Crystal Palace vs Brentford starting lineups: Conor Gallagher makes Eagles debut; Bees unchanged

Crystal Palace clash with Brentford in another Premier League London derby this afternoon.

Thomas Frank’s Bees are buzzing after their 2-0 win against Arsenal on the opening night of the season, but they’ll need to be at their best again today as Patrick Vieira’s Palace will be desperate to make amends for their 3-0 reverse at Chelsea last week.

Crystal Palace lineup

(4-3-3) Vincente Guaita, Joel Ward, Tyrick Mitchell, Marc Guehi, Joachim Anderson, Cheikhou Kouyate, James McArthur (c), Conor Gallagher, Wilfried Zaha, Jeffrey Schlupp, Christian Benteke

Substitutes: Jairo Riedewald, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Jack Butland, Remi Matthews, Jordan Ayew, Jean-Philippe Mateta, James Tomkins, Martin Kelly

Brentford lineup

(3-5-2) David Raya, Ethan Pinnock, Pontus Jansson (c), Kristoffer Ajer, Rico Henry, Christain Norgaard, Sergi Canos, Frank Onyeka, Vitaly Janelt, Ivan Toney, Bryan Mbeumo

Substitutes: Yoane Wissa, Mads Bidstrup, Alvaro Fernandez, Marcus Forss, Saman Ghoddos, Halil Dervisoglu, Charlie Goode, Mads Bech Sorensen, Mads Roerslev

Key match-up

Palace’s three forwards will each get the sole attention of a Brentford defender and their fluidity of movement could prove decisive. Benteke will offer a target but the runs in behind from Zaha and Schlupp might open holes.

That of course remains to be seen as Brentford’s burly bruisers at the back proved more than capable against Arsenal last Friday.

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