0 - Draws between the two sides

3 - Brentford wins

6 - Newcastle wins

9 - The Magpies goals from set-pieces this season, the highest in the league.

19 - The number of goals in the last four meetings between the two sides

24 - The two sides have taken 24 points, combined, from their last six games

40 - The Bees and Newcastle have found the net 40 times so far this campaign

322 - Brentford have attempted the most tackles in the Championship this season

1934 - Brentford's last win at St James' Park, Ernie Muttitt scoring a hat-trick in the 5-2 victory

1993 - The last league meeting between the two, a 5-1 victory for The Magpies at St James' Park

56,692 - The highest attendance for a game between the two sides back in 1947.

1,629,600 - The combined round-trip in miles for the estimated 2,800 Brentford fans travelling to St James' Park from Griffin Park

The First Meeting

1 September 1934, Football League Division Two - Newcastle United 2 Brentford 5 Brentford XI: Mathieson; Bateman, Poyser, Watson, James, Burns, Hopkins, Scott, Holliday, Muttitt, Fletcher Ernest Muttitt scored his first and only hat-trick for the club, as Jack Holliday and Dai Hopkins added one goal each, the year Brentford would be promoted as champions.

The Last Meeting

12 September 2001, Worthington Cup - Newcastle United 4 Brentford 1 Brentford XI: Gottskalksson; Powell, Dobson, Price, Anderson, Gibbs, Evans, Mahon, Ingimarsson, Burgess, Owusu The Bees take The Magpies all the way to extra time after Lloyd Owusu's opening goal is cancelled out by Shola Ameobi in the second half. Substitute Craig Bellamy scores a hat-trick in the 30 additional minutes