Match Day LIVE
Match Week 26.
English Premsiehip League .
Brentford FC vs Arsenal (A Derby Match ) in London .
Date – February 12 , 2026 .
Venue – Gtech Community Stadium , London UK .
Time – 20.00 hours .
Can the Gunners over come their *curse* at the Gtech stadium tonight when they face Brentford on their home soil in London , Thursday evening in a London derby match with surprise package , Brentford FC .
League leader s , Gunners with a 12 match unbeaten run so far this season , they have failed to win or even score in their last three visits at the Gtech stadium against their hosts , small but mighty , Brentford FC .
Still celebrating their massive pummeling of the Black Cats , 3-0, Gunners have prolonged their stay I the summit in this February
A brace from Victor Gyokeres and the wonder strike from Spanish International Martin Zubemendi gave Sunderland a nightmarish outing on a fairly tedious evening in North London for their newly promoted foes but their smiles was short lived with Man City pulled off the most extra ordinary comeback after trailing 1-0 against Liverpool at Anfield , with Halland s wonder spot kick after a tip in goal by Portuguesse International , Bernardo Silva to make 2-1 , after a third was ruled off side by assistant referree which could have been 3-1 ..
Nonetheless , the Gunners still maintained the status quo ante with a healthy six points lead at the summit of the English Premiership League and with another victory last weekend ,made them end the day nine points clear though temporarily for the first time since 2003/2004 invincible campaign ,,bearing the outcome of City vs Fulham , which City won convincingly with 3-0 to reduce the deficit once again to six points
The North London lads fully recovered from the sticky January patch have won four of their matches across all competitions and have reinvented their defensive steel with three clean sheets against Chelsea , Leeds United and Sunderland .
With today’s encounter if they win they will register their fourth straight wins for the first time since their 812 minutes streak without conceding a goal in November and since the 2022/2023 they have also avoided defeat in their last 19 out of 20 London derbies away from home .
Their success over Brentford stretches with their 3-1 humbling of Thursday’s host as well as last December s pummellijg of the fellow Londoners , 2-0 ,eextending their unbeaten run to eight games
The Gunners may not have it all against their European chasing hosts as the Bees return to their base with two away victories over Aston Villa and Newcastle United ,2-3 and 0-1 respectively .
A ten man Brentford stunned Aton Villa 1-0 and dramatically dimissed with ease after rough riding the Magypies 3-2 at St James ‘Park in New Castle Upon Tyne.in game week 25 , what a solid victory for the Bees ahead of today’s hostilities, with Igor Thiago scoring his 17th Premiership League goal of the season and Dango Quattarra with the late winner against a flat footed Newcastle rear guard .
They are seventh on the EPL table as they enter Game week 26 with five points behind fourth placed Man United who got a late equaliser against Westham , last Wednesday 1-1 , the Bees may not be happy back to their fortress with their excellent road trip away from home performance where they won five out of six games in all competitions .
On the other hand the Bees have prevailed in two out of five home games and did not score in two of their last three home games too .And with back to back losses at the Gtech stadium sucks during the 2024/25 season , with a 2-0 loss to Nothingham Forest as well as their visitors today , Gunners .
Predictions .
The Bees should not even think of playing a defensive pattern of football this evening against a goal hungry Gunners striking force who have rediscovered their scoring form after the January patch as they have two massive wins lately on their side to boost their confidence .
With Gunners no nonsense striking force and defensive capabilities lately , they have been able to get a lot of clean sheets , but I don’t think their invincibility will last longer this night at the Gtech stadium as the Bees will likely look forward to end the jinx against the Gunners .
We expect a good match with many goals tonight in London..
Brentford 2- 1 Arsenal Or 2 – 3
Happy Viewing and Happy mid week games
Uche Anaba .
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