The domestic football continues across Europe this midweek, with a pair of high-stakes encounters on the bill on Thursday night including Arsenal’s clash with Brentford in the Premier League.
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Thursday night football double header (8pm kick off unless stated):
- Brentford vs Arsenal (Premier League)
- Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona (Copa del Rey semi-final 1st leg)
Arsenal feeling the pressure? Manchester City went to within three points of the league leaders after an impressive 3-0 victory over Fulham on Wednesday night.
The Gunners travel to in-form Brentford on Thursday, hoping to re-establish their six point advantage at the Premier League summit.
But with 13 matches to go, a trip to the Gtech Stadium is one of the toughest remaining tests to navigate if they are break their 22-year wait without a league title.
The stats back this up too, over the last 10 matches, the Bees are second (to Arsenal) in the league’s form table, winning six and losing just two games in this period.
Arsenal have a good away record against their next opponents in recent times, unbeaten in their last six meetings. But they’ve rarely faced Brentford in such good nick. Winning their last two matches away at Aston Villa and Newcastle.
The west London club also boast the league’s second-top goalscorer. Igor Thiago has plundered 17 goals so far this campaign and will be a huge threat to the Arsenal defence.
Arsenal may be the favourites to win the game, but with both teams firing in front of goal in recent weeks. We could see a match with plenty of goalmouth opportunities.
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Atletico Madrid renew rivalry with Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semi final on Thursday night. The hosts haven’t beaten the Catalan club in four matches, a run stretching back to December 2024.
But both teams to score has landed in four out of five of those fixtures, including a 4-4 draw in last season’s competition.
Atletico sit a distant third in La Liga, currently 12 points off Barcelona who sit in second, and 13 off arch-rivals Real Madrid in top spot.
They will see this competition, which they last won in 2021, as a genuine trophy opportunity. Especially after thrashing Real Betis 5-0 in the last eight.
Barcelona are right on the coattails of Real in La Liga, and will feel confident they can retain both the league and cup double again.
This version of Barcelona have started to find their form in 2026, netting seven goals away from home in their last three matches.
It could be a narrow victory for either side, but any type of advantage is a good one going into the second-leg.
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