Arsenal 2-0 Brentford: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 3 December 2025
Result
Arsenal 2-0 Brentford
Premier League · Wednesday 3 December 2025, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 2-0 Brentford: match report
Arsenal beat Brentford 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 3 December 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mikel Merino opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Mikel Merino (11') and Bukayo Saka (90+1'). Brentford did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Brentford received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 30 points from 13 and Brentford 12th on 19 points from 13. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Brentford 9th with 53.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brentford in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikel Merino of Arsenal (8.4), ahead of Ben White (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Brentford.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Brentford's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Mikel Merino
- 65'Yellow card · Yegor Yarmolyuk
- 90+1'Goal · Bukayo Saka
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
David Raya, Ben White, Cristhian Mosquera, Piero Hincapié, Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Ødegaard, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Mikel Merino, Gabriel Martinelli
Brentford line-up (5-3-2)
Caoimhín Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Kristoffer Ajer, Ethan Pinnock, Sepp van den Berg, Rico Henry, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Dango Ouattara, Kevin Schade