Liverpool 3-0 Brentford: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 16 January 2022
Result
Liverpool 3-0 Brentford
Premier League · Sunday 16 January 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 3-0 Brentford: match report
Liverpool defeated Brentford 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 January 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
Fabinho opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Fabinho (44'), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (69') and Takumi Minamino (77'). Brentford did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Brentford received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 42 points from 20 and Brentford 14th on 23 points from 20. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Brentford 13th with 46.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brentford in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Andrew Robertson (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 0 for Brentford.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read D-L-D-W-W and Brentford's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Kristoffer Ajer
- 44'Goal · Fabinho
- 69'Goal · Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 77'Goal · Takumi Minamino
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Mikkel Damsgaard
- Christian Eriksen
- Thiago Alcântara
- Mark Flekken
- Josh Dasilva
- David Raya
- Ben Woodburn
- Divock Origi
- Nat Phillips
- Harvey Elliott
- Tariqe Fosu-Henry
- Naby Keïta
- Sadio Mané
- Frank Onyeka
- Mohamed Salah
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Curtis Jones, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota
Brentford line-up (3-5-2)
Álvaro Ferllo, Kristoffer Ajer, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Mads Roerslev, Shandon Baptiste, Christian Nørgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Rico Henry, Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney