Brentford 1-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 1 January 2025

Result

Brentford 1-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Wednesday 1 January 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Brentford 1-3 Arsenal: match report

Brentford were beaten by Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 1 January 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Brentford's goal came from Bryan Mbeumo (13'). Arsenal scored through Gabriel Jesus (29'), Mikel Merino (50') and Gabriel Martinelli (53').

Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 12th on 24 points from 18 and Arsenal 3rd on 36 points from 18. Brentford went on to finish that season 10th with 56 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 74.

Brentford lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Jesus of Arsenal (8.2), ahead of Gabriel Martinelli (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brentford win, 1 draw and 6 for Arsenal.

Going into the match Brentford's last five read D-L-L-W-L and Arsenal's W-W-D-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Bryan MbeumoBrentford · 1-0
  • 17'Yellow card · Jurriën TimberArsenal
  • 26'Yellow card · Christian NørgaardBrentford
  • 29'Goal · Gabriel JesusArsenal · 1-1
  • 50'Goal · Mikel MerinoArsenal · 1-2
  • 53'Goal · Gabriel MartinelliArsenal · 1-3
  • 57'Yellow card · Riccardo CalafioriArsenal

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Brentford 1, draws 1, Arsenal 6.

Team news

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Brentford line-up (4-3-1-2)

Mark Flekken, Mads Roerslev, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Keane Lewis-Potter, Vitaly Janelt, Christian Nørgaard, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Mikkel Damsgaard, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Jurriën Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel, Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Mikel Merino, Ethan Chidiebere Nwaneri, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli