LONDON. Brentford was able to turn the tables against Watford to win 2-1. It was Watford to strike first with a goal of E. Dennis at the 24′. Then it was a goal in the 84′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Mbeumo gave the win to Brentford in the 90′ minute with a penalty. Brentford was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (64%) was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Brentford Community Stadium stadium in London on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver with the collaboration of Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett. The 4th official was Mike Dean. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 3.7 degrees Celsius or 38.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Brentford was in firm control of the ball 64% while Watford was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brentford had a more offensive attitude with 66 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Brentford won the match​.

Brentford shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Watford shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Brentford received 4 yellow cards (V. Janelt, P. Jansson, C. Goode and F. Onyeka). On the other side, Watford didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, Brentford will have 20 points like Brighton & Hove Albion to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Watford will stay with 13 points to remain in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Brentford will host Manchester United on the 14th of December with a 0-0 head to head record.

Watford will play away agasint Burnley on the 15th of December with a 10-5 head to head record in favor of Burnley (7 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 (6.6), Charlie Goode (7.1), Pontus Jansson (7.2), Vitaly Janelt (8.0), Mads Roerslev Rasmussen (6.3), Shandon Baptiste (6.6), Christian Nørgaard (7.8), Mathias Jensen (7.0), Rico Henry (6.2), Bryan Mbeumo (7.0) and Yoane Wissa (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Finley Stevens, Mads Bidstrup, Marcus Forss (7.1), Frank Onyeka (6.6), Saman Ghoddos (7.0), Matthew Cox, Dominic Thompson, Nathan Young-Coombes and Mads Bech Sörensen.

Substitutions

Brentford made 3 changes: Y. Wissa for M. Forss (69′), M. Jensen for S. Ghoddos (69′) and R. Henry for F. Onyeka (77′).

Best player: Vitaly Janelt​

The most impressive player for Brentford was Vitaly Janelt even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 81 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 16. He performed 8 crosses.

Watford – Formation

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

Claudio Ranieri played with: Daniel Bachmann (6.5), Kiko Femenía (6.9), William Troost-Ekong (6.6), Craig Cathcart (7.1), Jeremy Ngakia (6.5), Juraj Kucka (6.6), Moussa Sissoko (7.0), Cucho Hernández (5.8), Tom Cleverley (7.1), Joshua King (6.5) and Emmanuel Dennis (7.1).

They had on the bench: Ozan Tufan, Danny Rose, Robert Elliot, Vincent Angelini, Imrân Louza, Ken Sema (6.7), Ashley Fletcher, Christian Kabasele and João Pedro (6.5).

Substitutions

Watford made 3 changes: T. Cleverley for J. Pedro (58′), Cucho for K. Sema (77′) and E. Dennis for O. Tufan (90′).

Best player: Tom Cleverley​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was Tom Cleverley.

His rating is (7.1) with 14 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Brentford – Watford – 2-1