Brentford v Crystal Palace: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

After a brilliant end to last season, Crystal Palace will be hoping for progression under Oliver Glasner this term and first up this term is a trip to Brentford.

How to watch Brentford v Crystal Palace and TV channel

Brentford v Crystal Palace will be live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League.

Brentford v Crystal Palace kick-off time, date and venue

This is the opening Super Sunday clash of the season and it kicks-off at 14:00 BST on Sunday 18th August at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Brentford v Crystal Palace stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

These two sides first met way back in 1907, with the pair playing out a 2-2 draw in the FA Cup. Palace won the replay 1-0 four days later and they’ve had the edge in meetings between the two.

The Eagles have won 18 clashes, while they’re unbeaten against Brentford across their Premier League encounters.

The pair drew their first five meetings in the top division, before Palace claimed a 3-1 win back in December. 

Brentford v Crystal Palace head-to-head record (H2H)

Brentford wins	14
Draws	12
Crystal Palace wins	18

*H2H stats refer to all competitions

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Brentford v Crystal Palace team news

Brentford team news

Brentford are missing four players for this contest, with Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry and Aaron Hickey and Igor Thiago ruled out. 

Crystal Palace team news

Palace lost Michael Olise to Bayern Munich in the summer but they’ve managed to hold on to Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi so far.

The Eagles could be without Jean-Philippe Mateta for this encounter, while Mattheus Franca, Chris Richards and Cheick Doucoure are out.