Two bottom-half battlers square off at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday following the international break, as Brentford host Burnley in the Premier League.
Both sides took the lead in their most recent matches only to fall to painful defeats, as the Bees suffered a gut-wrenching 2-1 loss at Manchester United, while the visitors were trounced 4-1 by Chelsea.
Not a single Red Devils attacker could unlock Thomas Frank's defence, but with his fifth and final throw of the substitution dice, Erik ten Hag introduced Scott McTominay in the 87th minute, and the flying Scotsman came up with a pair of incredible injury-time strikes to condemn Brentford to defeat.
McTominay's 97th-minute header was hardly the most venomous effort, but the ball sailed beyond Thomas Strakosha's futile reach and sparked delirium for the home crowd, while Frank was left to bemoan the "brutal" reality of professional football as his side's troubling winless streak continued.
Now without a triumph in six consecutive Premier League fixtures - drawing three and losing three top-flight encounters in that time - Brentford are sleepwalking towards the drop zone, currently occupying 15th place with just a three-point gap separating them from their 18th-placed visitors this weekend.
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