Premier League: Fulham prevails over Brentford 3-2
LONDON. Fulham prevailed over Brentford.
LONDON. Fulham bested Brentford. Brentford lost this match even if it was superior 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 who had the assistance of Edward Smart and Nick Greenhalgh. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 24.2 degrees Celsius or 75.61 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 48%.
Match Statistics
Brentford was in firm control of the ball 56% while Fulham was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Brentford was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Fulham succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
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). On the opposite side, Brentford received 2 yellow cards (J. Dasilva and B. Mee).
After this match, Fulham has 2 points to occupy the 13th place in the table. while Brentford stays with 4 points (4th).
Match Events
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1'1'
B. Reid
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20'20'
J. Palhinha
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28'28'
J. Palhinha
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31'31'
K. Tete
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44'44'
C. Norgaard
M. Jensen
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49'49'
I. Toney (Goal Disallowed)
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56'56'
J. Dasilva
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60'60'
K. Lewis-Potter
A. Hickey
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60'60'
V. Janelt
M. Jensen
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71'71'
I. Toney
Y. Wissa
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74'74'
S. Baptiste
J. Dasilva
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77'77'
Tom Cairney
Jay Stansfield
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77'77'
Kevin Mbabu
Kenny Tete
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81'81'
B. Mee
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84'84'
S. Ghoddos
Y. Wissa
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90'90'
Shane Duffy
Aleksandar Mitrović
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90'90'
Aleksandar Mitrović
Kevin Mbabu
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90'90'
K. Mbabu
Next match
In the upcoming Premier League match, Fulham will play away with Arsenal on the 27th of August with a 14-3 head to head stats in favor of Arsenal (5 draws).
Brentford will host Everton on the 27th of August with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Brentford (0 draws).
Fulham: Formation and Lineups
Fulham started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva chose to play with the following team: Bernd Leno , Kenny Tete , Tosin Adarabioyo , Tim Ream , Antonee Robinson , Harrison Reed , João Palhinha , Jay Stansfield , Andreas Pereira , Bobby Reid and Aleksandar Mitrović .
Substitutes
Fulham made 3 changes: K. Tete for K. Mbabu (78′), J. Stansfield for T. Cairney (78′) and A. Mitrovic for S. Duffy (90′).
Top player: Andreas Pereira
Probably the most impressive player in Fulham was Andreas Pereira even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 26 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.Brentford: Formation and Lineups
Brentford started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Thomas Frank played with: David Raya , Aaron Hickey , Pontus Jansson , Ben Mee , Rico Henry , Joshua Dasilva , Christian Nørgaard , Mathias Jensen , Bryan Mbeumo , Ivan Toney and Yoane Wissa .
Substitutes
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 (84′).
Top player: Ivan Toney
The player who no doubt impressed Brentford the most was Ivan Toney.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 15 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 17.Results of the day
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Saragna
I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.