Fulham prevails over Brentford 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

LONDON. Fulham overcame Brentford.

August 22, 2022

LONDON. Fulham prevailed over Brentford. Brentford lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Craven Cottage stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Peter Bankes with the assistance of Edward Smart and Nick Greenhalgh. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.2 degrees Celsius or 75.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.

Match Statistics

Fulham

3 - 2

Brentford

44 Ball Possession 56

Shots

19 Total 15
9 On Target 6
10 Off Target 9
4 Shots blocked 1

79 Attack 90
39 Dangerous attack 45
91 Ball safe 94

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 3
5 Off Sides 7

Fouls

13 Total 7
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Brentford had a strong ball possession 56% while Fulham was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brentford had a more offensive attitude with 45 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Fulham found a way to find the solution to win this match.

Fulham shot 19 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Brentford shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Fulham received 3 yellow cards (J. Palhinha, K. Tete and K. Mbabu). Talking about the opposition, Brentford received 2 yellow cards (J. Dasilva and B. Mee).

Match Timeline

Bobby De Cordova-Reid(goal)

João Palhinha(goal)Andreas Pereira

20'

João Palhinha- Yellow

29'

Kenny Tete- Yellow

31'

44'

Christian Nørgaard (goal)M. Jensen

49'

Ivan Toney(var)

56'

Josh Dasilva - Yellow

60'

Keane Lewis-Potter- sub ->A. Hickey

60'

Vitaly Janelt- sub ->M. Jensen

71'

Ivan Toney(goal)Y. Wissa

74'

Shandon Baptiste- sub ->J. Dasilva

Tom Cairney- sub ->Jay Stansfield

77'

80'

Ben Mee - Yellow

83'

Saman Ghoddos- sub ->Y. Wissa

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

After this match, Fulham has 5 points to occupy the 7th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Brentford stays with 4 points (8th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Fulham will play away with Southampton on the 13th of May with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Southampton (3 draws).

Brentford will host West Ham United on the 13th of May with a 2-2 head to head.

Fulham – Formation

Fulham

Bernd Leno 17.Germany

6.6

Tim Ream 13.United States

6.2

Kenny Tete 2.Netherlands

77'

31'

Tosin Adarabioyo 4.England

6.4

Antonee Robinson 33.United States

6.2

Andreas Pereira 18.Brazil

8.1

João Palhinha 26.Portugal

7.2

29'

20'

Harrison Reed 6.England

6.4

Bobby De Cordova-Reid 14.Jamaica

6.8

Aleksandar Mitrovic 9.Serbia

6.3

90'

J. Stansfield 65.England

77'

Substitutes

Marek Rodák 1.Slovakia

Shane Duffy 5.Republic of Ireland

90'

Issa Diop 31.France

Kevin Mbabu 27.Switzerland

77'

90'

Tyrese Francois 35.Australia

Tom Cairney 10.Scotland

77'

N. Chalobah 12.England

L. Harris 38.Wales

Terry Ablade 37.Finland

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 (6.6), Kenny Tete (6.4), Tosin Adarabioyo (6.4), Tim Ream (6.2), Antonee Robinson (6.2), Harrison Reed (6.4), João Palhinha (7.2), Jay Stansfield (6.6), Andreas Pereira (8.1), Bobby Reid (6.8) and Aleksandar Mitrović (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Marek Rodák, Shane Duffy, Tyrese Francois, Tom Cairney (7.4), Issa Diop, Kevin Mbabu (7.4), Terry Ablade, Nathaniel Chalobah and Luke Harris.

Substitutions

Fulham made 3 changes: K. Tete for K. Mbabu (77′), J. Stansfield for T. Cairney (77′) and A. Mitrovic for S. Duffy (90′).

Best player: Andreas Pereira

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fulham was Andreas Pereira even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 27 passes (81% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Brentford – Formation

Brentford

David Raya 1.Spain

7.2

Pontus Jansson 18.Sweden

6.8

Ben Mee 16.England

7.1

80'

Rico Henry 3.England

6.5

Aaron Hickey 2.Scotland

60'

Christian Nørgaard 6.Denmark

7.3

44'

Mathias Jensen 8.Denmark

60'

Josh Dasilva 10.England

74'

56'

Ivan Toney 17.England

7.7

71'

Yoane Wissa 11.DR Congo

83'

Bryan Mbeumo 19.Cameroon

7.8

Substitutes

Thomas Strakosha 22.Albania

Mads Roerslev 30.Denmark

Mads Bech Sörensen 29.Denmark

Saman Ghoddos 14.Iran

83'

Shandon Baptiste 26.Grenada

74'

Frank Onyeka 15.Nigeria

Vitaly Janelt 27.Germany

60'

Keane Lewis-Potter 23.England

60'

Halil Dervişoğlu 21.Turkey

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

Thomas Frank played with: David Raya (7.2), Aaron Hickey (6.1), Pontus Jansson (6.8), Ben Mee (7.1), Rico Henry (6.5), Joshua Dasilva (6.2), Christian Nørgaard (7.3), Mathias Jensen (7.1), Bryan Mbeumo (7.8), Ivan Toney (7.7) and Yoane Wissa (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Saman Ghoddos (6.4), Keane Lewis-Potter (6.7), Shandon Baptiste (6.5), Frank Onyeka, Thomas Strakosha, Vitaly Janelt (6.5), Halil Dervişoğlu, Mads Roerslev Rasmussen and Mads Bech Sørensen.

Substitutions

Brentford made 4 changes: A. Hickey for K. Lewis-Potter (60′), M. Jensen for V. Janelt (60′), J. Dasilva for S. Baptiste (74′) and Y. Wissa for S. Ghoddos (83′).