Arsenal v Brentford, 09 March 2024

Score2-1 to Arsenal
RefereeRob Jones
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium
Attendance60,331

View Arsenal v Brentford head to head

Kick-off: 5.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 6 Arsenal won: 4 Drawn: 1 Brentford won: 1 Arsenal scored: 9 Brentford scored: 5 . Brentford had now won six of the 19 all-time meetings in all competitions (lost eight).

2 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Declan Rice 19 G
Kai Havertz 86 G

Goals:

Yoane Wissa 45+4 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Gabriel
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender William Saliba
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Declan Rice
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Kai Havertz

Starting lineup:

Mark Flekken Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Mathias Jørgensen Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Defender/Midfielder
Mads Roerslev Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Frank Onyeka Midfielder
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Gabriel Jesus for Jorginho 70
Reiss Nelson for Leandro Trossard 79
Olexsandr Zinchenko for Jakub Kiwior 79
Thomas Partey for Martin Odegaard 90+5

Substitutions:

Mathias Jensen for Christian Norgaard 34
Neal Maupay for Yoane Wissa 78
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Frank Onyeka 78
Mikkel Damsgaard for Mathias Jørgensen 90
Saman Ghoddos for Vitaly Janelt 90

Cards:

Gabriel 10 Y
Kai Havertz 45+2 Y

Cards:

Frank Onyeka 4 Y
Mathias Jørgensen 21 Y
Yoane Wissa 72 Y
Nathan Collins 90+9 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Karl Hein
Defender Cédric Soares
Defender/Midfielder Thomas Partey
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Fábio Vieira
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe
Forward Gabriel Jesus
Forward Eddie Nketiah

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender Benjamin Arthur
Defender KIM Ji-soo
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Forward Neal Maupay

Comments:

League position: 1st . Arsenal had now become the first team to win their first eight games in a year in the Premier League since Manchester City in 2021 (13). . The Gunners had now won eight consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since April 2015. . They failed in their attempt to become the second-ever team to score four or more goals in five consecutive games in the top division after Aston Villa in League Division One in February 1931.

Comments:

League position: 15th . 300 goals had now been scored in Brentford's 104 games in the Premier League (for 146, against 154). . Yoane Wissa became the third player to score in three consecutive appearances in the Premier League for the Bees after Ivan Toney in January 2023 and Neal Maupay in February 2024. . They had now lost five of their last 20 London derbies in the Premier League since September 2022 (won eight).

2 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Declan Rice 19 G
Kai Havertz 86 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Gabriel
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender William Saliba
Defender Ben White
Defender/Midfielder Declan Rice
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Kai Havertz

Substitutions:

Gabriel Jesus for Jorginho 70
Reiss Nelson for Leandro Trossard 79
Olexsandr Zinchenko for Jakub Kiwior 79
Thomas Partey for Martin Odegaard 90+5

Cards:

Gabriel 10 Y
Kai Havertz 45+2 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Karl Hein
Defender Cédric Soares
Defender/Midfielder Thomas Partey
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Fábio Vieira
Midfielder Reiss Nelson
Midfielder Emile Smith Rowe
Forward Gabriel Jesus
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Comments:

League position: 1st . Arsenal had now become the first team to win their first eight games in a year in the Premier League since Manchester City in 2021 (13). . The Gunners had now won eight consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since April 2015. . They failed in their attempt to become the second-ever team to score four or more goals in five consecutive games in the top division after Aston Villa in League Division One in February 1931.

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Yoane Wissa 45+4 G

Starting lineup:

Mark Flekken Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Mathias Jørgensen Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Defender/Midfielder
Mads Roerslev Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Frank Onyeka Midfielder
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Mathias Jensen for Christian Norgaard 34
Neal Maupay for Yoane Wissa 78
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Frank Onyeka 78
Mikkel Damsgaard for Mathias Jørgensen 90
Saman Ghoddos for Vitaly Janelt 90

Cards:

Frank Onyeka 4 Y
Mathias Jørgensen 21 Y
Yoane Wissa 72 Y
Nathan Collins 90+9 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender Benjamin Arthur
Defender KIM Ji-soo
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Forward Neal Maupay

Comments:

League position: 15th . 300 goals had now been scored in Brentford's 104 games in the Premier League (for 146, against 154). . Yoane Wissa became the third player to score in three consecutive appearances in the Premier League for the Bees after Ivan Toney in January 2023 and Neal Maupay in February 2024. . They had now lost five of their last 20 London derbies in the Premier League since September 2022 (won eight).