Brentford 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 30 December 2017
Result
Brentford 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 30 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Brentford 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Brentford defeated Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 30 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Lasse Vibe opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Brentford's goals came from Lasse Vibe (20') and F. Jozefzoon (83'). Sheffield Wednesday did not score.
Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 12th on 34 points from 24 and Sheffield Wednesday 14th on 30 points from 24. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 15th with 57.
Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lasse Vibe of Brentford (7.8), ahead of Yoann Barbet (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brentford win, 2 draws and 4 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Going into the match Brentford's last five read W-W-D-L-W and Sheffield Wednesday's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Lasse Vibe
- 39'Yellow card · R. Sawyers
- 39'Yellow card · Ross Wallace
- 44'Yellow card · Sam Hutchinson
- 49'Yellow card · Daniel Pudil
- 83'Goal · F. Jozefzoon
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bentley, Andreas Bjelland, Nico Yennaris, Yoann Barbet, Chris Mepham, Florian Jozefzoon, Josh McEachran, Ryan Woods, R. Sawyers, Sergi Canós, Lasse Vibe
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-3-1-2)
Joe Wildsmith, Morgan Fox, Glenn Loovens, Liam Palmer, Daniel Pudil, Jacob Butterfield, Adam Reach, Sam Hutchinson, Ross Wallace, J. Rhodes, Atdhe Nuhiu