Both revelling in remarkable London derby victories over the past week, Brentford and West Ham United gear up for another Premier League capital clash at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday.
The Bees made Stamford Bridge history by sinking Chelsea 2-0 last weekend, while the Irons made the EFL Cup quarter-finals courtesy of a 3-1 success over Arsenal in midweek.
As a surfeit of opportunities came and went for the hosts, Brentford surged down the other end of the pitch and broke the deadlock through Ethan Pinnock's bullet of a header, before Robert Sanchez came up for an injury-time corner and left his goal exposed, allowing Neal Maupay and Bryan Mbeumo to combine for the latter to roll the ball into an empty net.
While Chelsea's resurgence was stopped in its tracks last weekend, Brentford are now enjoying their own turnaround in fortunes, as a 3-0 beating of Burnley last weekend means that the Bees have won back-to-back fixtures for the first time this season, as well as keeping clean sheets in successive Premier League wins for the first time ever.
From going winless in six games to taking six points from their last two, the Bees shot up to 10th place in the standings last weekend and are now out to secure three straight Premier League triumphs for the first time since the final three gameweeks of the 2022-23 season, where West Ham were one of their victims.
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