English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 20, 2022
Brentford LLWDW 2
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Fulham LWDDD 3
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BRE112
FUL213
Craven Cottage · 21,798 att.

Match Report

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Mitrovic nets winner as Fulham sink Brentford 3-2 in derby thriller

Fulham sealed their first victory of the Premier League campaign by beating Brentford 3-2 on Saturday thanks to a late Aleksandar Mitrovic winner.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
3
56.3
Possession
43.7
13
SHOTS
18
5
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
315
Accurate Passes
219
417
Passes
311
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
9
11
Crosses
21
0.4
Cross %
0.4
82
Long Balls
57
36
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
5
5
Effective Tackles
8
12
Tackles
12
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
11
9
Effective Clearances
22
9
Clearances
22

Head to Head

BRE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

FUL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 17Bernd LenoG
  2. 13Tim ReamCD-L
  3. 4Tosin AdarabioyoCD-R
  4. 33Antonee RobinsonLB
  5. 2Kenny TeteRB
  6. 18Andreas PereiraAM
  7. 26João PalhinhaLM
  8. 6Harrison ReedRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidAM-L
  11. 65Jay StansfieldAM-R

BRE · 4-3-3

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 16Ben MeeCD-L
  3. 18Pontus JanssonCD-R
  4. 3Rico HenryLB
  5. 2Aaron HickeyRB
  6. 6Christian NørgaardCM
  7. 8Mathias JensenLM
  8. 10Josh DasilvaRM
  9. 17Ivan ToneyF
  10. 11Yoane WissaLF
  11. 19Bryan MbeumoRF

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Fulham 1, Brentford 0. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
  2. 20' Goal! Fulham 2, Brentford 0. João Palhinha (Fulham) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Andreas Pereira with a cross following a corner.
  3. 29' João Palhinha (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 31' Kenny Tete (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 44' Goal! Fulham 2, Brentford 1. Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mathias Jensen with a cross following a corner.
  6. 56' Josh Dasilva (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 59' Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Aaron Hickey.
  8. 60' Substitution, Brentford. Vitaly Janelt replaces Mathias Jensen.
  9. 71' Goal! Fulham 2, Brentford 2. Ivan Toney (Brentford) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yoane Wissa.
  10. 74' Substitution, Brentford. Shandon Baptiste replaces Josh Dasilva.
  11. 77' Substitution, Fulham. Tom Cairney replaces Jay Stansfield.
  12. 77' Substitution, Fulham. Kevin Mbabu replaces Kenny Tete.
  13. 80' Ben Mee (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 83' Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Yoane Wissa.
  15. 90' Goal! Fulham 3, Brentford 2. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin Mbabu with a cross.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Fulham. Shane Duffy replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  17. 90'+4' Kevin Mbabu (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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