English League Championship

FT Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Swansea City LDWWW 1
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Brentford WWLLL 3
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2nd Leg - Brentford advance 3-2 on aggregate · Griffin Park · ESPN+

Match Report

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Brentford gets past Swansea City, into Championship playoff final

Early goals from Ollie Watkins and Emiliano Marcondes settled Brentford nerves and laid the platform for a 3-1 victory over Swansea City.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
4
57.1
Possession
42.9
7
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
5
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
398
Accurate Passes
298
503
Passes
380
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.3
71
Long Balls
58
39
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
5
17
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
12
14
Effective Clearances
25
14
Clearances
25

Head to Head

SWA leads series 3-2

Lineups

BRE · 4-3-3

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 5Ethan PinnockCD-L
  3. 18Pontus JanssonCD-R
  4. 3Rico HenryLB
  5. 22Henrik DalsgaardRB
  6. 6Christian NørgaardCM
  7. 8Mathias JensenLM
  8. 17Emiliano MarcondesRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Saïd BenrahmaLF
  11. 19Bryan MbeumoRF

Substitutes

  1. 7Sergi CanósSUB
  2. 21Halil DervisogluSUB
  3. 23Julian JeanvierSUB
  4. 24Tarique Fosu-HenrySUB
  5. 16Joel ValenciaSUB
  6. 31Jan ZamburekSUB
  7. 28Luke DanielsSUB
  8. 35Mads RoerslevSUB
  9. 14Josh DasilvaSUB

SWA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 25Erwin MulderG
  2. 5Mike van der HoornCD
  3. 2Marc GuéhiCD-L
  4. 26Kyle NaughtonCD-R
  5. 8Matt GrimesCM-L
  6. 6Jay FultonCM-R
  7. 33Conor GallagherAM
  8. 24Jake BidwellLM
  9. 23Connor RobertsRM
  10. 19Rhian BrewsterCF-L
  11. 22André AyewCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Nathan DyerSUB
  2. 30Tivonge RusheshaSUB
  3. 10Bersant CelinaSUB
  4. 18Aldo KaluluSUB
  5. 46Joshua GouldSUB
  6. 44Ben CabangoSUB
  7. 21Yan DhandaSUB
  8. 41Jordan GarrickSUB
  9. 32Liam CullenSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford) Yellow Card at 9'
  2. 11' Goal! Brentford 1, Swansea City 0. Ollie Watkins (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mathias Jensen with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 15' Goal! Brentford 2, Swansea City 0. Emiliano Marcondes (Brentford) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Saïd Benrahma.
  4. 45' Yan Dhanda (Swansea City) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Ben Cabango (Swansea City) Substitution at 45'
  6. 46' Goal! Brentford 3, Swansea City 0. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rico Henry with a cross.
  7. 54' Ben Cabango (Swansea City) Yellow Card at 54'
  8. 75' Yan Dhanda (Swansea City) Yellow Card at 75'
  9. 76' Sergi Canós (Brentford) Substitution at 76'
  10. 77' Josh Da Silva (Brentford) Substitution at 77'
  11. 77' Substitution, Swansea City. Bersant Celina replaces Kyle Naughton.
  12. 78' Goal! Brentford 3, Swansea City 1. Rhian Brewster (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  13. 82' André Ayew (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 83' Saïd Benrahma (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+3' Connor Roberts (Swansea City) Yellow Card at 93'

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