Jarrod Bowen Drives West Ham Close to Safety at Brentford — Brentford Vs West Ham
West Ham head into brentford vs west ham with a chance to move five points clear of danger, and the stakes stretch beyond their own table position. Nuno Espirito Santo's side are two points above the relegation zone, while a win would leave Tottenham Hotspur five points adrift of safety before they face Aston Villa the next evening.
Bowen's output at Brentford
Jarrod Bowen arrives in form after setting up two goals against Everton last weekend. He has 10 Premier League assists and eight Premier League goals this season, a return matched only by the scale of his influence in West Ham's attack.
Among English players in Europe's five top-flight leagues, only Harry Kane and Mason Greenwood have more goal contributions than Bowen. West Ham need that end product again because the margin around them is still tight, and one result can shift the bottom of the table quickly.
West Ham's record in this fixture
The numbers at Brentford are not friendly to West Ham. Since Brentford returned to the top flight, they have conceded in all nine Premier League meetings between the clubs and lost seven of those nine games.
Trips to Brentford have also been a problem. West Ham have lost three of their past four Premier League visits, even after taking 22 points from their last 13 league games before this one.
Tottenham and the drop zone
That wider picture is why this match carries more weight than a single away fixture. Brighton have won six of their past eight Premier League games and sit sixth, while Bournemouth, Brentford, Chelsea and Fulham are all in range if Brighton slip.
Nedum Onuoha summed up the pressure on the teams around the bottom when he said: "Last week was a huge win, the last win was in December. Four games left, winning two or three is not impossible but it’s incredibly unlikely. When they won last week, West Ham came back and won as well, that’s a big blow psychologically." West Ham need the same kind of response at Brentford, because another away setback would keep the gap around them far too tight.
