Brentford 2-1 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Friday 10 December 2021
Result
Brentford 2-1 Watford
Premier League · Friday 10 December 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Brentford 2-1 Watford: match report
Brentford won against Watford 2-1 in the Premier League on Friday 10 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.
Emmanuel Dennis opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Brentford's goals came from Pontus Jansson (84') and Bryan Mbeumo (90+6', penalty). Watford scored through Emmanuel Dennis (24').
Discipline: Brentford received 4 yellow cards; Watford received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 13th on 17 points from 15 and Watford 17th on 13 points from 15. Brentford went on to finish that season 13th with 46 points, and Watford 19th with 23.
Brentford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vitaly Janelt of Brentford (8.1), ahead of Christian Nørgaard (7.8).
Going into the match Brentford's last five read D-L-W-D-L and Watford's L-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Emmanuel Dennis
- 68'Yellow card · Vitaly Janelt
- 70'Yellow card · Pontus Jansson
- 81'Yellow card · C. Goode
- 84'Goal · Pontus Jansson
- 90+1'Yellow card · Frank Onyeka
- 90+6'Penalty goal · Bryan Mbeumo
Team news
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Brentford line-up (3-5-2)
Álvaro Ferllo, Charlie Goode, Pontus Jansson, Vitaly Janelt, Mads Roerslev, Shandon Baptiste, Christian Nørgaard, Mathias Jensen, Rico Henry, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa
Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenía, William Troost-Ekong, Craig Cathcart, Jeremy Ngakia, Juraj Kucka, Moussa Sissoko, Cucho Hernández, Tom Cleverley, Joshua King, Emmanuel Dennis