Crystal Palace 1-2 Brentford: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 January 2025

Result

Crystal Palace 1-2 Brentford

Premier League · Sunday 26 January 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Crystal Palace 1-2 Brentford: match report

Crystal Palace were beaten by Brentford 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 January 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Crystal Palace's goal came from Romain Esse (85'). Brentford scored through Bryan Mbeumo (66', penalty) and Kevin Schade (80').

Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crystal Palace were 12th on 27 points from 22 and Brentford 11th on 28 points from 22. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 12th with 53 points, and Brentford 10th with 56.

Crystal Palace lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mikkel Damsgaard of Brentford (7.8), ahead of Bryan Mbeumo (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Crystal Palace win, 5 draws and 1 for Brentford.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Maxence LacroixCrystal Palace
  • 56'Yellow card · Vitaly JaneltBrentford
  • 66'Penalty goal · Bryan MbeumoBrentford · 0-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Dean HendersonCrystal Palace
  • 73'Yellow card · Keane Lewis-PotterBrentford
  • 80'Goal · Kevin SchadeBrentford · 0-2
  • 85'Goal · Romain EsseCrystal Palace · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Crystal Palace 1, draws 5, Brentford 1.

Team news

Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-2-1)

Dean Henderson, Chris Richards, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guéhi, Daniel Muñoz, Will Hughes, Jefferson Lerma, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaïla Sarr, Eberechi Eze, Jean-Philippe Mateta

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

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