Our 2024/25 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) team previews continue with Brentford.
The Bees are embarking on their fourth successive season in the Premier League, again under the stewardship of Thomas Frank.
In these team guides, we’ll be looking at the best players from each club for the upcoming campaign. We’ll also take a stab at predicted line-ups for Gameweek 1, review pre-season and more.
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BRENTFORD: REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
The ‘underlying numbers’, which the Bees put a lot of stock in, were decent last season despite the 16th-place finish.
Top half for both expected goals (xG) and expected goals conceded (xGC), their attacking stats in particular stood out:
Above: How Brentford fared for attacking stats in 2023/24, via Statsbomb
Even if Ivan Toney (£7.5m) departs, Brentford have some promising attacking assets at their disposal. Yoane Wissa (£6.0m) hit 12 goals last season, while Bryan Mbeumo (£7.0m) delivered 16 attacking returns despite injury limiting him to 22 starts. Kevin Schade (£5.5m) will be ‘like a new signing’, as the old cliche goes, having missed the bulk of 2023/24.
They’d surely reinvest the cash if Toney is sold, too. Igor Thiago (£6.0m) has already been brought in, although a knee injury looks set to sideline him for months.
Injuries were damaging last season (only four clubs had it worse), particularly at the back. With the regulars returning to fitness, there’ll be optimism that the defence can tighten up again – a total of 65 goal concessions was 19 more than in 2022/23.
BRENTFORD: REASONS TO BE FEARFUL
