Premier League: Brentford overcomes AFC Bournemouth 2-0 on Saturday
LONDON. Brentford beats AFC Bournemouth with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by I. Toney (39') and a goal from M. Jensen (75').
LONDON. Brentford conquers AFC Bournemouth with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by I. Toney (39′) and a goal from M. Jensen (75′).
The match was played at the Brentford Community Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Jarred Gillett assisted by Simon Long and Harry Lennard. The 4th official was Andy Madley. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.05 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 74%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Brentford was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. AFC Bournemouth that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Brentford was more aggressive with 49 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Brentford won the contest.
Brentford shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, AFC Bournemouth shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Brentford received 1 yellow card (David Raya). Regarding the opposition, AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card (Neto ).
After playing this match, Brentford will have 26 points to stay in the 9th place. On the other side, AFC Bournemouth will stay with 16 points to move up in the 17th place.
Match Events
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35'35'
Ben Pearson
Lewis Cook
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38'38'
Neto
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39'39'
Ivan Toney (Penalty)
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66'66'
Siriki Dembélé
Jaidon Anthony
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69'69'
David Raya
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71'71'
Mads Roerslev
Yoane Wissa
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75'75'
Mathias Jensen
Josh Dasilva
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78'78'
Joe Rothwell
Marcos Senesi
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82'82'
Mikkel Damsgaard
Josh Dasilva
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82'82'
Zanka
Kristoffer Ajer
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82'82'
K. Schade
Ivan Toney
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89'89'
K. Lewis-Potter
Bryan Mbeumo
Next match
In the upcoming Premier League match, Brentford will play away against Leeds United on the 22nd of January with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Brentford (5 draws).
AFC Bournemouth will host Nottingham Forest on the 21st of January with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of AFC Bournemouth (2 draws).
Brentford: Formation and Lineups
Brentford started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Thomas Frank chose to play with the following team: David Raya , Kristoffer Ajer , Ethan Pinnock , Ben Mee , Vitaly Janelt , Mathias Jensen , Christian Nørgaard , Joshua Dasilva , Bryan Mbeumo , Ivan Toney and Yoane Wissa .
Substitutes
Brentford made 5 changes: Yoane Wissa for Mads Roerslev (71′), Josh Dasilva for Mikkel Damsgaard (82′), Ivan Toney for K. Schade (82′), Ivan Toney for Zanka (83′) and Bryan Mbeumo for K. Lewis-Potter (89′).
Top player: Mathias Jensen
Probably the most impressive player in Brentford was Mathias Jensen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 42 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.
AFC Bournemouth: Formation and Lineups
AFC Bournemouth started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Talking about the opposition, Gary O\’Neil played with: Neto , Jack Stacey , Chris Mepham , Marcos Senesi , Lloyd Kelly , Ryan Christie , Jefferson Lerma , Lewis Cook , Jaidon Anthony , Philip Billing and Kieffer Moore .
Substitutes
AFC Bournemouth made 3 changes: Lewis Cook for Ben Pearson (35′), Jaidon Anthony for Siriki Dembélé (66′) and Marcos Senesi for Joe Rothwell (78′).
Top player: Philip Billing
The player who no doubt impressed AFC Bournemouth the most was Philip Billing.
His rating is with 28 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
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