Key events
In case you missed this after Brentford's last game.This was quite a speech by Thomas Frank congratulating Ethan Pinnock on his 100th birthday. first division appearances. Pinnock, who played non-league football with Dulwich Hamlet for the first six years of his career, starts again tonight in number 101.
The teams!
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Andreas Pereira, Berge, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Jiménez.
Substitutes: Benda, Reed, Wilson, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Traore, Castagne, Sessegnon, Diop.
Brentford: Flekken, Roerslev, Collins, Pinnock, van den Berg, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Lewis-Potter, Wissa.
Substitutes: Valdimarsson, Schade, Jensen, Carvalho, Mee, Yarmolyuk, Meghoma, Konak, Maghoma.
Preamble
Hello everyone. Fulham and Brentford It may be as different as Harrods is from Hounslow, but right now the two west London clubs are eerily similar. After losing their best player of the summer (João Palhinha and Ivan Toney), the two clubs have started this season well, all things considered, and find themselves in 11th and 12th place respectively, within one point of each other, both with a difference net zero goals.
Fulham are arguably the stronger team at the moment, but Brentford have the better manager. Both will aim to finish in the first half, but will likely need to survive at the end of the season. Both teams came close to beating City at the Etihad this season and both lost to Manchester United. The thing is that no one knows what the ceiling or bottom is for each side. And that, like seeing Adama Traoré, is quite exciting.
It's a derby under the lights. Join me.
Kick off: 20:00 GMT.
