BRENTFORD. Fulham found a way to turn the tables against Brentford.
Bryan Mbeumo missed a decisive penalty (27′). That would have allowed Brentford to draw the match.
The match was played at the Brentford Community Stadium stadium in Brentford on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 17,136 spectators. The referee was Jarred Gillett with the collaboration of Ian Hussin and Sian Massey. The 4th official was Farai Hallam. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.37 degrees Celsius or 57.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Brentford was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Fulham that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Brentford was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Fulham succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Brentford shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Fulham shot 16 times, 7 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Brentford received 4 yellow cards (Keane Lewis-Potter, Sepp van den Berg, Christian Nørgaard and Yoane Wissa). On the opposite side, Fulham received 4 yellow cards (Bernd Leno, Emile Smith Rowe, Kenny Tete and Joachim Andersen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Brentford stays with 55 points like Brighton & Hove Albion to sit in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Fulham has 54 points to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Brentford will play away against Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 25th of May with a 8-6 head to head record in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (5 draws).
Fulham will host Manchester City on the 25th of May with a 22-4 head to head record in favor of Manchester City (11 draws).
Brentford – Formation
Brentford
45'
75'
22'
Brentford adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Thomas Frank decided to play with the following team: Mark Flekken , Michael Kayode , Nathan Collins , Sepp van den Berg , Keane Lewis-Potter , Christian Nørgaard , Yehor Yarmoliuk , Bryan Mbeumo , Mikkel Damsgaard , Kevin Schade and Yoane Wissa .
The home team had on the bench: Rico Henry , Ethan Pinnock, Mathias Jensen , Igor Thiago , Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson, Ben Mee, Kristoffer Ajer , Yunus Konak and Gustavo Nunes.
Substitutions
Brentford made 4 changes: Keane Lewis-Potter for Igor Thiago (75′), Michael Kayode for Kristoffer Ajer (63′), Yehor Yarmoliuk for Mathias Jensen (75′) and Kevin Schade for Rico Henry (76′).
Player of the match: Yoane Wissa
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brentford was Yoane Wissa.
His rating is with 1 goal, 25 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 8.
Fulham – Formation
Fulham
Also Fulham adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva played with: Bernd Leno , Kenny Tete , Joachim Andersen , Calvin Bassey , Antonee Robinson , Saša Lukić , Sander Berge , Adama Traoré , Emile Smith Rowe , Alex Iwobi and Raúl Jiménez .
These were the players on the bench: Harry Wilson , Andreas Pereira, Ryan Sessegnon , Tom Cairney , Carlos Vinícius, Jorge Cuenca, Willian, Steven Benda and Joshua King .
Substitutions
Fulham made 5 changes: Alex Iwobi for Harry Wilson (66′), Adama Traoré for Ryan Sessegnon (80′), Sander Berge for Tom Cairney (46′), Emile Smith Rowe for Joshua King (66′) and Antonee Robinson for Jorge Cuenca (89′).
Player of the match: Tom Cairney
The player that probably impressed the most for Fulham was Tom Cairney.
His rating is with 1 goal, 22 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 2.
His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Arsenal – Newcastle United – 1-0
- Brentford – Fulham – 2-3
- Everton – Southampton – 2-0
- Leicester City – Ipswich Town – 2-0
- West Ham United – Nottingham Forest – 1-2
