Brentford head coach Thomas Frank has confirmed that midfielder Mathias Jensen is fit again and available for selection.
Jensen’s return is a boost for the Bees ahead of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ visit to Gtech Community Stadium on Wednesday 27 December (7.30pm kick-off).
The Denmark international, who has five goal contributions (3G, 2A) in 12 Premier League appearances this season, hasn’t featured for Brentford since the 3-0 defeat to Liverpool on 12 November due to an adductor injury.
Defender Nathan Collins played the final 14 minutes against Aston Villa last time out having overcome an ankle injury, while Frank is hopeful that midfielder Josh Dasilva (hamstring) could make his return against Wolves in the Emirates FA Cup on 5 January.
Bryan Mbeumo, Rico Henry, Aaron Hickey, Kevin Schade and Kristoffer Ajer are all unavailable for Wednesday’s game.
Frank was full of praise for the job that Gary O’Neil has done since his appointment as Wolves head coach in August.
Like Brentford, Wolves have taken 19 points from 17 games this term.
“I think he’s done a good job,” said Frank. “I think he did a brilliant job at Bournemouth - keeping them up was one of the best achievements in the Premier League last year. He did an amazing job there.
“[Wolves] are more energetic now. They’re well organised and you can see that they are trying to build something which looks promising for the future. They have got some really good players.”
Frank added: “We need a good performance. We need to come out with big intensity, press very aggressively and have that more complete performance.
“When we are attacking, we need to be close enough together so we can, in spells, pack them in.”