Newcastle United vs Brentford, 2025-26 English Premier League
· English Premier League
FT
2 - 3
2 - 3
Brentford strike late to win at struggling Newcastle
Dango Ouattara blasted Brentford victory at Newcastle to boost their hopes of European qualification and further dent those of the Magpies.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Attempt missed. Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lewis Hall.
- 5': Foul by Lewis Hall (Newcastle United).
- 5': Michael Kayode (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 8': Foul by Jordan Henderson (Brentford).
- 8': Lewis Hall (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Attempt missed. Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
- 13': Foul by Sepp van den Berg (Brentford).
- 13': Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Dango Ouattara.
- 14': Attempt missed. Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 15': Attempt missed. Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jacob Murphy following a corner.
- 16': Attempt saved. Mathias Jensen (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Nick Pope (Newcastle United).
- 17': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford).
- 18': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Foul by Vitaly Janelt (Brentford).
- 19': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Mathias Jensen (Brentford).
- 21': Foul by Joe Willock (Newcastle United).
- 21': Michael Kayode (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 22': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United).
- 22': Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Vitaly Janelt.
- 23': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Igor Thiago.
- 24': Goal! Newcastle United 1, Brentford 0. Sven Botman (Newcastle United) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães with a cross following a corner.
- 27': Attempt missed. Mathias Jensen (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vitaly Janelt.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Yoane Wissa (Newcastle United) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.
- 29': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Vitaly Janelt.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
- 29': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
- 30': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
- 30': Attempt missed. Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
- 31': Foul by Dango Ouattara (Brentford).
- 31': Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Rico Henry (Brentford).
- 32': Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Lewis Hall.
- 37': Goal! Newcastle United 1, Brentford 1. Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dango Ouattara with a cross.
- 39': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Michael Kayode.
- 40': Foul by Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United).
- 40': Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41': Attempt blocked. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Mathias Jensen (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dango Ouattara.
- 43': Penalty conceded by Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United) with a handball in the penalty area.
- 44': Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for handball.
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Goal! Newcastle United 1, Brentford 2. Igor Thiago (Brentford) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 45'+4': Foul by Dango Ouattara (Brentford).
- 45'+4': Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+4': Foul by Yoane Wissa (Newcastle United).
- 45'+4': Sepp van den Berg (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+5': Foul by Igor Thiago (Brentford).
- 45'+5': Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Newcastle United 1, Brentford 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Newcastle United 1, Brentford 2.
- 45': Substitution, Newcastle United. Anthony Elanga replaces Joe Willock.
- 45': Substitution, Newcastle United. Nick Woltemade replaces Jacob Murphy.
- 47': Foul by Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford).
- 47': Sven Botman (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Offside, Newcastle United. Anthony Elanga is caught offside.
- 49': Foul by Anthony Elanga (Newcastle United).
- 49': Rico Henry (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Rico Henry.
- 53': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United).
- 53': Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Attempt missed. Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a cross following a fast break.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vitaly Janelt.
- 56': Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmoliuk replaces Jordan Henderson.
- 57': Foul by Dango Ouattara (Brentford).
- 57': Sven Botman (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Malick Thiaw.
- 62': Attempt blocked. Mathias Jensen (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rico Henry.
- 64': Foul by Igor Thiago (Brentford).
- 64': Sven Botman (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64': Handball by Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United).
- 65': Substitution, Newcastle United. William Osula replaces Yoane Wissa.
- 67': Attempt saved. Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Caoimhín Kelleher (Brentford). Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
- 67': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Caoimhín Kelleher.
- 68': Attempt missed. Sven Botman (Newcastle United) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães with a cross following a corner.
- 69': Foul by Igor Thiago (Brentford).
- 69': Lewis Hall (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 69': Igor Thiago (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Anthony Elanga (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
- 73': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Malick Thiaw.
- 74': Penalty Newcastle United. Bruno Guimarães draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 74': Penalty conceded by Michael Kayode (Brentford) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 75': Delay in match because of an injury Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United).
- 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 75': VAR Decision: Penalty Newcastle United.
- 79': Goal! Newcastle United 2, Brentford 2. Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 80': Substitution, Brentford. Romelle Donovan replaces Keane Lewis-Potter.
- 80': Offside, Brentford. Dango Ouattara is caught offside.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Nick Woltemade (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Elanga.
- 82': Foul by Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United).
- 82': Michael Kayode (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Romelle Donovan (Brentford).
- 83': Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 85': Goal! Newcastle United 2, Brentford 3. Dango Ouattara (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mathias Jensen.
- 87': Substitution, Brentford. Mikkel Damsgaard replaces Mathias Jensen.
- 87': Substitution, Newcastle United. Dan Burn replaces Kieran Trippier.
- 87': Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Ramsey replaces Sandro Tonali.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Lewis Hall (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Elanga.
- 89': Attempt saved. Romelle Donovan (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Nick Pope (Newcastle United). Assisted by Igor Thiago.
- 90': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United).
- 90': Michael Kayode (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 9 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Foul by Vitaly Janelt (Brentford).
- 90'+1': Jacob Ramsey (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+2': Foul by Romelle Donovan (Brentford).
- 90'+2': Lewis Hall (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Elanga following a set piece situation.
- 90'+4': Foul by Sven Botman (Newcastle United).
- 90'+4': Igor Thiago (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford).
- 90'+5': Nick Woltemade (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6': Foul by Lewis Hall (Newcastle United).
- 90'+6': Romelle Donovan (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+6': Lewis Hall (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+7': Offside, Brentford. Dango Ouattara is caught offside.
- 90'+8': Foul by Lewis Hall (Newcastle United).
- 90'+8': Romelle Donovan (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+9': Attempt missed. Dango Ouattara (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard following a fast break.
- 90'+10': Second Half ends, Newcastle United 2, Brentford 3.
- 0': Match ends, Newcastle United 2, Brentford 3.
Statistics
 BRE |
NEW |
|
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 9 |
| 1 | Saves | 3 |
| 46.2 | Possession | 53.8 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 2 | Penalty Goals | 2 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 286 | Accurate Passes | 351 |
| 379 | Passes | 428 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 13 | Crosses | 21 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 66 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 28 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
| 15 | Tackles | 9 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 22 | Effective Clearances | 31 |
| 22 | Clearances | 31 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: St. James' Park
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Attendance: 52,032
Venue: St. James' Park
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Attendance: 52,032
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 28 | +35 | 61 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 27 | +31 | 56 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 27 | +10 | 51 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 27 | +11 | 48 |
Line-Ups
Newcastle United (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Pope (GK) |
| 4 | Sven Botman |
| 12 | Malick Thiaw |
| 3 | Lewis Hall  |
| 2 | Kieran Trippier |
| 39 | Bruno Guimarães |
| 28 | Joe Willock |
| 8 | Sandro Tonali |
| 9 | Yoane Wissa |
| 11 | Harvey Barnes |
| 23 | Jacob Murphy |
Brentford (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Caoimhín Kelleher (GK) |
| 4 | Sepp van den Berg |
| 20 | Kristoffer Ajer |
| 3 | Rico Henry |
| 33 | Michael Kayode |
| 8 | Mathias Jensen |
| 27 | Vitaly Janelt |
| 6 | Jordan Henderson |
| 9 | Igor Thiago |
| 23 | Keane Lewis-Potter |
| 19 | Dango Ouattara |
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