Crystal Palace vs Brentford: Preview, predictions and lineups | OneFootball

Crystal Palace are looking to continue their impressive resurgence on Sunday afternoon when they host fellow Londoners Brentford in the Premier League.

After a challenging start to the campaign, the Eagles have found their feet under Oliver Glasner and are now unbeaten in six matches, four of which have resulted in victory. Successive 2-0 wins on the road have lifted them within just a single point of Sunday's opponents.

Brentford have been comparatively inconsistent since the turn of the year and have won just one of their previous nine matches in all competitions - the 5-0 hammering of bottom of the table Southampton. The Bees have been surprisingly blunt away from home this term and are looking for just a second Premier League victory on their travels.

Here is 90min's guide to a capital clash.

Crystal Palace vs Brentford head-to-head record (last five games)

Current form (all competitions)

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Crystal Palace team news

Jefferson Lerma could return for Palace / Sebastian Frej/MB Media/GettyImages

Palace have been dealt blows this week as Glasner confirmed that Chadi Riad and Cheick Doucoure will both miss out this Sunday due to knee injuries. No timeframe has been placed on the return of the duo, who join Adam Wharton and Joel Ward in the treatment room.

Matheus Franca is a long-term absentee but the Brazilian is back in training. He won't be ready for Sunday but Jefferson Lerma could make his comeback after missing the West Ham fixture through illness.

New January recruit Romain Esse, who arrived from Millwall for £14.5m, could feature in some capacity.

Crystal Palace predicted lineup vs Brentford

Crystal Palace predicted lineup vs Brentford (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Richards, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Hughes, Kamada, Mitchell; Sarr, Eze; Mateta.

Brentford team news

Kristoffer Ajer is back for Brentford / Richard Sellers/Allstar/GettyImages

Brentford have a much lengthier injury list heading into Sunday's encounter, with long-term absentees Aaron Hickey, Gustavo Nunes and Joshua Dasilva all still missing.

Igor Thiago is absent up front and centre-back Ethan Pinnock remains unavailable due to injury. However, in better news, Frank will welcome Kristoffer Ajer back into the fold and the defender will be in the squad for the trip across the capital.

The recent acquisition of Fiorentina loanee Michael Kayode should help bolster an injury-hit defence, but the full-back won't get international clearance in time for the weekend having only signed on Friday.

Brentford predicted lineup vs Crystal Palace

Brentford predicted lineup vs Crystal Palace (4-3-3): Flekken; Roerslev, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Jensen, Norgaard, Yarmolyuk; Mbeumo, Wissa, Schade.

Crystal Palace vs Brentford score prediction

Palace have form in their favour for Sunday's duel as they continue to climb the table, with the sharpshooting of Jean-Philippe Mateta having helped the Eagles soar in recent weeks. Their attacking talent should unnerve Brentford, who have kept just three clean sheets in the Premier League this season.

In Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford have attacking options capable of breaching a Palace defence that has kept three successive clean sheets, but they may still find themselves on the wrong end of the 2-1 scoreline that favoured them in the reverse fixture back in August.