Brentford roundup: unbeaten Bees sit fourth ahead of October tests

Unbeaten Bees sit fourth in the Premier League

Brentford head into October in encouraging shape. According to the Premier League table, the Bees are fourth after five matches with two wins and three draws — nine points — scoring 10 goals and conceding four for a +6 goal difference. Only Manchester City (15 points), Arsenal (12) and Brighton (10) sit above them, and their form line reads WDDDW.

The results behind the record

The early-season data cut includes three of those fixtures:

• Brentford 3-0 Chelsea — a standout home win over a Chelsea side that now sits 10th.
• AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Brentford — the points shared on the south coast.
• Brentford 1-1 Sunderland AFC — a draw against the team currently 14th.

With no defeats in five, the theme of the opening stretch is plain: Brentford are proving hard to beat, even if three draws have tempered the points tally.

Goals shared around the squad

FanTribe's scoring data shows nobody has seized the individual limelight. Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago and Vitaly Janelt lead the club's charts with two goals apiece, while Fabio Carvalho, M. Kayode, Jaidon Anthony and K. Lewis-Potter have all found the net once. For a side with 10 goals to their name, that spread suggests contributions from across the squad rather than reliance on a single source.

Next up: Aston Villa away

The next assignment is a trip to Villa Park on 10 October to face an Aston Villa side down in 16th with four points from five games, according to the Premier League table. Bookmaker odds from FanTribe's api_football feed, as of 20 September, make it a tight market: Brentford are 2.55 to win, Aston Villa 2.62 and the draw 3.47. In bookmaker-derived implied probability terms, that is 37% for a Brentford victory, 36% for Villa and 27% for the draw — the market makes the Bees narrow favourites, but only just.

The FanTribe points on offer reflect that fine margin: 51 points for a correctly predicted Brentford win, 69 for the draw and 52 for a Villa home victory.

Then Liverpool visit west London

A week later, on 17 October, Liverpool — sixth in the table and also unbeaten on two wins and three draws — come to Brentford Community Stadium. The same api_football feed, as of 20 September, makes Liverpool favourites at 2.43, a 39% bookmaker-derived implied probability, with Brentford at 2.61 (36%) and the draw at 3.78 (25%). The FanTribe points on offer: 52 for a home win, 76 for the draw and 49 for a Liverpool victory.

The FanTribe corner

FanTribe's own club data shows the Brentford community on our platform has yet to register its first member — the fan counter currently stands at zero. For a club making this kind of start, that is an open goal: Bees supporters can become the founding voices of the club's FanTribe page and stake their prediction points across both October fixtures.