Detailed Brentford Season Preview: Insights and Predictions

Where Did Brentford Finish Last Season?

Finishing 10th, and beating the likes of Man United, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest along the way, Brentford can now safely consider themselves an established top flight club - something that other promoted sides have spectacularly failed to do over the last few years.

Stability in the top flight is a hard thing to come by - Brighton are the only other side to have earned promotion and stayed in the Premier League ever since, so the Bees are keeping good company. However, it is now crucial that they build on this stability - they come into the new season after a summer of significant change, and it is vital that they limit the impact of these changes by moving smartly in the transfer market.

Achieving a Carabao Cup quarter-final appearance alongside their top half league finish, Brentford are gradually turning into a banana skin for the top sides - on their day, they are virtually unplayable, and if they continue to work to the model of the last five seasons, things can only get better for the West London club.

Best Result: Southampton 0-5 Brentford (Schade 6’, Mbeumo 62’, 69’, Lewis-Potter 90+2’, Wissa 90+4’)

Worst Result: Brentford 1-3 Arsenal (Mbeumo 13’: Jesus 29’, Merino 50’, Martinelli 53’)

Who Have Brentford Signed in the Summer Transfer Window So Far?

Dango Ouattara from AFC Bournemouth - £42 Million

Antoni Milambo from Feyenoord - £17 Million + £4.25 Million Add Ons

Caoimhin Kelleher from Liverpool - £17 Million

Michael Kayode from Fiorentina - Loan made permanent for £14.9 Million

Romelle Donovan from Birmingham City - £706K

Reiss Nelson from Arsenal - Season long loan

Jordan Henderson from Ajax - Free Transfer

Total Spent: 91.6 Million + £4.25 Million in Potential Add Ons

Who Have Brentford Sold in the Summer Transfer Window So Far?

Bryan Mbeumo to Manchester United - £65 Million + £5 Million Add Ons

Yoane Wissa to Newcastle United - £55 Million

Christian Norgaard to Arsenal - £10 Million + £5 Million Add Ons

Mark Flekken to Bayer Leverkusen - £11 Million

Mads Roerslev to Southampton - Undisclosed Fee

Max Dickov to Mansfield Town - Free Transfer

Ben Winterbottom to Barrow - Free Transfer

Ethan Brierley to Exeter City - Season long loan

Ryan Trevitt to Wigan Athletic - Season long loan

Ben Krauhaus to Bromley - Season long loan

Ben Mee - Released

Josh Dasilva - Released

Total Recieved: £141 Million + £10 Million in Potential Add Ons

Brentford 2025/26 Squad List

Goalkeepers: Caoimhin Kelleher, Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson, Ellery Balcombe.

Defenders: Michael Kayode, Rico Henry, Sepp van den Berg, Ethan Pinnock, Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Keane Lewis-Potter, Ji-Soo Kim.

Midfielders: Antoni Milambo, Frank Onyeka, Jayden Meghoma, Aaron Hickey, Jordan Henderson, Mathias Jensen, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Mikkel Damsgaard, Yunus Konak, Vitaly Janelt, Edmond Paris-Maghoma.

Attackers: Michael Olakigbe, Myles Peart-Harris, Romelle Donovan, Kevin Schade, Dango Ouattara, Igor Thiago, Fabio Carvalho, Reiss Nelson, Gustavo Gomes.

Brentford 2025/26 Home, Away and Third Kits

Our 2025/26 home kit has arrived 😍 pic.twitter.com/6EPBGoqwq3

— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) July 4, 2025

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 | Brentford's new away kit for the 2025/26 season. 🟤⚜️

They used it in a friendly yesterday. ✅ pic.twitter.com/PbK1YPuV0S

— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) July 26, 2025

Brentford FC have revealed their new 2025/26 third kit, produced by Joma, which returns to the colours first adopted in 1889 by the Brentford Rowing Club.#BrentfordFC pic.twitter.com/i5d2oi6SWH

— Football Shirt Culture (@footballshirt) August 8, 2025

What is Brentford’s Opening Premier League Fixture?

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford | The City Ground, Nottingham | Sunday, August 17th, 14:00

Where Can I Watch Nottingham Forest vs Brentford?

