Premier League: Wolverhampton Wanderers defeats Brentford 2-1

Saragna|Jan 22, 2022 11:57 GMT

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LONDON. Wolverhampton Wanderers prevailed over Brentford to win 2-1.

LONDON. Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Brentford to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Wolverhampton Wanderers to strike first with a goal of J. Moutinho at the 48′. Then it was a goal in the 72′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, R. Neves gave the win to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 78′ minute with a goal. Brentford was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).

The match was played at the Brentford Community Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Peter Bankes who had the assistance of Neil Davies and James Mainwaring. The 4th official was Martin Atkinson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 5.6 degrees Celsius or 42.04 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 79%.

Brentford

1

Wolverhampton Wanderers

2

22 Jan 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Brentford was in firm control of the ball 61% while Wolverhampton Wanderers was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Brentford was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Wolverhampton Wanderers found a way to find the solution to win this match.

Brentford shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Wolverhampton Wanderers shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Brentford received 2 yellow cards (P. Jansson and C. Norgaard). On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards (R. Neves, T. Gomes and Jose Sa).

After this match, Brentford will stay with 23 points like Aston Villa to stay in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Wolverhampton Wanderers will have 31 points to stay in the 8th place.

Match Events

26'

26'

M. Roerslev Rasmussen

R. Henry
27'

27'

S. Baptiste

M. Jensen
48'

48'

J. Moutinho
59'

59'

Y. Wissa

M. Roerslev Rasmussen
61'

61'

R. Neves
68'

68'

T. Gomes
72'

72'

I. Toney
75'

75'

P. Jansson
76'

76'

A. Traore

F. Silva
78'

78'

R. Neves

J. Moutinho
81'

81'

M. Forss

S. Baptiste
84'

84'

C. Norgaard
83'

83'

S. Ghoddos

S. Canos
90'

90'

Jose Sa
90'

90'

Trincao

D. Podence
90'

90'

A. Traoré Diarra (Goal Disallowed)
90'

90'

T. Frank
90'

90'

T. Frank

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Brentford will play away with Manchester City on the 9th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Manchester City (0 draws).

Man City

2

Brentford

0

9 Feb 2022 Full time

Wolverhampton Wanderers will host Arsenal on the 10th of February with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Arsenal (3 draws).

Wolverhampton Wanderers

0

Arsenal

1

10 Feb 2022 Full time

Brentford: Formation and Lineups

Brentford adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Thomas Frank chose to play with the following team: Jonas Lössl (6.1), Kristoffer Ajer (6.5), Pontus Jansson (6.3), Ethan Pinnock (7.1), Sergi Canós (6.7), Mathias Jensen (6.8), Christian Nørgaard (6.2), Vitaly Janelt (6.4), Rico Henry (6.6), Bryan Mbeumo (7.2) and Ivan Toney (7.4).

Substitutes

Brentford made 5 changes: R. Henry for M. Roerslev Rasmussen (26′), M. Jensen for S. Baptiste (27′), M. Roerslev Rasmussen for Y. Wissa (59′), S. Baptiste for M. Forss (81′) and S. Canos for S. Ghoddos (83′).

Top player: Ivan Toney

Probably the most impressive player in Brentford was Ivan Toney.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 19 passes (42% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Formation and Lineups

Also Wolverhampton Wanderers adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

On the opposite side, Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento played with: José Sá (6.6), Max Kilman (7.0), Conor Coady (6.9), Toti Gomes (6.5), Nélson Semedo (6.9), Leander Dendoncker (6.7), Rúben Neves (8.1), João Moutinho (8.6), Rayan Aït Nouri (6.6), Daniel Podence (7.0) and Fábio Silva (6.6).

Substitutes

Wolverhampton Wanderers made 2 changes: F. Silva for A. Traore (76′) and D. Podence for Trincao (90′).

Top player: João Moutinho

Probably the most impressive player in Wolverhampton Wanderers was João Moutinho.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 63 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League

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.