Brentford v Arsenal, 01 January 2025

Score3-1 to Arsenal
RefereePeter Bankes
CompetitionPremier League
VenueGtech Community Stadium
Attendance17,190

View Brentford v Arsenal head to head

Kick-off: 5.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 7 Brentford won: 1 Drawn: 1 Arsenal won: 5 Brentford scored: 6 Arsenal scored: 12 . Arsenal were now unbeaten in the last seven meetings in all competitions (won six).

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

3 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Bryan Mbeumo 13 G

Goals:

Gabriel Jesus 29 G
Mikel Merino 50 G
Gabriel Martinelli 53 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mark Flekken
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender Sepp Van Den Berg
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Bryan Mbeumo
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Riccardo Calafiori Defender
Gabriel Defender
William Saliba Defender
Jurriën Timber Defender
Thomas Partey Defender/Midfielder
Martin Odegaard Midfielder
Mikel Merino Midfielder/Forward
Ethan Nwaneri Midfielder/Forward
Gabriel Jesus Forward
Gabriel Martinelli Forward

Substitutions:

KIM Ji-soo for Sepp Van Den Berg 75
Paris Maghoma for Mikkel Damsgaard 75
Kevin Schade for Yoane Wissa 75
Mathias Jensen for Christian Norgaard 75

Substitutions:

Myles Lewis-Skelly for Riccardo Calafiori 78
Declan Rice for Mikel Merino 78
Leandro Trossard for Ethan Nwaneri 78
Jorginho for Martin Odegaard 88
Olexsandr Zinchenko for Gabriel Jesus 90+1

Cards:

Christian Norgaard 26 Y

Cards:

Jurriën Timber 17 Y
Riccardo Calafiori 57 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Benjamin Arthur
Defender KIM Ji-soo
Defender Jayden Meghoma
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Paris Maghoma
Midfielder Yunus Konak
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Schade
Midfielder/Forward Tony Yogane

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Neto
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder Declan Rice
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Ismeal Kabia

Comments:

League position: 12th . Brentford had now lost nine of their last 13 London derbies in the Premier League (won one). . The Bees avoided failing to score in three consecutive league games for the first time since April 2019 in the League Championship (four). . They are now the only team yet to keep a clean sheet in a home game in the Premier League so far this season.

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Arsenal were now unbeaten in their last 12 games in all competitions (won nine). . The Gunners had now won an away game in the Premier League after conceding the opening goal for the first time since February 2023 at Aston Villa. . They had now lost their first game in the Premier League in one of the last ten years (won seven).

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Bryan Mbeumo 13 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mark Flekken
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender Sepp Van Den Berg
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Bryan Mbeumo
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa

Substitutions:

KIM Ji-soo for Sepp Van Den Berg 75
Paris Maghoma for Mikkel Damsgaard 75
Kevin Schade for Yoane Wissa 75
Mathias Jensen for Christian Norgaard 75

Cards:

Christian Norgaard 26 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Benjamin Arthur
Defender KIM Ji-soo
Defender Jayden Meghoma
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Paris Maghoma
Midfielder Yunus Konak
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Schade
Midfielder/Forward Tony Yogane

Comments:

League position: 12th . Brentford had now lost nine of their last 13 London derbies in the Premier League (won one). . The Bees avoided failing to score in three consecutive league games for the first time since April 2019 in the League Championship (four). . They are now the only team yet to keep a clean sheet in a home game in the Premier League so far this season.

3 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Gabriel Jesus 29 G
Mikel Merino 50 G
Gabriel Martinelli 53 G

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Riccardo Calafiori Defender
Gabriel Defender
William Saliba Defender
Jurriën Timber Defender
Thomas Partey Defender/Midfielder
Martin Odegaard Midfielder
Mikel Merino Midfielder/Forward
Ethan Nwaneri Midfielder/Forward
Gabriel Jesus Forward
Gabriel Martinelli Forward

Substitutions:

Myles Lewis-Skelly for Riccardo Calafiori 78
Declan Rice for Mikel Merino 78
Leandro Trossard for Ethan Nwaneri 78
Jorginho for Martin Odegaard 88
Olexsandr Zinchenko for Gabriel Jesus 90+1

Cards:

Jurriën Timber 17 Y
Riccardo Calafiori 57 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Neto
Defender Jakub Kiwior
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder Declan Rice
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Tierney
Defender/Midfielder Olexsandr Zinchenko
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Ismeal Kabia

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Arsenal were now unbeaten in their last 12 games in all competitions (won nine). . The Gunners had now won an away game in the Premier League after conceding the opening goal for the first time since February 2023 at Aston Villa. . They had now lost their first game in the Premier League in one of the last ten years (won seven).