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 · Brentford · Premier League predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Frank OnyekaBrentford
  • 10'Yellow card · Gabriel MagalhãesArsenal
  • 19'Goal · Declan RiceArsenal · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · ZankaBrentford
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Kai HavertzArsenal
  • 45+4'Goal · Yoane WissaBrentford · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Yoane WissaBrentford
  • 86'Goal · Kai HavertzArsenal · 2-1
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Nathan CollinsBrentford

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 1, Brentford 1.

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