Liverpool vs Brentford prediction and betting tips – European places on the line

Liverpool host Brentford in the final game of the Premier League 2025/26 season at Anfield in which will decide the European spots for both sides, with the Bees on the cusp of a top eight finish.

Liverpool vs Brentford best bets

• Bet on Liverpool to win at 4/5 on Betfred
• Back Liverpool to win, Salah to score, Thiago 1+ SOT at 3/1 on Midnite
• Back Liverpool to win, both teams to score, Salah & Thiago to score at 17/2 on Spreadex

Liverpool vs Brentford head to head overview

• Date: Sunday, 24th May 2026
• Kick-off: 4pm
• Venue: Anfield
• Where to watch: Sky Sports
• Referee: Darren England
• Last meeting: Brentford 3-2 Liverpool
• Last 9 matches: Liverpool 6 wins, 1 draw, Brentford 3 wins
• Favourite to win: Liverpool

Liverpool vs Brentford prediction

Liverpool are well-fancied for this in the betting going odds-on to beat the Bees.

That’s largely because in the few games these two have actually played against each other Brentford have gone on a long run without a win at Anfield.

That’s largely due to a long period of time without playing at the ground, but they have lost there on their last four visits in the Premier League – without scoring in each too.

They are much better at home against the Reds, having won the reverse fixture 3-2, as well as in January 2023 3-1.

Liverpool vs Brentford betting tips

Brentford form points to goals and signals result

Despite this run of form at home against the Bees, it’s hard to imagine Liverpool fans or neutrals being that confident.

Liverpool’s last game ended in a 4-2 drubbing against Aston Villa, and Liverpool have even gone without a win in their last three up against Chelsea and Manchester United, all games that were crucial to win against their storied rivals.

Brentford are in ninth place going into the final game of the season, on the cusp of a shot at European football next year but they’ve hit a rough patch of results, winning just once in their last five.

Brentford are level on points with Chelsea and just one behind Brighton, a win could send them up to seventh if those two teams lose or draw and that would mean getting into the Europa League group stages.

If just one of those teams fails to win and Brentford win then they will battle it out in the Europa Conference League playoffs.

But, they need to win at Anfield to get that shot and they’ve been incredibly unpredictable of late – drawing 2-2 to Wolves, Everton and Crystal Palace, and 0-0 against Leeds and Fulham.

Their only win has come against West Ham beating them 3-0 to keep their European dreams alive, but they’ve settled for draws far too many times recently even when finding plenty of goals themselves.

In fact, they had to rely on a last minute winner from Mikkel Damsgaard back in February to beat Burnley 4-3 and all these signs point to a potentially big game against Liverpool, with plenty of goals for both sides but dramatically in favour of the Reds exposing Brentford’s back line.

Final push from the Reds

The pressure really is on Arne Slot after scooping the league last year and having a rapid downturn this season.

There won’t be anywhere to hide if he ends this term on a run of four without a win to cap off a disappointing season and they need to retain their Champions League spot in fifth.

A draw would be enough for that but I can see Liverpool starting bright, with a flurry of attacks from some of their many dangerous forwards.

It could be a bitter end for Mohamed Salah at Anfield but surely he will get a chance to bow out in style after his tumultuous campaign.

The Egyptian winger has only been seen for 16 minutes in the last three games but did score twice when starting against Fulham and Everton in succession…

If there are to be plenty of goals for both sides, then you cannot dismiss the Brentford top scorer Igor Thiago who has 22, albeit only one goal in his last five games.

• Bet on Liverpool to win at 4/5 on Betfred
• Back Liverpool to win, Salah to score, Thiago 1+ SOT at 3/1 on Midnite
• Back Liverpool to win, both teams to score, Salah & Thiago to score at 17/2 on Spreadex

Liverpool vs Brentford latest odds

Find the latest Liverpool vs Brentford betting odds here. Odds are provided by Betfred and are subject to change.

• Liverpool – 4/5
• Draw – 3/1
• Brentford – 3/1

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Important historical facts about Liverpool vs Brentford for betting

• Liverpool lost 3-2 in the reverse fixture against Brentford, but have never lost consecutive league games against the Bees before.
• Between 1936 and 1937, Brentford were unbeaten in their first three away league games against Liverpool (W1 D2). Since then, they’ve lost each of their last six trips to Anfield without scoring a single goal.
• Liverpool haven’t lost their final league game in any of the last 10 seasons (W7 D3) since going down 6-1 at Stoke in 2014-15. When finishing a league campaign at home, they’re unbeaten in 18 (W15 D3) since a 2-0 loss to Arsenal in 1988-89.
• Brentford have won their final game in just one of their four previous Premier League campaigns (D1 L2), beating Manchester City 1-0 in 2022-23.
• Liverpool have lost 19 games in all competitions this season; in the club’s entire history, only in 1936-37 (20), 1952-53 (21), 1953-54 (24), and 1992-93 (20) have they ever lost 20+ matches in a single campaign.
• Liverpool have gone on to lose eight different Premier League games in which they’ve equalised this season, the most of any side. Indeed, only two teams have lost more such games in a single campaign – Wolves in 2024-25 (10) and Blackpool in 2010-11 (9).
• Brentford have won just one of their last nine Premier League games (D6 L2), beating West Ham 3-0 earlier this month.
• Mohamed Salah has played 441 games for Liverpool in all competitions, scoring 257 goals and providing 119 assists, with this potentially his final game for the Reds. He has seven Premier League goals this season, and could be just the second golden boot winner to score 20+ fewer goals than the previous campaign (29 last season), along with Alan Shearer (25 in 1996-97, 2 in 1997-98).
• Virgil van Dijk has completed 90 minutes in 74 of Liverpool’s 75 Premier League matches under Arne Slot – including all 37 games this season. If he plays 90 minutes here, aged 34 years and 320 days, he would be the oldest outfield player ever to complete 100% of possible minutes in a Premier League campaign, beating John Terry’s record in 2014-15 (34y 168d).
• Igor Thiago has scored 41% of Brentford’s Premier League goals this season (22/54), currently the highest share by a player in a single campaign since Harry Kane in 2022-23 (43% for Spurs – 30/70).

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