Huddersfield Town 2-1 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 August 2016

Result

Huddersfield Town 2-1 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 6 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Huddersfield Town 2-1 Brentford: match report

Huddersfield Town beat Brentford 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 6 August 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Elias Kachunga opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from Elias Kachunga (50') and Kasey Palmer (79'). Brentford scored through Nico Yennaris (77').

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card; Brentford received 1 yellow card.

Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 5th with 80 points, and Brentford 10th with 64.

Huddersfield Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Payne of Huddersfield Town (7.7), level with Elias Kachunga (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Huddersfield Town win, 0 draws and 3 for Brentford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Yellow card · Josh McEachranBrentford
  • 50'Goal · Elias KachungaHuddersfield Town · 1-0
  • 71'Yellow card · M. HudsonHuddersfield Town
  • 77'Goal · Nico YennarisBrentford · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Kasey PalmerHuddersfield Town · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Huddersfield Town 1, draws 0, Brentford 3.

Team news

Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Danny Ward, Tommy Smith, Mark Hudson, Christopher Schindler, Chris Löwe, Jonathan Hogg, Aaron Mooy, Joe Lolley, Jack Payne, Rajiv van La Parra, Elias Kachunga

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

Daniel Bentley, Josh Clarke, Harlee Dean, John Egan, Callum Elder, Josh McEachran, Ryan Woods, R. Sawyers, Konstantin Kerschbaumer, Lewis MacLeod, Scott Hogan