Middlesbrough 1-4 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 February 2021

Result

Middlesbrough 1-4 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 6 February 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough 1-4 Brentford: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Brentford 1-4 in the Championship on Saturday 6 February 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Middlesbrough's goal came from an own goal by David Raya (3'). Brentford scored through Ivan Toney (38'), Vitaly Janelt (58'), Mathias Jensen (64') and Ivan Toney (80').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 7th on 40 points from 27 and Brentford 3rd on 51 points from 26. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 10th with 64 points, and Brentford 2nd with 93.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivan Toney of Brentford (8.8), ahead of David Raya (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 3 for Brentford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Own goal · David RayaMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Tariqe FosuBrentford
  • 29'Yellow card · George SavilleMiddlesbrough
  • 38'Goal · Ivan ToneyBrentford · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Vitaly JaneltBrentford
  • 58'Goal · Vitaly JaneltBrentford · 1-2
  • 64'Goal · Mathias JensenBrentford · 1-3
  • 80'Goal · Ivan ToneyBrentford · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 3, Brentford 3.

Team news

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Middlesbrough line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marcus Bettinelli, Darnell Fisher, Anfernee Dijksteel, Paddy McNair, Marc Bola, Jonathan Howson, Sam Morsy, Neeskens Kebano, George Saville, Yannick Bolasie, Britt Assombalonga

Brentford line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Henrik Dalsgaard, Ethan Pinnock, Mads Bech Sørensen, Rico Henry, Mathias Jensen, Vitaly Janelt, Saman Ghoddos, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Ivan Toney, Sergi Canós