Arsenal 2-1 Brentford: result and report

Arsenal 2-1 Brentford

Premier League · Saturday 19 February 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Arsenal · Brentford · Premier League predictions

Arsenal defeated Brentford 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 February 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Emile Smith Rowe opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Emile Smith Rowe (48') and Bukayo Saka (79'). Brentford scored through Christian Nørgaard (90+3').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Brentford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 39 points from 22 and Brentford 14th on 24 points from 25. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 69 points, and Brentford 13th with 46.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bukayo Saka of Arsenal (7.9), ahead of Christian Nørgaard (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 0 draws and 1 for Brentford.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Brentford's D-L-L-L-L.