Premier League - Sunday 18th May 2025, 3:00 PM
Brentford2
(2)
-
(1)
3
Fulham
Attendance: 17136
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Match events
14
Tete (f)
16
Jiménez
Mbeumo
22
Wissa (f)
37
Wissa
43
van den Berg (f)
45
45
Cairney
45
Berge
Nørgaard (f)
48
Lewis-Potter (f)
52
Ajer
63
Kayode
63
66
Smith Rowe (f)
66
Wilson
66
Iwobi
66
King
66
Smith Rowe
68
Cairney
70
Wilson
72
Andersen
Thiago
75
Lewis-Potter
75
Jensen
75
Yarmoliuk
75
Henry
75
Schade
75
80
Sessegnon
80
Traore
98
Leno (tw)
Match review
Match Report
Brentford (2) 2-3 (1) Fulham
Premier League MD37 24/25 at Gtech Community Stadium
Sunday 18th May KO: 15:00
Referee:
Jarred Gillett (Australia)
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Fulham claimed a brilliant 3-2 victory over Brentford in a pulsating local derby on Sunday afternoon.
After Raúl Jiménez had headed us in front, the hosts turned the game around through Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa efforts, either side of Bernd Leno saving a generously-awarded Mbeumo penalty.
But two substitutes turned things back in the Whites’ favour. First, Tom Cairney glanced home an equaliser, before Harry Wilson – the scourge of Brentford – bent home an absurd winner from 30 yards.
It’s a victory that takes us to 54 points, a Club record in the Premier League.
Marco Silva made three changes for the derby, with Antonee Robinson and Saša Lukic returning after one game absences to take the places of Ryan Sessegnon and Andreas Pereira, while Adama was preferred to Wilson on the right wing.
Fulham fashioned the first chance of the game in the seventh minute when Raúl brought down Adama’s cross and quickly got a snapshot away, but a good block sent it behind for a corner.
After Raúl had another shot blocked, Brentford threatened for the first when Wissa was slipped through, but Leno rushed out to narrow the angle and make a good save.
The end-to-end nature of the fixture continued with Emile Smith Rowe stinging the palms of Mark Flekken with a low drive inside the near post.
Raúl had been lively in the opening stages and, as was the case a week earlier, opened the scoring with a power header, climbing above his man to thunder in Adama’s looping cross. There was a delay in celebrating from the away fans down the opposite end of the stadium as it had looked as though Flekken had saved it, but it had too much venom and squeezed under the Bees number one.
Unfortunately, the lead did not last long, with Brentford pinching possession off Adama in a dangerous area and efficiently working it forwards into Mbeumo, who drilled across Leno low and hard for 1-1.
Things got worse pretty quickly when Joachim Andersen was harshly adjudged to have clipped Kevin Schade in the box. It looked as though the German may have tripped over his own feet, though, so it felt like justice was done when Leno made an incredible save to keep out Mbeumo’s spot-kick.
It was a high octane encounter in Hounslow, with Adama next to have a go, although he didn’t connect as he would’ve liked with his volley and it was a routine save for Flekken.
The Adama-Raúl linkup caused problems again five minutes before the break when Adama roasted his man before hanging a cross up for his teammate to attack. He got good direction to send his header downwards, but Flekken was there to smother.
But it was Brentford who struck next. A long throw into the box was flicked on to Christian Norgaard at the back post – his header was repelled by Leno but dropped kindly for Wissa, who was left to pop it in from a centimetre out.
| Match Stats |
Brentford |
Fulham |
| Goals |
(2) 2 |
3 (1) |
|
| Scorers |
Mbeumo 22 |
Jiménez 16 |
| Scorers |
Wissa 43 |
Cairney 68 |
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- |
Wilson 70 |
| , |
| Goal attempts |
11 |
16 |
| On target |
6 |
7 |
| Shooting Accuracy |
55% |
44% |
| Possession |
51% |
49% |
| Passes |
374 |
371 |
| Passes Success |
78% |
85% |
| Corners |
5 |
3 |
| Tackles |
11 |
19 |
| Tackles Success |
64% |
68% |
| Saves |
4 |
3 |
| Fouls |
12 |
8 |
| Offsides |
0 |
0 |
| Yellows |
4 |
4 |
| Reds |
0 |
0 |
| source: SkySports |
Cairney was introduced for Sander Berge at the break as we looked for a way back into the match, but opportunities were much scarcer than in the first 45, with one blocked Tete effort the only attempt by either side in the first quarter of an hour.
The Cairney substitution looked a masterclass midway through the half, though, when the skipper showed his aerial prowess by leaping onto the end of Tete’s deflected cross to flick the ball beyond a helpless Flekken.
Wilson had been another man introduced off the bench, and he needed even less time to make his mark, lashing a ridiculous 30-yard curling strike inside the far post four minutes after coming off the bench. Again, Flekken was motionless.
Those two goals in three minutes had rocked the Gtech, and the home side failed to muster a shot on target again until the 87th minute, but when they did it required a fine low save from Leno to keep out Norgaard’s bullet header.
As seven added minutes were announced, TC threatened his second of the afternoon when he raced onto Raúl’s long ball over the top, but he couldn’t quite get enough height on his attempted lob, allowing Flekken to catch.
It was a big chunk of time to hold out but the boys did it impeccably to see out a first league double over our neighbours in more than 70 years.
Fulham head coach Marco Silva:
"This morning, I was reading some things mentioning three or four clubs that could get into Europe, but not Fulham. They probably don't look at the table properly or don't respect us like we deserve.
"They forgot a team that is fighting really hard and playing really good football most of the time this season."
Brentford: Flekken, Kayode (Ajer 63), Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter (Thiago 75), Nørgaard, Yarmoliuk (Jensen 75), Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade (Henry 75), Wissa
Goals:
Mbeumo 22 ( right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yoane Wissa.)
Wissa 43 (left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.)
Yellow Card: Wissa (37,f), van den Berg (45,f),
Nørgaard (f), Lewis-Potter (f)
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson (Cuenca 89), Lukic, Berge (Cairney 45), Traore (Sessegnon 80), Smith Rowe (King 66), Iwobi (Wilson 66), Jimenez
Unused substitutes: Vinícius, Pereira, Willian, Benda
Goals:
Jimenez 16 (header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.)
Cairney 68 (header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.)
Wilson xx (left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adama Traoré.)
Yellow Card: Tete (14,f), Smith Rowe (68,f), Andersen (72,f), Leno (98,tw)
Referee:
Jarred Gillett (Australia)
Attendance: 17,136
Fulham are next in action at 16.00 on Sunday 25th of May at Craven Cottage when we welcome Manchester City.