English League Championship

FT Friday, February 5, 2016
Brentford LLLWD 0
–
Brighton & Hove Albion LLLWW 3
1st2ndT
BRE000
BHA213
American Express Stadium · 24,096 att.

Match Report

Adam Davy / EMPICS Sport

Brighton go third in the Championship with impressive win over Brentford

Brighton climbed up to third in the Championship after Anthony Knockaert, Tomer Hemed and Jamie Murphy secured a 3-0 victory against Brentford.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
6
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
1
64.7
Possession
35.3
8
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
451
Accurate Passes
211
560
Passes
307
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
8
24
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.6
67
Long Balls
83
27
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
18
16
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
21
11
Clearances
28

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 17Connor GoldsonCD-R
  4. 33Liam RidgewellLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 7Biram KiyalCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 15Jamie MurphyLM
  9. 27Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 25Bobby ZamoraCF-L
  11. 10Tomer HemedCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Iñigo CalderónSUB
  2. 21James WilsonSUB
  3. 36Steve SidwellSUB
  4. 8Andrew CroftsSUB
  5. 29Richard TowellSUB
  6. 30Kazenga Lua LuaSUB
  7. 16Casper AnkergrenSUB

BRE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 27David ButtonG
  2. 29Yoann BarbetCD-L
  3. 6Harlee DeanCD-R
  4. 3Jake BidwellLB
  5. 2Maxime ColinRB
  6. 18Alan JudgeAM
  7. 10Josh McEachranLM
  8. 15Ryan WoodsRM
  9. 21Lasse VibeF
  10. 19John SwiftAM-L
  11. 7Sam SaundersAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 47Sergi CanósSUB
  2. 17Konstantin KerschbaumerSUB
  3. 16Jack BonhamSUB
  4. 4Lewis MacLeodSUB
  5. 28Li KeSUB
  6. 8Marco DjuricSUB
  7. 22Jack O'ConnellSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Brentford 0. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Murphy.
  2. 36' David Stockdale (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 42' Ryan Woods (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 43' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Brentford 0. Tomer Hemed (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Beram Kayal with a cross following a set piece situation.
  5. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Wilson replaces Bobby Zamora.
  6. 60' Substitution, Brentford. Sergi Canos replaces Sam Saunders.
  7. 62' Substitution, Brentford. Marco Djuricin replaces Lasse Vibe.
  8. 69' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Andrew Crofts replaces Tomer Hemed.
  9. 78' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Steve Sidwell replaces Beram Kayal because of an injury.
  10. 82' Substitution, Brentford. Lewis MacLeod replaces Josh McEachran because of an injury.
  11. 90'+3' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Brentford 0. Jamie Murphy (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Crofts with a through ball.

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