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BRENTFORD. Arsenal snatched a late win Brentford 1-0 after K. Havertz scored just 1 goal (89′). Arsenal was truly better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Brentford Community Stadium stadium in Brentford on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Tim Robinson with the support of Edward Smart and Nick Greenhalgh. The 4th official was Joshua Smith. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.2 degrees Celsius or 41.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

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

Attitude and shots

Arsenal was more aggressive with 92 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Arsenal won the match.​

Brentford shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Arsenal shot 15 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Brentford received 1 yellow card (Kristoffer Ajer). Regarding the opposition, Arsenal received 1 yellow card (Gabriel Martinelli).

Standings

After this encounter, Brentford will stay with 16 points like Chelsea to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Arsenal will have 30 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Brentford will host Newcastle United on the 19th of May with a 6-1 head to head statistic in favor of Newcastle United (1 draw).

Arsenal will host Everton on the 19th of May with a 23-9 head to head stats in favor of Arsenal (8 draws).

Brentford – Formation

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

The manager Thomas Frank decided to play with the following team: Mathias Jensen, Mads Roerslev, Mark Flekken (7.0), Saman Ghoddos (6.7), Kristoffer Ajer (6.8), Ethan Pinnock (7.3), Ben Mee (7.5), Vitaly Janelt (7.5), Frank Onyeka (7.0), Christian Nørgaard (7.3), Yegor Yarmolyuk (7.0), Bryan Mbeumo (6.7) and Yoane Wissa (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Charlie Goode, Neal Maupay (6.6), Zanka, Thomas Strakosha, Keane Lewis-Potter, Myles Peart-Harris, Shandon Baptiste (6.6), Michael Olakigbe and Ethan Brierley.

Substitutions

Brentford made 4 changes: Yoane Wissa for Neal Maupay (72′), Yegor Yarmolyuk for Shandon Baptiste (72′), Martin Ødegaard  for Zanka (90′) and Bukayo Saka for Keane Lewis-Potter (90′).

Player of the match: Ben Mee​

The player that probably impressed the most for Brentford was Ben Mee.

His rating is (7.5) with 37 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 8.

Arsenal – Formation

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

Mikel Arteta Amatriain played with: Aaron Ramsdale (6.4), Takehiro Tomiyasu (7.3), William Saliba (7.0), Gabriel Magalhães (7.3), Oleksandr Zinchenko (8.4), Martin Ødegaard  (7.5), Declan Rice (8.1), Leandro Trossard (6.7), Bukayo Saka (7.8), Gabriel Jesus (7.0), Gabriel Martinelli (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jorginho, Kai Havertz (7.3), Ben White, Eddie Nketiah (6.8), Jakub Kiwior, Cédric Soares, Reiss Nelson, Mohamed Elneny and Karl Hein.

Substitutions

Arsenal made 4 changes: Gabriel Jesus for Eddie Nketiah (66′), Gabriel Martinelli for Kai Havertz (79′), Martin Ødegaard  for Jorginho (90′) and Bukayo Saka for Ben White (90′).

Player of the match: Oleksandr Zinchenko​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Arsenal was Oleksandr Zinchenko even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 75 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sheffield United – AFC Bournemouth – 1-3
• Nottingham Forest – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-3
• Newcastle United – Chelsea – 4-1
• Manchester City – Liverpool – 1-1
• Luton Town – Crystal Palace – 2-1
• Burnley – West Ham United – 1-2
• Brentford – Arsenal – 0-1