Newcastle United 3-1 Brentford: result and report

Newcastle United 3-1 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 15 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Newcastle United · Brentford · Championship predictions

Newcastle United won against Brentford 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 15 October 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Ciaran Clark opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Ciaran Clark (11'), Dwight Gayle (16') and Dwight Gayle (49'). Brentford scored through Scott Hogan (52').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Brentford received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 1st on 23 points from 11 and Brentford 6th on 18 points from 11. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Brentford 10th with 64.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonjo Shelvey of Newcastle United (9.5), ahead of Dwight Gayle (8.7).

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