and are currently on a three game unbeaten run in November.

The month began with a hard-earned victory at home to top of the tree Derby County. Scotland`s Chris Martin put Steve McLaren`s Rams in the lead half way through the first half and it took Andre Grey until the 49th minute to put Brentford back on terms. Despite making tough work of the task, the game was won by the home side in stoppage time with a last-gasp strike from substitute Stuart Dallas.

Four days later, Warburton`s men travel to the City Ground to take on another top half Midlands` side in Nottingham Forest. Both Jon Toral and Gray capitalised on chances to put Brentford two up before the break with Alex Pritchard converting a penalty soon after the restart. Michail Antonio earned Forest a consolation goal eight minutes from time to see the match finish 3-1.

Their third match within the week was against Millwall at the Den, another closely fought contest that saw Ian Holloway`s home side lose out despite coming back from 2-0 down. Top scorer Gray grabbed the only goal of the first half before completing a brace on the 56th minute. Lee Gregory and Alan Dunne hit the back of the net within a minute of each other to level up though their hard work was undone as Danny Shittu put the ball past his own keeper.

Former Luton Town talisman Gray is 9/5 with BetBright and betfair to score his eighth of the season tomorrow.

November has been similarly fruitful for Fulham who are also unbeaten with two draws and a victory from their three fixtures. In fact Fulham are unbeaten in six in the league, last having lost away to Middlesbrough on the fourth October.

The Cottagers stuck three past Chris Powell`s rejuvenated Huddersfield to win 3-1 last time out. Hugo Rodallega broke the deadlock on the 19th minute with the Terriers equalising through Joel Lynch on the 75th. Fulham kept calm, however, and grabbed two late goals to seal the result, Lasse Vigen Christensen and Ross McCormack getting their names on the scoresheet.

It was Christensen`s second goal in three matches, the Dane beginning the month by slotting one past Trevor Carson in the Wigan net. Bryan Luiz grabbed a brace to secure a late point in the 3-3 draw that saw both sides end with ten men. Ruiz also managed to snatch a point in their following game, coming from 2-0 down to deny Lee Clark his first win as Blackpool manager. Scott Parker provided the first goal for their comeback. In-form Ruiz can be backed at 14/5 with Spreadex to hit the first away from home tomorrow, though it is Brentford who are the favourites for the tie. The sixth placed side are available at 7/5 with bet365, Betvictor and Stan James whilst it`s 5/2 (Numerous) Fulham. A draw can be picked up at 11/5 at Coral.

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