Two teams heading in different directions will battle it out on Saturday in West London.

I’ve had a few picks against Brentford, trying to earn from their demoralizing form, and most of them have been successful. The story behind the promoted club is quite simple - they rode a wave of enthusiasm in early rounds, overperforming immensely and climbing into the top 6 zone of EPL, only to collapse and fall out of the stride afterwards. They are currently the most out of form team in the competition and, as things stand, there is no turning point on the horizon.

Brentford did not do any good business in winter on the transfer market. They did sign problematic midfielder Eriksen from Inter, but his heart issues and 6-month isolation from football suggest the form is miles off what we are used to seeing from the Danish magician. His announced debut on Saturday should not make any difference for hosts quality wise.

Newcastle has gone unbeaten for nearly a month now. No matter who is against them, they seem to have an answer. After picking points up against quite modest opponents like Aston Villa or Leeds, Magpies made a statement with a bold 1-1 draw away to Champions League contenders West Ham. That result really had me revalue Newcastle as a team capable of giving a hard life to any opponent in the league, not just a fellow relegation contender.

This being said, visitors must have more than enough about them to contain out of form Brentford and return home with points on Saturday.

两支朝不同方向前进的球队将于周六在伦敦西部展开较量。

我此前多次反对布伦特福德，试图从他们士气低落的状态中获利，而且他们中的大多数都取得了成功。升班马背后的故事很简单——他们在前几轮掀起一股热情，表现出色，一路攀升到英超前6名，但后来却崩溃了。他们目前是比赛中状态最差的球队，而且就目前情况而言，没有转折点出现。

布伦特福德在冬季的转会市场上没有做任何补强。他们确实从国际米兰签下了有问题的中场球员埃里克森，但他的心脏问题和 6 个月的足球隔离表明这种形式与我们过去从丹麦魔术师那里看到的情况相去甚远。他在周六宣布的首次亮相不应该对东道主的质量产生任何影响。

纽卡斯尔已经连续近一个月保持不败。不管是谁对付他们，他们似乎有了答案。在对阵阿斯顿维拉或利兹联等相当温和的对手拿到积分后，喜鹊在客场以 1-1 战平冠军联赛的竞争者西汉姆联队发表声明。这个结果真的让我重新评估了纽卡斯尔作为一支能够为联盟中的任何对手提供艰难生活的球队，而不仅仅是一个保级竞争者。

话虽这么说，客队必须有足够的能力来遏制布伦特福德并在周六带着积分回家。