Arsenal 2-1 Brentford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 9 March 2024
Result
Arsenal 2-1 Brentford
Premier League · Saturday 9 March 2024, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Arsenal 2-1 Brentford: match report
Arsenal defeated Brentford 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 March 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.
Declan Rice opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Declan Rice (19') and Kai Havertz (86'). Brentford scored through Yoane Wissa (45+4').
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Brentford received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 61 points from 27 and Brentford 16th on 26 points from 27. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Brentford 16th with 39.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brentford in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben White of Arsenal (8.0), ahead of Declan Rice (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 1 for Brentford.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Brentford's D-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Frank Onyeka
- 10'Yellow card · Gabriel Magalhães
- 19'Goal · Declan Rice
- 21'Yellow card · Zanka
- 45+2'Yellow card · Kai Havertz
- 45+4'Goal · Yoane Wissa
- 72'Yellow card · Yoane Wissa
- 86'Goal · Kai Havertz
- 90+9'Yellow card · Nathan Collins
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Jakub Kiwior, Martin Ødegaard, Jorginho, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard
Brentford line-up (3-5-2)
Mark Flekken, Zanka, Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Mads Roerslev, Frank Onyeka, Christian Nørgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Keane Lewis-Potter, Ivan Toney, Yoane Wissa