LONDON. Norwich City bested Brentford to win 2-1. It was Norwich City to strike first with an early goal of M. Normann at the 6′. Then T. Pukki scored again for Norwich City in the 29′ minute with a penalty. Eventually, R. Henry reduced the distance for Brentford with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​ Brentford was much better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Brentford Community Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jarred Gillett with the support of Ian Hussin and Wade Smith. The 4th official was Martin Atkinson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Brentford had a strong ball possession 64% while Norwich City was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brentford was was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Norwich City managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Brentford shot 21 times, 2 on target, 19 off target. Regarding the opposition, Norwich City shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Brentford received 2 yellow cards (C. Goode and I. Toney). On the opposite side, Norwich City received 3 yellow cards (M. Normann, M. J. Aarons and A. Omobamidele).

Standings

After this encounter, Brentford will stay with 12 points to hold in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Norwich City will have 5 points like Newcastle United to sit in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Brentford will play away against Newcastle United on the 20th of November with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Newcastle United (0 draws).

Norwich City will host Southampton on the 20th of November with a 10-5 head to head record in favor of Southampton (5 draws).

Brentford – Formation

Brentford started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Thomas Frank decided to play with the following team: Álvaro Fernández (6.7), Zanka (6.3), Pontus Jansson (6.7), Ethan Pinnock (7.8), Sergi Canós (6.4), Mathias Jensen (8.0), Christian Nørgaard (5.7), Vitaly Janelt (6.5), Rico Henry (6.9), Bryan Mbeumo (6.8) and Ivan Toney (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Frank Onyeka, Mads Roerslev Rasmussen, Finley Stevens, Matthew Cox, Saman Ghoddos (7.4), Marcus Forss (6.7), Charlie Goode (7.1), Mads Bidstrup and Dominic Thompson.

Brentford could not rely on the presence of C. Goode (injured).

Substitutions

Brentford made 3 changes: M. Jorgensen for C. Goode (12′), V. Janelt for S. Ghoddos (46′) and R. Henry for M. Forss (69′).

Best player: Mathias Jensen​

The most impressive player for Brentford was Mathias Jensen.

His rating is (8.0) with 48 passes (81% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 9 crosses.

Norwich City – Formation

Norwich City started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Talking about the opposition, Daniel Farke played with: Tim Krul (7.8), Max Aarons (6.1), Andrew Omobamidele (7.7), Ben Gibson (7.3), Brandon Williams (6.8), Kieran Dowell (6.2), Mathias Normann (7.4), Pierre Lees Melou (7.4), Kenny McLean (6.1), Milot Rashica (6.8) and Teemu Pukki (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Dimitrios Giannoulis (6.1), Przemysław Płacheta, Christos Tzolis, Jacob Lungi Sørensen, Lukas Rupp, Adam Idah, Angus Gunn, Billy Gilmour and Josh Sargent (6.7).

Substitutions

Norwich City made 3 changes: K. Dowell for D. Giannoulis (74′), T. Pukki for J. Sargent (78′) and M. Rashica for A. Idah (90′).

Best player: Tim Krul​

The most impressive player for Norwich City was the goalkeeper: Tim Krul. His rating is 7.82. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Brentford – Norwich City – 1-2
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Newcastle United – 1-1
• Chelsea – Burnley – 1-1
• Crystal Palace – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 2-0
• Manchester United – Manchester City – 0-2