Crystal Palace v Brentford, 21 August 2021

Score0-0
RefereeMartin Atkinson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSelhurst Park
Attendance23,091
Kick-off: 3.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 1 Crystal Palace won: 0 Drawn: 1 Brentford won: 0 Crystal Palace scored: 0 Brentford scored: 0 This was the first league meeting since October 1964 in League Division Three.

0 Crystal Palace

Manager: Patrick Vieira

0 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Vicente Guaita
Defender Marc Guehi
Defender Tyrick Mitchell
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Joachim Andersen
Defender/Midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Conor Gallagher
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Pontus Jansson Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Midfielder
Frank Onyeka Midfielder
Sergi Canós Midfielder/Forward
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Jordan Ayew for Jeffrey Schlupp 68

Substitutions:

Saman Ghoddos for Frank Onyeka 70
Yoane Wissa for Bryan Mbeumo 77
Mads Bidstrup for Vitaly Janelt 87

Cards:

Joachim Andersen 29 Y
Christian Benteke 59 Y
Joel Ward 76 Y

Cards:

Christian Norgaard 52 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jack Butland
Goalkeeper Remi Matthews
Defender Martin Kelly
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender James Tomkins
Midfielder/Forward Jesuran Rak-Sakyi
Forward Jordan Ayew

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alvaro Fernández
Defender Charlie Goode
Defender/Midfielder Mads Bech Sørensen
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Midfielder Mads Bidstrup
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa
Forward Marcus Forss

Comments:

League position: 13th Crystal Palace had now failed to scored in three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since July 2020. Palace remained without a win in their last nine London derbies in the Premier League (lost five). Patrick Vieira became the first manager to avoid defeat in his first home game in the Premier League in charge of the Eagles since Alan Pardew in 2015. Crystal Palace named eight of a possible nine substitutes.

Comments:

League position: 4th This was Brentford's first away game in the top division since a 2-1 win at Sunderland in League Division One on 24 May 1947. The Bees were now unbeaten in league games since 3 March 2021; longer than any other team currently in the Premier Division. They had now kept a clean sheet win eight of their last ten league games.

0 Crystal Palace

Manager: Patrick Vieira

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Vicente Guaita
Defender Marc Guehi
Defender Tyrick Mitchell
Defender Joel Ward
Defender/Midfielder Joachim Andersen
Defender/Midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Conor Gallagher
Midfielder James McArthur
Midfielder/Forward Wilfried Zaha

Substitutions:

Jordan Ayew for Jeffrey Schlupp 68

Cards:

Joachim Andersen 29 Y
Christian Benteke 59 Y
Joel Ward 76 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jack Butland
Goalkeeper Remi Matthews
Defender Martin Kelly
Defender Jaïro Riedewald
Defender James Tomkins
Midfielder/Forward Jesuran Rak-Sakyi
Forward Jordan Ayew

Comments:

League position: 13th Crystal Palace had now failed to scored in three consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since July 2020. Palace remained without a win in their last nine London derbies in the Premier League (lost five). Patrick Vieira became the first manager to avoid defeat in his first home game in the Premier League in charge of the Eagles since Alan Pardew in 2015. Crystal Palace named eight of a possible nine substitutes.

0 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Rico Henry Defender
Pontus Jansson Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Midfielder
Frank Onyeka Midfielder
Sergi Canós Midfielder/Forward
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Saman Ghoddos for Frank Onyeka 70
Yoane Wissa for Bryan Mbeumo 77
Mads Bidstrup for Vitaly Janelt 87

Cards:

Christian Norgaard 52 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alvaro Fernández
Defender Charlie Goode
Defender/Midfielder Mads Bech Sørensen
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Midfielder Mads Bidstrup
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa
Forward Marcus Forss

Comments:

League position: 4th This was Brentford's first away game in the top division since a 2-1 win at Sunderland in League Division One on 24 May 1947. The Bees were now unbeaten in league games since 3 March 2021; longer than any other team currently in the Premier Division. They had now kept a clean sheet win eight of their last ten league games.