Evening Standard
·12 April 2025
Arsenal vs Brentford: Prediction, kick-off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results, odds today

Evening Standard
·12 April 2025
Premier League title race resumes amid distractions elsewhere
Your matchday briefing on Arsenal, featuring team news and expert analysis from Simon Collings
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Arsenal must refocus on the Premier League as they host Brentford as the Emirates Stadium either of another huge clash with Real Madrid.
A stunning 3-0 win in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday means the Gunners have one foot in the semi-finals, but could also close the gap to league leaders Liverpool to eight points with victory this evening.
Mikel Arteta will surely want to keep the momentum up by not succumbing to the Bees, but he cannot risk any of his star players missing the trip to the Bernabeu.
Another Emirates clash under the lights as the Gunners look to stick or twist in the title race.
Arsenal vs Brentford is scheduled for a 5.30pm BST kick-off today, Saturday, April 12, 2025.
The match will take place at the Emirates Stadium.
TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on Sky Sports.
Live stream: Fans can catch the contest live online via the Sky Go app and website.
Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport’s live blog, with expert analysis from Simon Collings at the ground.
Bukayo Saka will surely be rested
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Arsenal XI: Raya, Partey, Saliba, Kiwior, Tierney, Jorginho, Rice, Zinchenko, Nwaneri, Martinelli, Trossard
Subs: Neto, Timber, Lewis-Skelly, Henry-Francis, Odegaard, Saka, Sterling, Butler-Oyedeji, Merino
Brentford XI: Flekken, Ajer, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Nørgaard, Janelt, Damsgaard, Schade, Wissa, Mbeumo
Subs: Valdimarsson, Henry, Pinnock, Mee, Kayode, Jensen, Yarmoliuk, Konak, Nunes
Arsenal will again this weekend have one eye on a huge Champions League clash a few days in the future, and with Arteta expected to make fairly sweeping changes, it offers Brentford an opportunity.
Thomas Frank is no stranger to setting up to frustrate teams, but the game also gives those players who did not starting the first leg against Real Madrid a chance to stake their claim for a Bernabeu nod.
Arsenal to win, 2-0.
Arsenal wins: 10
Draws: 5
Brentford wins: 6
Arsenal: 4/7
Draw: 12/5
Brentford: 4/1
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).