Brentford 3-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Brentford 3-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 8 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Brentford defeated Middlesbrough 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 8 February 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Julian Jeanvier opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Brentford's goals came from Julian Jeanvier (24'), Bryan Mbeumo (60') and O. Watkins (87'). Middlesbrough scored through Lewis Wing (58') and Ashley Fletcher (63').

Discipline: Brentford received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Brentford were 5th on 50 points from 30 and Middlesbrough 18th on 36 points from 30. Brentford went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Middlesbrough 18th with 53.

Brentford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Saïd Benrahma of Brentford (7.8), ahead of J. Jeanvier (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brentford wins, 3 draws and 5 for Middlesbrough.

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