Brentford’s opening day clash with Forest is set to be broadcasted on Sky Sports, and although it is still unclear which channel the game will be shown on, it will likely be either Sky Sports Main Event or Sky Sports Premier League.

What Are Brentford’s First Five Fixtures of the Season?

Nottingham Forest vs Brentford - Sunday, August 17th.

Brentford vs Aston Villa - Saturday, August 23rd.

Sunderland vs Brentford - Saturday, August 30th.

Brentford vs Chelsea - Saturday, September 13th.

Fulham vs Brentford - Saturday, September 20th.

When Do Brentford Play Rivals Fulham in 2025/26?

Though not considered a particularly heated rivalry, this London Derby has taken on much more importance in recent years, especially after the events of the 2020 Championship play-off final, which saw Fulham pip Brentford to Premier League promotion.

Fulham vs Brentford - TBC.

Brentford vs Fulham - TBC.

Last Five Meetings:

- 18/05/2025: Brentford 2-3 Fulham.

- 04/11/2024: Fulham 2-1 Brentford.

- 04/05/2024: Brentford 0-0 Fulham.

- 19/08/2023: Fulham 0-3 Brentford.

- 06/03/2023: Brentford 3-2 Fulham.

Who is Brentford’s Manager for 2025/26?

Chief Keith 🫡 pic.twitter.com/IzRMeVsEXQ

— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) June 27, 2025

When we mentioned there has been change at Brentford over the summer, we weren’t lying. Thomas Frank, Brentford head coach of six and a half years, departed for the cursed seat at Tottenham Hotspur this summer.

Taking a gamble, Brentford promoted set-piece coach and former Northern Ireland international Keith Andrews from within, rather than looking at out of contract options or poaching from another club.

Though he has no managerial experience, Andrews has already made a significant impact on the way the Bees play - his set-piece routines made Brentford one of, if not the most dangerous side in the league from dead ball situations, an aspect of the game that is vital to Premier League security. However, with experience a sought after trait and important to integrating yourself fully into Premier League management, both Bees and neutral fans will have be keeping a close eye on his progress, particularly during their opening few matchdays.

Who is Brentford’s Player to Watch?

Caiomhin Kelleher

It may be an unusual choice to pick a goalkeeper over the likes of Mikkel Damsgaard and Yoane Wissa, but there is method behind the madness. Over the last five years or so, we have seen Kelleher thrive between the sticks for Liverpool, a reliable, confident, cool customer when called upon - his performances have won the Reds trophies.

Back-to-back brilliant saves from Kelleher 🧤❌ pic.twitter.com/4311lQJL6C

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) November 10, 2024

But he has only ever played a bit-part role for the club. We have seen it countless times - as soon as Alisson returns from whatever ailment he has been suffering, Kelleher is relegated back to his spot on the bench, never quite doing enough to oust the Brazilian number one.

Now, for the first time in his career, he will have the chance to make the number one spot his own, and Premier League fans the world over will undoubtedly be curious to see how handles such regular game time at Brentford, having made just 67 appearances across six seasons at Liverpool.

This has the potential to be one of the standout moves of the summer, but Kelleher must be able to stand-up to the increased scrutiny his performances receive.

Brentford Season Prediction

Brentford are a very likeable team - they have produced some serious stars since their arrival on the Premier League scene, recycle their kits for multiple seasons to promote environmental awareness, and still boast some superb talent in their squad dispite countless outgoings this summer - but it is this final point that could well hurt them this season.

Though Andrews inherit's a more than capable squad, their outgoing transfers appear to be far from finished. Mark Flekken, Christian Norgaard and Bryan Mbeumo have all moved to high-profile sides, and with the likes of Wissa and Damsgaard being admired from afar, the Bees' risk losing five of their best performers from last season. Had they been deprived of two or three, replacing them would have been less of a challenge, but replacing almost half of their starting eleven contains all sorts of pitfalls - it is a similar issue that newly promoted teams come up against almost every year.

And that puts Brentford in an interesting position - though an established top flight side, the Bees enter the new season with a new manager lacking any experience, and a team potentially lacking any star (outfield) player. Of course, there is still time left in the transfer window, but should the outstanding Wissa leave, and the club fail to bring in a suitable replacement, goals will be few and far between - Premier League football has a nasty way of punishing a lack of intent.

Football Park's Prediction: 18th