Premier League: Brentford overcomes Liverpool 3-1

LONDON. Brentford prevails over Liverpool 3-1.

LONDON. Brentford prevails over Liverpool 3-1. Brentford got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Ibrahima Konaté (19′) and Yoane Wissa (42′). Liverpool tried to recover with a goal from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain  (50′). However, the match was closed by a goal (84′) scored by Bryan Mbeumo for Brentford. Liverpool was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (73%).​

The match was played at the Brentford Community Stadium stadium in London on Monday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Stuart Attwell with the assistance of Darren Cann and Harry Lennard. The 4th official was Simon Hooper. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold around 3.3 degrees Celsius or 37.9 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 89%.​

• 

  Brentford

  3

  

  Liverpool

  1

  

  2 Jan 2023 Full time

Match Statistics

Liverpool was in firm control of the ball 73% while Brentford was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Liverpool was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Brentford was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Brentford shot 10 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Liverpool shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Brentford received 1 yellow card (Zanka). Regarding the opposition, Liverpool received 3 yellow cards (Harvey Elliott, Thiago and Darwin Núñez).

After this match, Brentford will have 23 points to stay in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Liverpool will stay with 28 points to stay in the 6th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Brentford will host AFC Bournemouth on the 14th of January with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Brentford (1 draw).

• 

  Brentford

  2

  

  AFC Bournemouth

  0

  

  14 Jan 2023 Full time

Liverpool will play away with Brighton & Hove Albion on the 14th of January with a 8-1 head to head in favor of Liverpool (3 draws).

• 

  Brighton & Hove Albion

  3

  

  Liverpool

  0

  

  14 Jan 2023 Full time

Brentford: Formation and Lineups

Brentford started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Thomas Frank chose to play with the following team: David Raya (6.8), Zanka (6.4), Ethan Pinnock (7.1), Ben Mee (7.5), Mads Roerslev Rasmussen (6.3), Mathias Jensen (7.0), Christian Nørgaard (7.2), Vitaly Janelt (6.8), Rico Henry (6.5), Bryan Mbeumo (7.6) and Yoane Wissa (7.8).

Brentford could not rely on the presence of Saman Ghoddos (injured).

Substitutes

Brentford made 5 changes: Mathias Jensen for Joshua Da Silva (74′), Yoane Wissa for Keane Lewis-Potter (74′), Vitaly Janelt for Saman Ghoddos (87′), Bryan Mbeumo for Sergi Canos (88′) and Rico Henry for Mads Bech Sørensen (90′).

Top player: Yoane Wissa

The player who no doubt impressed Brentford the most was Yoane Wissa.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 8 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Liverpool: Formation and Lineups

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

On the opposite side, Jürgen Klopp played with: Alisson (6.7), Trent Alexander-Arnold (6.5), Ibrahima Konaté (5.2), Virgil van Dijk (6.5), Konstantinos Tsimikas (6.7), Harvey Elliott (6.6), Fabinho (7.0), Thiago Alcântara (7.0), Mohamed Salah (6.8), Darwin Núñez (6.5) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (7.9).

Substitutes

Liverpool made 4 changes: Virgil van Dijk for Joel Matip (46′), Konstantinos Tsimikas for Andrew Robertson (46′), Harvey Elliott for Naby Keïta (46′) and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain  for Curtis Jones (83′).

Top player: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Probably the most impressive player in Liverpool was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 33 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 9.