LONDON. Brentford was after all too much to handle for Fulham with the goal of Yoane Wissa (44′), Bryan Mbeumo (66′ pen) and Bryan Mbeumo (90′).

The match was played at the Craven Cottage stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 10:00 am local time. The referee was Tim Robinson with the collaboration of Darren Cann and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was Tony Harrington. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.14 degrees Celsius or 70.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fulham had a superior ball possession 55% while Brentford was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brentford was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Brentford won the match.​

Fulham shot 10 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brentford shot 17 times, 8 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Fulham received 4 yellow cards (Tim Ream, Harrison Reed, Marco Saraiva da Silva and João Palhinha). Talking about the opposition, Brentford received 2 yellow cards (Aaron Hickey and Rico Henry).

Standings

After playing this match, Fulham stays with 3 points to occupy the 13th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Brentford has 4 points (3rd).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Fulham will play away against Tottenham Hotspur on the 21st of October with a 18-4 head to head statistic in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (7 draws).

Brentford will host Burnley on the 21st of October with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Burnley (0 draws).

Fulham – Formation

Fulham started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva decided to play with the following team: Bernd Leno (7.7), Kenny Tete (7.1), Issa Diop (6.4), Tim Ream (6.4), Antonee Robinson (6.6), Harrison Reed (7.1), Saša Lukić (6.8), Andreas Pereira (6.8), Harry Wilson (7.0), Raúl Jiménez (6.6) and Bobby Reid (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Rodrigo Muniz, Kevin Mbabu, Tom Cairney, Calvin Bassey (6.8), João Palhinha (6.8), Adama Traoré, Marek Rodák, Carlos Vinícius and Willian (6.8).

Substitutions

Fulham made 5 changes: Bobby Reid for João Palhinha (68′), Andreas Pereira for Willian (68′), Harrison Reed for Calvin Bassey (68′), Raúl Jiménez for Rodrigo Muniz (87′) and Kenny Tete for Adama Traoré (87′).

Best player: Bernd Leno​

The most impressive player for Fulham was the goalkeeper: Bernd Leno. His rating is 7.65. He performed 4 saves.

Brentford – Formation

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

Thomas Frank played with: Mark Flekken (7.0), Aaron Hickey (7.0), Nathan Collins (7.3), Ethan Pinnock (8.1), Rico Henry (7.1), Vitaly Janelt (7.0), Christian Nörgaard (7.1), Mathias Jensen (8.9), Bryan Mbeumo (7.5), Yoane Wissa (8.5) and Kevin Schade (6.6).

They had on the bench: Kristoffer Ajer, Mikkel Damsgaard (6.3), Zanka, Mads Roerslev (6.8), Keane Lewis-Potter (6.4), Thomas Strakosha, Josh Dasilva (6.4), Frank Onyeka and Yegor Yarmolyuk.

Brentford could not rely on the presence of Kristoffer Ajer (injured).

Substitutions

Brentford made 5 changes: Kevin Schade for Keane Lewis-Potter (72′), Aaron Hickey for Mads Roerslev (78′), Christian Nörgaard for Mikkel Damsgaard (79′), Yoane Wissa for Josh Dasilva (79′) and Josh Dasilva for Kristoffer Ajer (89′).

Best player: Mathias Jensen​

The player that probably impressed the most for Brentford was Mathias Jensen even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.9) with 29 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Brighton & Hove Albion – 1-4
• Tottenham Hotspur – Manchester United – 2-0
• Manchester City – Newcastle United – 1-0
• Liverpool – AFC Bournemouth – 3-1
• Fulham – Brentford – 0-3