Brentford 2-3 Swansea City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 8 December 2018
Result
Brentford 2-3 Swansea City
Championship · Saturday 8 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Brentford 2-3 Swansea City: match report
Brentford lost to Swansea City 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 8 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-3.
Wayne Routledge opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Brentford's goals came from O. Watkins (45') and Saïd Benrahma (69'). Swansea City scored through Wayne Routledge (1'), an own goal by Chris Mepham (22') and Leroy Fer (27').
Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Swansea City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 17th on 22 points from 20 and Swansea City 13th on 26 points from 20. Brentford went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Swansea City 10th with 65.
Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Swansea City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Saïd Benrahma of Brentford (7.8), level with Wayne Routledge (7.8).
Going into the match Brentford's last five read D-L-L-L-W and Swansea City's L-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Wayne Routledge
- 22'Own goal · Chris Mepham
- 27'Goal · Leroy Fer
- 45'Goal · O. Watkins
- 69'Goal · Saïd Benrahma
- 80'Yellow card · Cameron Carter-Vickers
- 84'Yellow card · Henrik Dalsgaard
- 84'Yellow card · C. Roberts
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bentley, Henrik Dalsgaard, Ezri Konsa, Chris Mepham, Rico Henry, Josh McEachran, Nico Yennaris, Ollie Watkins, R. Sawyers, Saïd Benrahma, Neal Maupay
Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Erwin Mulder, Kyle Naughton, Mike van der Hoorn, Joe Rodon, Martin Olsson, Leroy Fer, Matt Grimes, Wayne Routledge, Barrie McKay, Nathan Dyer, Oli McBurnie