Newcastle United 2-3 Brentford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 February 2026
Result
Newcastle United 2-3 Brentford
Premier League · Saturday 7 February 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
Newcastle United 2-3 Brentford: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Brentford 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 February 2026. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Sven Botman opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Sven Botman (24') and Bruno Guimarães (79', penalty). Brentford scored through Vitaly Janelt (37'), Igor Thiago (45+2', penalty) and Dango Ouattara (85').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 33 points from 24 and Brentford 8th on 36 points from 24. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Brentford 9th with 53.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dango Ouattara of Brentford (8.0), level with Bruno Guimarães (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Brentford.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Sven Botman
- 37'Goal · Vitaly Janelt
- 44'Yellow card · Jacob Murphy
- 45+2'Penalty goal · Igor Thiago
- 69'Yellow card · Igor Thiago
- 79'Penalty goal · Bruno Guimarães
- 85'Goal · Dango Ouattara
- 90+1'Yellow card · Vitaly Janelt
- 90+6'Yellow card · Lewis Hall
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Lewis Hall, Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimarães, Joe Willock, Jacob Murphy, Yoane Wissa, Harvey Barnes
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Caoimhín Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Kristoffer Ajer, Sepp van den Berg, Rico Henry, Jordan Henderson, Vitaly Janelt, Dango Ouattara, Mathias Jensen, Keane Lewis-Potter, Igor Thiago