Brentford v Arsenal live stream, TV channel, prediction: Watch Premier League online

In the first English Premier League showdown of the season, Arsenal and Brentford are set to meet on Friday in an exciting tilt. 

Ladies and gentlemen, the wait is officially over. That’s right, the English Premier League is back in our lives, with the 2021-22 season all set to get underway on Friday with a showdown between Arsenal and Brentford.

For Brentford, this is its first EPL match ever, as the team earned promotion for the first time in its history at the end of last season. On the other side of things, Arsenal is hoping to put together a big year after a massive disappointment last campaign. Will Mikel Arteta’s men deliver to open up the season?

How to watch Brentford vs Arsenal on TV

When time is kick-off? Friday, Aug. 13 at 3 p.m ET
Where is the match played? Brentford Community Stadium
What TV channel is the match on? NBCSN, fuboTV for live streaming
Who’s the referee? Michael Oliver
Who’s on VAR duty? Chris Kavanagh

Brentford team news

The good news for the newly-promoted Bees is that it’s looking like forward Ivan Toney will be able to take the pitch on Friday when the team hosts Arsenal. Toney has been dealing with a minor neck injury, but manager Thomas Frank said not only will the speedster be ready to go against the Gunners, but he’ll also start the match as well.

Arsenal team news

On the other side of the pitch, Arsenal fans were hopeful that Thomas Partey would be fit to play in the season-opener, but that won’t be the case.

Partey suffered his injury against Chelsea in the preseason and he won’t be ready to rock for the first contest of the summer. Fortunately, both Bukayo Saka and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are ready to go and could put on a show.

Brentford vs Arsenal predicted lineups

Brentford: David Raya, Kristoffer Ajer, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Sergi Canos, Vitaly Janelt, Christian Norgaard, Frank Onyeka, Rico Henry, Bryan Mbeumo and Ivan Toney.

Arsenal: Bernd Leno, Calum Chambers, Ben White, Pablo Mari, Kieran Tierney, Granit Xhaka, Albert Lokonga, Nicolas Pepe, Emile Smith Rowe, Bukayo Saka and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Brentford vs Arsenal prediction

With this being the first EPL tilt of the year, millions of eyes will be on both Brentford and Arsenal. Obviously, the pressure is on the Gunners. Their fanbase will have a complete and total meltdown if they open things up with a loss to a team that has never played in a league contest before. With that said, we think Arsenal will prevent that from happening.

Prediction: Arsenal 2-Brentford 1