Brentford vs Sheffield Wednesday prediction, betting tips and odds: Bees can entertain again

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Where to watch Brentford vs Sheffield Wednesday

You can watch Brentford vs Sheffield Wednesday in the EFL Cup at 8pm on Tuesday October 29, live on Sky Sports Football & Main Event

Match prediction & best bet

Brentford to win & over 2.5 goals
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Brentford vs Sheffield Wednesday odds

Brentford 2-5
Sheffield Wednesday 15-2
Draw 4-1

Odds correct at time of publishing

Brentford vs Sheffield Wednesday predictions

Brentford have been the great entertainers at the Gtech Community Stadium this month and they can play their part in another humdinger against Sheffield Wednesday in the EFL Cup on Tuesday evening.

The Bees were 5-3 winners over Wolves on their own patch at the start of October and followed that with a 4-3 win over Ipswich in their latest home game on Saturday.

Those wins have kept Thomas Frank's side in mid-table in the Premier League standings, but they have already shown they can fluster any opponent on their day.

Bryan Mbeumo, in particular, has been in red-hot form but he will probably be rested along with a raft of first-team players for this clash with the Owls.

A long run in the EFL Cup would be welcomed by a club in Brentford's position, but Frank will not want to overstretch his key players ahead of a busy couple of months.

But even with personnel rotated, the Bees' attacking principles will remain and the goals could flow against Sheffield Wednesday.

The Owls showed fighting spirit of their own last Friday, recovering from a goal down at half-time to beat Portsmouth 2-1 with Michael Smith striking a wonder goal.

Josh Windass also notched and Sheffield Wednesday have the quality in attack to potentially breach Brentford, having scored a total of eight goals in their three previous EFL Cup triumphs over Hull, Grimsby and Blackpool.

There is every chance that Wednesday could net against a Bees side without a clean sheet in eight matches, but the better betting angle could be backing a home win and over 2.5 goals.

That approach allows for both a potential hammering from the higher-ranked side and a back-and-forth contest in west London.

Key stat

Seven of Brentford's last eight matches have featured over 2.5 goals.

Brentford vs Sheffield Wednesday team news

Brentford
Thomas Frank could make several changes with Kevin Schade and Favio Carvalho potentially coming in. Igor Thiago, Aaron Hickey, Gustavo Nunes, Josh Dasilva and Rico Henry are all sidelined.

Sheffield Wednesday
Akin Famewo came off injured against Portsmouth on Friday and is set to miss out. Olaf Kobacki, Nathaniel Chalobah and Ben Hamer are all unavailable due to injury. Pol Valentin is suspended.

Probable teams

Brentford (4-3-3): Valdimarsson; Roerslev, Mee, Van den Berg, Meghoma; Jensen, Konak, Trevitt; Carvalho, Schade, Yarmolyuk.
Subs: Pinnock, Norgaard, Wissa, Mbeumo, Lewis-Potter, Collins, Damsgaard.

Sheffield Wednesday (3-4-2-1): Charles; Palmer, Bernard, Iorfa; Valery, Bannan, Charles, M Lowe; Musaba, Windass; Smith.
Subs: Ingelsson, J Lowe, Ugbo, Paterson, McNeill, Johnson, Gassama.

Inside info

Brentford

Star man Kevin Schade
Top scorer Fabio Carvalho
Penalty taker Kevin Schade
Card magnet Mathias Jensen
Assist ace Fabio Carvalho
Set-piece aerial threat Sepp van den Berg

Sheffield Wednesday

Star man Josh Windass
Top scorer Josh Windass
Penalty taker Josh Windass
Card magnet Di'Shon Bernard
Assist ace Yan Valery
Set-piece aerial threat Di'Shon Bernard

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