Brentford v Watford, 10 December 2021

Score2-1 to Brentford
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueBrentford Community Stadium
Attendance16,861

View Brentford v Watford head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 1 Brentford won: 1 Drawn: 0 Watford won: 0 Brentford scored: 2 Watford scored: 1 As this was the first-ever meeting in the top division, Watford became the second team that Brentford had played against in all of the top four league tiers and both major domestic cup competitions; also Brighton and Hove Albion.

2 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

1 Watford

Manager: Claudio Ranieri

Goals:

Pontus Jansson 84 G
Bryan Mbeumo penalty 90 P

Goals:

Emmanuel Dennis 24 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alvaro Fernández
Defender Charlie Goode
Defender Rico Henry
Defender Pontus Jansson
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder/Forward Bryan Mbeumo
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa

Starting lineup:

Dan Bachmann Goalkeeper
Craig Cathcart Defender
Jeremy Ngakia Defender
William Troost-Ekong Defender
Kiko Femenía Defender/Midfielder
Tom Cleverley Midfielder
Juraj Kucka Midfielder
Moussa Sissoko Midfielder
Cucho Hernández Midfielder/Forward
Emmanuel Dennis Forward
Josh King Forward

Substitutions:

Marcus Forss for Yoane Wissa 69
Saman Ghoddos for Mathias Jensen 69
Frank Onyeka for Rico Henry 77

Substitutions:

João Pedro for Tom Cleverley 58
Ken Sema for Cucho Hernández 77
Ozan Tufan for Emmanuel Dennis 90

Cards:

Vitaly Janelt 68 Y
Pontus Jansson 70 Y
Charlie Goode 81 Y
Frank Onyeka 90 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matthew Cox
Defender Dominic Thompson
Defender/Midfielder Mads Bech Sørensen
Defender/Midfielder Fin Stevens
Midfielder Mads Bidstrup
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Forward Marcus Forss
Forward Nathan Young-Coombes

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Vincent Angelini
Goalkeeper Rob Elliot
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender/Midfielder Ozan Tufan
Defender/Midfielder Danny Rose
Defender/Midfielder Ken Sema
Midfielder Imrân Louza
Forward Ashley Fletcher
Forward João Pedro

Comments:

League position: 9th Bryan Mbeumo's winner, in the fifth minute of added time at the end of the game, was the latest match winning penalty in the Premier League since Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes at Brighton and Hove Albion on 26 September 2020 (tenth minute). The Bees became the first-ever team in to have each of their first ten goals in home games in the Premier League scored by ten different players. They had now won two of their last nine games in the Premier League (lost five).

Comments:

League position: 17th Watford remained as the only team in the top four divisions that had yet to keep a clean sheet in a league game in the 2021-22 season. 52 goals had now been scored in the Hornets' 16 games so far in this Premier League season (for 21, against 31). Emmanuel Dennis had now scored five goals in his last seven appearances in the Premier League.

2 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Pontus Jansson 84 G
Bryan Mbeumo penalty 90 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alvaro Fernández
Defender Charlie Goode
Defender Rico Henry
Defender Pontus Jansson
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder/Forward Bryan Mbeumo
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa

Substitutions:

Marcus Forss for Yoane Wissa 69
Saman Ghoddos for Mathias Jensen 69
Frank Onyeka for Rico Henry 77

Cards:

Vitaly Janelt 68 Y
Pontus Jansson 70 Y
Charlie Goode 81 Y
Frank Onyeka 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matthew Cox
Defender Dominic Thompson
Defender/Midfielder Mads Bech Sørensen
Defender/Midfielder Fin Stevens
Midfielder Mads Bidstrup
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Forward Marcus Forss
Forward Nathan Young-Coombes

Comments:

League position: 9th Bryan Mbeumo's winner, in the fifth minute of added time at the end of the game, was the latest match winning penalty in the Premier League since Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes at Brighton and Hove Albion on 26 September 2020 (tenth minute). The Bees became the first-ever team in to have each of their first ten goals in home games in the Premier League scored by ten different players. They had now won two of their last nine games in the Premier League (lost five).

1 Watford

Manager: Claudio Ranieri

Goals:

Emmanuel Dennis 24 G

Starting lineup:

Dan Bachmann Goalkeeper
Craig Cathcart Defender
Jeremy Ngakia Defender
William Troost-Ekong Defender
Kiko Femenía Defender/Midfielder
Tom Cleverley Midfielder
Juraj Kucka Midfielder
Moussa Sissoko Midfielder
Cucho Hernández Midfielder/Forward
Emmanuel Dennis Forward
Josh King Forward

Substitutions:

João Pedro for Tom Cleverley 58
Ken Sema for Cucho Hernández 77
Ozan Tufan for Emmanuel Dennis 90

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Vincent Angelini
Goalkeeper Rob Elliot
Defender Christian Kabasele
Defender/Midfielder Ozan Tufan
Defender/Midfielder Danny Rose
Defender/Midfielder Ken Sema
Midfielder Imrân Louza
Forward Ashley Fletcher
Forward João Pedro

Comments:

League position: 17th Watford remained as the only team in the top four divisions that had yet to keep a clean sheet in a league game in the 2021-22 season. 52 goals had now been scored in the Hornets' 16 games so far in this Premier League season (for 21, against 31). Emmanuel Dennis had now scored five goals in his last seven appearances in the Premier League.