Arsenal v Brentford, 12 April 2025

Score1-1
RefereeSimon Hooper
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium
Attendance60,184

View Arsenal v Brentford head to head

Kick-off: 5.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 8 Arsenal won: 5 Drawn: 2 Brentford won: 1 Arsenal scored: 13 Brentford scored: 7 . Arsenal failed in their attempt to win five consecutive meetings with Brentford in all competitions for the first time.

1 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Thomas Partey 61 G

Goals:

Yoane Wissa 74 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper David Raya
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender William Saliba
Defender/Midfielder Thomas Partey
Defender/Midfielder Declan Rice
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Ethan Nwaneri
Forward Gabriel Martinelli

Starting lineup:

Mark Flekken Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Sepp Van Den Berg Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mikkel Damsgaard Midfielder/Forward
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Schade Midfielder/Forward
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Myles Lewis-Skelly for Kieran Tierney 62
Martin Odegaard for Olexsandr Zinchenko 62
Bukayo Saka for Ethan Nwaneri 63
Jurriën Timber for Thomas Partey 69
Mikel Merino for Declan Rice 75

Substitutions:

Michael Kayode for Kristoffer Ajer 69
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Vitaly Janelt 69
Mathias Jensen for Mikkel Damsgaard 80
Gustavo Nunes for Christian Norgaard 90+1

Cards:

Martin Odegaard 90+4 Y

Cards:

Christian Norgaard 28 Y
Kevin Schade 34 Y
Yegor Yarmolyuk 78 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Neto
Defender Jurriën Timber
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Jack Henry-Francis
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Butler-Oyedeji
Midfielder/Forward Mikel Merino
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Rico Henry
Defender Michael Kayode
Defender Ben Mee
Defender Ethan Pinnock
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder Yunus Konak
Midfielder/Forward Gustavo Nunes

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Arsenal had now drawn three of their last 16 London derbies in the Premier League (won 12). . The Gunners were now unbeaten in 46 of their last 50 games in the Premier League. . They had now drawn five of their last 15 games in the Premier League that kick off at 5.30pm on a Saturday (won six). . Kieran Tierney scored in the 26th minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision. . Having already used their five substitutes, Arsenal were reduced to ten players in the 86th when Jorginho was withdrawn due to injury.

Comments:

League position: 11th . Brentford had now drawn three of their last six games in the Premier League (won one). . This was the Bees' first score draw in an away game in the Premier League since their visit to Aston Villa on 6 April 2024; longer than any other team currently in the division. . They had now conceded five goals in their last eight away games in the Premier League.

1 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Thomas Partey 61 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper David Raya
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender William Saliba
Defender/Midfielder Thomas Partey
Defender/Midfielder Declan Rice
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Ethan Nwaneri
Forward Gabriel Martinelli

Substitutions:

Myles Lewis-Skelly for Kieran Tierney 62
Martin Odegaard for Olexsandr Zinchenko 62
Bukayo Saka for Ethan Nwaneri 63
Jurriën Timber for Thomas Partey 69
Mikel Merino for Declan Rice 75

Cards:

Martin Odegaard 90+4 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Neto
Defender Jurriën Timber
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Jack Henry-Francis
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Butler-Oyedeji
Midfielder/Forward Mikel Merino
Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Arsenal had now drawn three of their last 16 London derbies in the Premier League (won 12). . The Gunners were now unbeaten in 46 of their last 50 games in the Premier League. . They had now drawn five of their last 15 games in the Premier League that kick off at 5.30pm on a Saturday (won six). . Kieran Tierney scored in the 26th minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision. . Having already used their five substitutes, Arsenal were reduced to ten players in the 86th when Jorginho was withdrawn due to injury.

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Yoane Wissa 74 G

Starting lineup:

Mark Flekken Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Sepp Van Den Berg Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mikkel Damsgaard Midfielder/Forward
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Schade Midfielder/Forward
Yoane Wissa Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Michael Kayode for Kristoffer Ajer 69
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Vitaly Janelt 69
Mathias Jensen for Mikkel Damsgaard 80
Gustavo Nunes for Christian Norgaard 90+1

Cards:

Christian Norgaard 28 Y
Kevin Schade 34 Y
Yegor Yarmolyuk 78 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Rico Henry
Defender Michael Kayode
Defender Ben Mee
Defender Ethan Pinnock
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder Yunus Konak
Midfielder/Forward Gustavo Nunes

Comments:

League position: 11th . Brentford had now drawn three of their last six games in the Premier League (won one). . This was the Bees' first score draw in an away game in the Premier League since their visit to Aston Villa on 6 April 2024; longer than any other team currently in the division. . They had now conceded five goals in their last eight away games in the Premier League.