Brentford 3-3 Sunderland: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 October 2017
Result
Brentford 3-3 Sunderland
Championship · Saturday 21 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Brentford 3-3 Sunderland: match report
Brentford drew with Sunderland 3-3 in the Championship on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was 1-3 at half-time.
Nico Yennaris opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Brentford's goals came from Nico Yennaris (8'), F. Jozefzoon (47') and Neal Maupay (78'). Sunderland scored through Lewis Grabban (13'), an own goal by Daniel Bentley (40') and Lewis Grabban (45+3', penalty).
Discipline: Brentford received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 18th on 12 points from 12 and Sunderland 23rd on 8 points from 12. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Sunderland 24th with 37.
Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Grabban of Sunderland (8.5), ahead of Florian Jozefzoon (8.4).
Going into the match Brentford's last five read W-D-D-W-D and Sunderland's D-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Nico Yennaris
- 13'Goal · Lewis Grabban
- 37'Yellow card · Bryan Oviedo
- 40'Own goal · Daniel Bentley
- 45+3'Penalty goal · Lewis Grabban
- 47'Goal · F. Jozefzoon
- 52'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 61'Yellow card · Henrik Dalsgaard
- 72'Yellow card · Didier Ndong
- 78'Goal · Neal Maupay
- 90+1'Yellow card · Lamine Koné
- 90+5'Yellow card · Neal Maupay
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bentley, Andreas Bjelland, John Egan, Josh Clarke, Henrik Dalsgaard, Florian Jozefzoon, Nico Yennaris, Ollie Watkins, Ryan Woods, R. Sawyers, Lasse Vibe
Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Jason Steele, Billy Jones, Bryan Oviedo, John O'Shea, Lamine Koné, Lee Cattermole, Duncan Watmore, Didier Ndong, Aiden McGeady, Lewis Grabban, George Honeyman