Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford, 10 February 2024

Score2-0 to Brentford
RefereeSimon Hooper
CompetitionPremier League
VenueMolineux
Attendance30,731
Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers won: 3 Drawn: 1 Brentford won: 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers scored: 9 Brentford scored: 7 . Including FA Cup ties, this was the fourth meeting in the last 45 days.

0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Gary O'Neil

2 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Goals:

Christian Norgaard 35 G
Ivan Toney 77 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Max Kilman
Defender Nélson Semedo
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Midfielder João Gomes
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia

Starting lineup:

Mark Flekken Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Ben Mee Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Mads Roerslev Defender/Midfielder
Sergio Reguilón Defender/Midfielder
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Midfielder
Neal Maupay Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde for Matheus Cunha 20
Nathan Fraser for Toti 46
Tommy Doyle for João Gomes 63
Matt Doherty for Nélson Semedo 83

Substitutions:

Yegor Yarmolyuk for Mathias Jensen 69
Keane Lewis-Potter for Neal Maupay 76
Kristoffer Ajer for Christian Norgaard 85
Shandon Baptiste for Vitaly Janelt 85

Cards:

Nathan Fraser 70 Y
Mario Lemina 88 Y

Cards:

Mark Flekken 60 Y
Mathias Jensen 68 Y
Vitaly Janelt 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Santiago Bueno
Defender Matt Doherty
Defender/Midfielder Hugo Bueno
Midfielder Tawanda Chirewa
Midfielder Tommy Doyle
Midfielder Boubacar Traoré
Forward Nathan Fraser

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Ethan Brierley
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter

Comments:

League position: 10th . This was the first time that Wolverhampton Wanderers had started a game in the top half of the Premier League table since May 2022. . Wolves failed to score for the first time in their last 19 home games in the Premier League; their longest such run in the top division since April 1968 in League Division One (22 games). . They had now lost two of their last ten home games in the Premier League (won five). . Craig Dawson scored in the 50th minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision.

Comments:

League position: 14th . Brentford avoided becoming the first team to lose six consecutive away games in this Premier League season. . The Bees avoided losing six consecutive away league games for the first time since January 2007 in League One (nine). . This was their first win in their last 11 games in the Premier League played outside of London since their visit to Southampton on 15 March 2023 (lost eight).

0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Gary O'Neil

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper José Sá
Defender Craig Dawson
Defender Max Kilman
Defender Nélson Semedo
Defender Toti
Defender/Midfielder Rayan Aït Nouri
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Midfielder João Gomes
Midfielder Pedro Neto
Midfielder/Forward Pablo Sarabia

Substitutions:

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde for Matheus Cunha 20
Nathan Fraser for Toti 46
Tommy Doyle for João Gomes 63
Matt Doherty for Nélson Semedo 83

Cards:

Nathan Fraser 70 Y
Mario Lemina 88 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Santiago Bueno
Defender Matt Doherty
Defender/Midfielder Hugo Bueno
Midfielder Tawanda Chirewa
Midfielder Tommy Doyle
Midfielder Boubacar Traoré
Forward Nathan Fraser

Comments:

League position: 10th . This was the first time that Wolverhampton Wanderers had started a game in the top half of the Premier League table since May 2022. . Wolves failed to score for the first time in their last 19 home games in the Premier League; their longest such run in the top division since April 1968 in League Division One (22 games). . They had now lost two of their last ten home games in the Premier League (won five). . Craig Dawson scored in the 50th minute but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision.

2 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Christian Norgaard 35 G
Ivan Toney 77 G

Starting lineup:

Mark Flekken Goalkeeper
Nathan Collins Defender
Ben Mee Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Mads Roerslev Defender/Midfielder
Sergio Reguilón Defender/Midfielder
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Midfielder
Neal Maupay Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Yegor Yarmolyuk for Mathias Jensen 69
Keane Lewis-Potter for Neal Maupay 76
Kristoffer Ajer for Christian Norgaard 85
Shandon Baptiste for Vitaly Janelt 85

Cards:

Mark Flekken 60 Y
Mathias Jensen 68 Y
Vitaly Janelt 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Ethan Brierley
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter

Comments:

League position: 14th . Brentford avoided becoming the first team to lose six consecutive away games in this Premier League season. . The Bees avoided losing six consecutive away league games for the first time since January 2007 in League One (nine). . This was their first win in their last 11 games in the Premier League played outside of London since their visit to Southampton on 15 March 2023 (lost eight).