LONDON. Fulham managed to find the solution against Brentford to win 2-1. H. Wilson was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Brentford to strike first with a goal of Vitaly Janelt at the 24′. Then it was a goal in the 90′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, H. Wilson gave the win to Fulham in the 90′ minute scoring a double. Fulham was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Craven Cottage stadium in London on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Stuart Attwell with the help of Constantine Hatzidakis and Matthew Wilkes. The 4th official was Simon Hooper. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 12.72 degrees Celsius or 54.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Fulham had a strong ball possession 68% while Brentford was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fulham was more aggressive with 96 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fulham won the match.
Fulham shot 26 times, 12 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Brentford shot 5 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Fulham received 2 yellow cards (Rodrigo Muniz and H. Wilson). On the opposite side, Brentford received 1 yellow card (Mads Roerslev).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Fulham has 15 points like AFC Bournemouth and Newcastle United to remain in the 9th place. On the other side, Brentford stays with 13 points to hold in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Fulham will play away with Crystal Palace on the 9th of November with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Fulham (6 draws).
Brentford will host AFC Bournemouth on the 9th of November with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Brentford (8 draws).
Fulham – Formation
Fulham
73'
90'
90', 90'
Fulham adopted the 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 , Kenny Tete , J. Andersen , Calvin Bassey , Antonee Robinson , Andreas Pereira , S. Berge , Alex Iwobi , Emile Smith Rowe , Reiss Nelson and Raúl Jiménez .
The home team had on the bench: Adama Traoré , Harrison Reed, H. Wilson , Rodrigo Muniz , Tom Cairney , T. Castagne , Steven Benda, Ryan Sessegnon and Issa Diop.
Substitutions
Fulham made 5 changes: Reiss Nelson for H. Wilson (82′), Kenny Tete for T. Castagne (73′), Raúl Jiménez for Rodrigo Muniz (73′), Emile Smith Rowe for Tom Cairney (82′) and Andreas Pereira for Adama Traoré (65′).
Player of the match: H. Wilson
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fulham was H. Wilson.
His rating is with 2 goals, 6 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 82′.
Brentford – Formation
Brentford
Also Brentford adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Thomas Frank played with: K. Ajer, M. Flekken , Mads Roerslev , N. Collins , Ethan Pinnock , Sepp van den Berg , C. Nørgaard , Vitaly Janelt , Bryan Mbeumo , M. Damsgaard and Keane Lewis-Potter , Yoane Wissa .
These were the players on the bench: K. Schade , Mathias Jensen , H. Valdimarsson, Fabio Carvalho , Ben Mee , Yehor Yarmoliuk, Jayden Meghoma, Yunus Konak and Edmond-Paris Maghoma.
Substitutions
Brentford made 5 changes: Bryan Mbeumo for Ben Mee (86′), Vitaly Janelt for Yehor Yarmoliuk (90′), Keane Lewis-Potter for Fabio Carvalho (73′), Yoane Wissa for K. Schade (72′) and M. Damsgaard for Mathias Jensen (72′).
Player of the match: M. Flekken
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brentford was the goalkeeper: M. Flekken. His rating is 8.77. He performed 10 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
