MATCH FACTS

■■Brentford ended a run of five straight Premier League defeats, and registered a clean sheet for the first time in 12 top-flight games (since a 1-0 win over Everton on November 28th). ■■Crystal Palace have won just two of their last 13 Premier League games (D5 L6) and are winless in their last five since a 3-0 victory over Norwich in December.

■■Brentford are without a win in six league games (D1 L5), their longest winless run in the league since December 2018 (also 6).

■■Crystal Palace have enjoyed just one away win in the league this season (2-0 v Man City in October), with Burnley and Barnsley the only sides in England’s top four tiers with fewer victories on the road this season (none for each).

■■This is just the second time Crystal Palace have played out two goalless draws against the same opponent in a Premier League season after 1992-93 (v Man City).

■■This is only the third Premier League London derby to have seen both meetings in a season finish 0-0 after Arsenal v QPR in 1992-93 and Chelsea v West Ham in 1999-00.

■■Since returning to the Premier League in 2013-14, Crystal

Palace have failed to score in the first-half of 220 games in the competition, 40 more than any other side (Newcastle next on 180) while the Eagles have also been involved in a competition-high 118 0-0s at half-time in that period.

■■Wilfried Zaha made his 250th Premier League appearance for Crystal Palace, just the third African player to hit that milestone for a single club in the competition, after Shola Ameobi (294 for Newcastle) and Didier Drogba (254 for Chelsea).