They probably wouldn’t be many people’s first guess, but Brentford are the top form side in the entire Premier League after extending their impressive unbeaten streak with a win over Fulham on Monday.
The Bees went ahead after just five minutes and held on to register a 3-2 victory at the Community Stadium that takes them to within one point of their west London neighbours, who are riding high in seventh place.
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The result also means that Thomas Frank’s side have now gone 12 games in the Premier League since they last tasted defeat on Oct. 23 last year — the longest active streak of any club in the top flight.
It’s not like the fixtures have been particularly kind to Brentford either: they have faced Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and even league leaders Arsenal during their last 10 outings and successfully took a total of eight points from those four opponents, as well as beating Chelsea earlier on in the season. All in all, the Bees have won six and drawn six of their last dozen games; scoring 22 goals, conceding 11 and winning 23 points in the process.
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The league high this season still belongs to Newcastle, who went 17 games without loss between September and February but that run came to an end with a 2-0 defeat against Liverpool at St James’ Park last month.
Indeed, of the so-called “big six” only table-topping Arsenal can claim to have bettered the Bees’ current streak after the Gunners went 13 games unbeaten over several months — a sequence that began with a 3-0 away win over Brentford on Sept. 18 and ended with the shock 1-0 loss to struggling Everton on Feb. 4.
Defending champions Manchester City…
