LONDON. Brentford conquers AFC Bournemouth with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by I. Toney (39′) and a goal from M. Jensen (75′).

The match was played at the Brentford Community Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Jarred Gillett assisted by Simon Long and Harry Lennard. The 4th official was Andy Madley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Brentford was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. AFC Bournemouth that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Brentford was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Brentford won the match​.

Brentford shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, AFC Bournemouth shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Brentford received 1 yellow card (David Raya). On the other side, AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card (Neto ).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Brentford will have 29 points to drop in the 8th place. On the opposite side, AFC Bournemouth will stay with 16 points to climb in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Brentford will host Manchester City on the 28th of May with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Manchester City (0 draws).

AFC Bournemouth will play away agasint Everton on the 28th of May with a 6-5 head to head in favor of AFC Bournemouth (2 draws).

Brentford – Formation

Brentford started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Thomas Frank decided to play with the following team: David Raya (7.1), Kristoffer Ajer (6.5), Ethan Pinnock (7.1), Ben Mee (7.1), Vitaly Janelt (6.8), Mathias Jensen (7.4), Christian Nørgaard (6.9), Joshua Dasilva (7.4), Bryan Mbeumo (6.8), Ivan Toney (7.2) and Yoane Wissa (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Zanka, Saman Ghoddos, Mads Bech Sørensen, Kevin Schade, Sergi Canós, Thomas Strakosha, Keane Lewis-Potter, Mads Roerslev Rasmussen (6.6) and Mikkel Damsgaard.

Substitutions

Brentford made 5 changes: Yoane Wissa for Mads Roerslev (71′), Josh Dasilva for Mikkel Damsgaard (82′), Kristoffer Ajer for Zanka (82′), Ivan Toney for K. Schade (82′) and Bryan Mbeumo for K. Lewis-Potter (89′).

Best player: Mathias Jensen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brentford was Mathias Jensen.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 42 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.

AFC Bournemouth – Formation

AFC Bournemouth started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Gary O\’Neil played with: Neto (6.2), Jack Stacey (6.4), Chris Mepham (6.1), Marcos Senesi (6.1), Lloyd Kelly (6.5), Ryan Christie (6.3), Jefferson Lerma (6.9), Lewis Cook (6.8), Jaidon Anthony (6.5), Philip Billing (6.9) and Kieffer Moore (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Joe Rothwell (6.2), Ben Pearson (6.4), Mark Travers, Jordan Zemura, Siriki Dembélé (6.4), Jack Stephens, Daniel Adu-Adjei, Dominic Sadi and Michael Dacosta Gonzalez.

Substitutions

AFC Bournemouth made 3 changes: Lewis Cook for Ben Pearson (35′), Jaidon Anthony for Siriki Dembélé (66′) and Marcos Senesi for Joe Rothwell (78′).

Best player: Philip Billing​

The player that probably impressed the most for AFC Bournemouth was Philip Billing.

His rating is (6.9) with 28 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – West Ham United – 1-0
• Nottingham Forest – Leicester City – 2-0
• Manchester United – Manchester City – 2-1
• Everton – Southampton – 1-2
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Liverpool – 3-0
• Brentford – AFC Bournemouth – 2-0