Arsenal v Brentford, 03 December 2025

Score2-0 to Arsenal
RefereeTony Harrington
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium
Attendance60,110
Kick-off: 7.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 9 Arsenal won: 6 Drawn: 2 Brentford won: 1 Arsenal scored: 15 Brentford scored: 7 . Brentford now remained without a win at Arsenal in all competitions since April 1938 in League Division One.

2 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

0 Brentford

Manager: Keith Andrews

Goals:

Mikel Merino 11 G
Bukayo Saka 90+1 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper David Raya
Defender Piero Hincapié
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Declan Rice
Midfielder Martín Zubimendi
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Mikel Merino

Starting lineup:

Caoimhin Kelleher Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Michael Kayode Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Yegor Yarmolyuk Midfielder
Dango Ouattara Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Schade Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Jurriën Timber for Cristhian Mosquera 44
Eberechi Eze for Gabriel Martinelli 61
Bukayo Saka for Noni Madueke 61
Viktor Gyökeres for Declan Rice 83

Substitutions:

Igor Thiago for Kevin Schade 60
Mikkel Damsgaard for Mathias Jensen 61
Jordan Henderson for Vitaly Janelt 61
Nathan Collins for Ethan Pinnock 74
Keane Lewis-Potter for Rico Henry 74

Cards:

Cards:

Yegor Yarmolyuk 65 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Jurriën Timber
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder/Forward Eberechi Eze
Midfielder/Forward Ethan Nwaneri

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Benjamin Arthur
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Romelle Donovan
Forward Igor Thiago

Comments:

League position: 1st . Arsenal had now won four consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since August 2024 (four). . The Gunners avoided failing to keep a clean sheet in four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since January 2025 (four). . They had now become the first-ever team not to concede three or more goals in 108 consecutive games in all competitions (since 5 December 2023 at Luton Town, won 4-3): the previous all-time record in the top four divisions was 107 games by Manchester United from October 2016 to August 2018. [c/o Orbinho]

Comments:

League position: 13th . Brentford had now lost eight of their ten games in the Premier League against a team starting the day at the top of the table (drawn two). . The Bees had now won one of their last 12 midweek games in the Premier League (lost eight). . They had now failed to score in three of their last 21 games in the Premier League.

2 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Mikel Merino 11 G
Bukayo Saka 90+1 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper David Raya
Defender Piero Hincapié
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Declan Rice
Midfielder Martín Zubimendi
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder/Forward Noni Madueke
Midfielder/Forward Mikel Merino

Substitutions:

Jurriën Timber for Cristhian Mosquera 44
Eberechi Eze for Gabriel Martinelli 61
Bukayo Saka for Noni Madueke 61
Viktor Gyökeres for Declan Rice 83

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga
Defender Jurriën Timber
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder/Forward Eberechi Eze
Midfielder/Forward Ethan Nwaneri

Comments:

League position: 1st . Arsenal had now won four consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since August 2024 (four). . The Gunners avoided failing to keep a clean sheet in four consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since January 2025 (four). . They had now become the first-ever team not to concede three or more goals in 108 consecutive games in all competitions (since 5 December 2023 at Luton Town, won 4-3): the previous all-time record in the top four divisions was 107 games by Manchester United from October 2016 to August 2018. [c/o Orbinho]

0 Brentford

Manager: Keith Andrews

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Caoimhin Kelleher Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Michael Kayode Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Yegor Yarmolyuk Midfielder
Dango Ouattara Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Schade Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Igor Thiago for Kevin Schade 60
Mikkel Damsgaard for Mathias Jensen 61
Jordan Henderson for Vitaly Janelt 61
Nathan Collins for Ethan Pinnock 74
Keane Lewis-Potter for Rico Henry 74

Cards:

Yegor Yarmolyuk 65 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Benjamin Arthur
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Romelle Donovan
Forward Igor Thiago

Comments:

League position: 13th . Brentford had now lost eight of their ten games in the Premier League against a team starting the day at the top of the table (drawn two). . The Bees had now won one of their last 12 midweek games in the Premier League (lost eight). . They had now failed to score in three of their last 21 games in the Premier League.