It’s complicated, and had Gary Lineker gleefully opening last Saturday’s Match of the Day with a lengthy explainer that ended, “Simple, really… well that’s all we’ve got time for this week!”
For that to happen, Manchester City must beat Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final, and that this Wembley meeting takes place eight days (17 May) before the Premier League’s final day means the permutations will be much clearer in the week leading up to 26 May.
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It is set to be as intriguing as the battle for fifth, and be sure to not sleep on the Bees.
Brentford next host a Manchester United side on Sunday who will rightly be distracted by the upcoming Europa League semi-final second leg. A league finish matters not for United, but for Brentford it is everything, and the Bees will hope to capitalise on this before games against Ipswich (away), Fulham (home) and Wolves (away).
Currently, just two points separate Fulham, Brighton, Bournemouth and Brentford, and the tightness of this race is suitably summed up by Opta’s projections.
Make sense? No? A bit? It sure is muddled, and has Thomas Frank all philosophical as his side target a first-ever European campaign.
“It’s tricky. Do you want to be a European club, but what is a European club?” Frank told Sky Sports this week, stressing the financial might of those around and crucially below them will not make this a yearly occurrence.
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Aptly, a strikeforce the envy of clubs above them means Brentford have outscored the five clubs above them in the table, while Mikkel Damsgaard (10) is one of just five Premier League players to have reached double digits for assists.
Midway through the season, Brentford were 12th, their form reading W7 D3 L9, all seven of those wins coming at home against clubs currently in the bottom half of the table.
Brentford have since struggled at home and improved away, largely because of this lopsided fixture list flipping around, with tougher outfits visiting the Gtech Community Stadium since the New Year.
They are now on a four-game unbeaten run after winning at Nottingham Forest on Thursday, with that 2-0 victory propelling them back into the Europe conversation.
“In our last 12 games we have been extremely consistent and performed well. There’s another big game on Sunday which we will do our best to win.”
Don’t count them out.
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