English League Championship

FT Saturday, May 29, 2021
Swansea City DWLWD 0
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Brentford WWWLW 2
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Wembley Stadium · 11,689 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Brentford ease past Swansea City in playoff final to reach Premier League for first time

Brentford reached the Premier League for the first time with a 2-0 win over Swansea City in the Championship playoff final on Saturday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
0
56.3
Possession
43.7
9
SHOTS
12
0
ON GOAL
3
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
285
Accurate Passes
206
392
Passes
313
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.4
65
Long Balls
61
23
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
5
9
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
6
11
Effective Clearances
24
11
Clearances
24

Head to Head

BRE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BRE · 3-5-2

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 18Pontus JanssonCD
  3. 5Ethan PinnockCD-L
  4. 22Henrik DalsgaardCD-R
  5. 9Emiliano MarcondesCM-L
  6. 8Mathias JensenCM-R
  7. 27Vitaly JaneltAM
  8. 7Sergi CanósLM
  9. 30Mads RoerslevRM
  10. 17Ivan ToneyCF-L
  11. 19Bryan MbeumoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Christian NørgaardSUB
  2. 23Winston ReidSUB
  3. 4Charlie GoodeSUB
  4. 20Saman GhoddosSUB
  5. 24Tarique Fosu-HenrySUB
  6. 15Marcus ForssSUB
  7. 36Fin StevensSUB
  8. 28Luke DanielsSUB
  9. 41Mads BidstrupSUB

SWA · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Freddie WoodmanG
  2. 44Ben CabangoCD
  3. 5Marc GuéhiCD-L
  4. 26Kyle NaughtonCD-R
  5. 8Matt GrimesSW
  6. 14Conor HourihaneCM-L
  7. 6Jay FultonCM-R
  8. 24Jake BidwellLM
  9. 23Connor RobertsRM
  10. 9Jamal LoweCF-L
  11. 10André AyewCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Yan Dhanda
  2. 3Ryan Manning
  3. 22Joel Latibeaudiere
  4. 18Ben Hamer
  5. 34Kieron Freeman
  6. 20Liam Cullen
  7. 7Korey Smith
  8. 17Morgan Whittaker
  9. 2Ryan Bennett

Timeline

  1. 6' Matt Grimes (Swansea City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 10' Goal! Brentford 1, Swansea City 0. Ivan Toney (Brentford) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 20' Goal! Brentford 2, Swansea City 0. Emiliano Marcondes (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mads Rasmussen following a fast break.
  4. 22' Emiliano Marcondes (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Substitution, Swansea City. Liam Cullen replaces Kyle Naughton.
  6. 63' Substitution, Swansea City. Yan Dhanda replaces Conor Hourihane.
  7. 65' Jay Fulton (Swansea City) is shown the red card.
  8. 70' Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Vitaly Janelt.
  10. 74' Substitution, Brentford. Marcus Forss replaces Sergi Canós.
  11. 79' Substitution, Brentford. Winston Reid replaces Pontus Jansson because of an injury.
  12. 82' Substitution, Swansea City. Ryan Manning replaces Jake Bidwell.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, Brentford. Mads Bidstrup replaces Emiliano Marcondes.

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