‘Aggravated’ Frank aiming to rediscover Brentford’s character
‘Aggravated’ Frank aiming to rediscover Brentford’s character


Thomas Frank insists he “wants extra” from his Brentford gamers after a sloppy second half show noticed them lose to Manchester United final outing.

The Bees had taken the lead by means of Ethan Pinnock’s header in first-half stoppage time however had been pegged again by targets from Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hojlund after the break.

Brentford welcome Ipswich City to Gtech Group Stadium on Saturday, figuring out a victory might push them again into the highest half of the Premier League standings.

Their subsequent 5 league video games are towards groups presently round them, and Frank needs to see extra character from his aspect within the coming weeks.

“It was a superb first half, I used to be very proud of that, I believed we had been the higher staff in that interval of the sport towards a superb staff,” Frank mentioned.

“We went 1-0 up, but it surely’s so irritating and annoying that they scored after two minutes of the second half – in the event that they don’t do this, you don’t know what would have occurred.

“I believed that we had been approach too passive. However we’re at Outdated Trafford, they’ve some high gamers. After the primary aim, I felt like we lacked a bit extra character.

“If we wish to win right here, we’d like extra. Sadly, not sufficient of our gamers hit a excessive sufficient degree within the second half.”

Ipswich, in the meantime, had been handed a fourth defeat of the season towards Everton at Portman Highway, leaving them and not using a win since their return to the Premier League.

The Tractor Boys are certainly one of 4 sides within the division but to style victory, the primary season in top-flight historical past to see as many as 4 totally different sides all fail to win any of their first eight video games of the marketing campaign.

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna anticipated difficulties in adapting to the Premier League, although mentioned his gamers should do higher in overcoming the high quality margins they’ve skilled.

“We knew it will be a difficult season and the step up into the Premier League was at all times going to be an enormous problem,” McKenna mentioned. “In eight video games we’ve acquired a lead to 4 of them.

“We all know the place we have to enhance and it’s as much as us to show these margins in our favour. The final two video games have gotten away from us.

“The stability of the sport was actually high quality, and we didn’t handle to seek out sufficient to alter the sport within the second half towards a superb, skilled aspect. We had a go earlier than the tip, but it surely wasn’t sufficient.”

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Brentford – Mikkel Damsgaard

Damsgaard has assisted three targets in his final two Premier League appearances, greater than he had in his first 55 video games within the competitors (two).

He has assisted by way of a nook in his final two video games, with solely Ashley Williams for Everton in April 2017 helping a aim from a nook scenario in three consecutive appearances in Premier League historical past.

Ipswich – Omari Hutchinson

Regardless of failing to notch a aim this season, Hutchinson has been a menace for the Tractor Boys.

Within the Premier League, solely Mohammed Kudus (28), Jeremy Doku (22) and Adama Traore have accomplished extra dribbles than the Englishman (18).

Ipswich have additionally utilized the second-most pressures to opponents within the Premier League this season (1,736) with Hutchinson high amongst all gamers for these pressures (316).

MATCH PREDICTION: BRENTFORD WIN

That is the primary ever top-flight assembly between Brentford and Ipswich. It is going to be the 1452nd fixture to be performed in England’s top-flight, and the 937th within the Premier League.

Brentford have misplaced simply certainly one of their final 9 league video games towards Ipswich (W4 D4), with this the primary assembly between the perimeters since a 2-0 house win for the Bees in April 2019.

Ipswich may also have to pay attention to the Bees’ aerial menace. Solely Aston Villa (5) have scored extra headed targets within the Premier League this season than Brentford (4).

Nonetheless, after dropping a league-high 30 factors from profitable positions within the Premier League final season, Brentford have additionally dropped essentially the most when main within the competitors this time period (11). The Bees have scored first in every of their final six league video games however have gone on to win simply two of them (D1 L3).

McKenna’s aspect stay winless within the Premier League this season (D4 L4). In solely two earlier league campaigns have they endured longer winless begins, each within the Championship in 2009-10 (14) and 2018-19 (11).

Ipswich have additionally had the fewest photographs (75), fewest photographs on the right track (23) and had the fewest touches within the opposition’s field (130) within the Premier League this season, whereas the Tractor Boys have additionally amassed the bottom anticipated targets (xG) whole (6.3).

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

Brentford – 54.2%

Draw – 22.6%

Ipswich – 23.2%





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