Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers, 2024-25 English Premier League
· English Premier League
- 2': Nathan Collins
- 20': Bryan Mbeumo (P)
- 28': Christian Nørgaard
- 45'+2': Ethan Pinnock
- 90': Fabio Carvalho
FT
5 - 3
5 - 3
O'Neil takes 'full responsibility' as Wolves remain winless in Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Gary O'Neil took "full responsibility" after Brentford registered a thumping 5-3 win over his beleaguered side in the Premier League on Saturday to leave them winless and bottom of the table after seven games.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Goal! Brentford 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Nathan Collins (Brentford) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard with a cross.
- 3': Attempt saved. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a cross.
- 4': Goal! Brentford 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
- 6': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Carlos Forbs.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Sepp van den Berg (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard with a cross.
- 6': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Carlos Forbs.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard with a cross.
- 10': Attempt missed. Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Carlos Forbs.
- 13': Foul by Christian Nørgaard (Brentford).
- 13': João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 16': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Craig Dawson.
- 17': Penalty Brentford. Nathan Collins draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 17': Penalty conceded by Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 19': VAR Decision: Penalty Brentford.
- 20': Goal! Brentford 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 22': Attempt saved. André (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 23': Foul by Sepp van den Berg (Brentford).
- 23': Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Attempt missed. Toti Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by André.
- 26': Goal! Brentford 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri with a cross.
- 28': Goal! Brentford 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vitaly Janelt.
- 30': Attempt saved. Kevin Schade (Brentford) header from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Keane Lewis-Potter with a cross.
- 30': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
- 31': Attempt missed. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a cross following a corner.
- 33': Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri with a cross.
- 34': André (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Kevin Schade (Brentford).
- 35': Attempt blocked. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by João Gomes.
- 35': Hand ball by André (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 35': Offside, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter is caught offside.
- 39': Offside, Brentford. Kevin Schade is caught offside.
- 40': Attempt blocked. João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by André.
- 42': Craig Dawson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
- 44': Offside, Brentford. Kevin Schade is caught offside.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
- 45'+2': Goal! Brentford 4, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+5': Foul by André (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 45'+5': Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Brentford 4, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Brentford 4, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.
- 46': Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46': Foul by Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 47': Foul by Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford).
- 47': Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
- 48': Offside, Brentford. Nathan Collins is caught offside.
- 49': Foul by Vitaly Janelt (Brentford).
- 49': João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 51': Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matheus Cunha is caught offside.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
- 54': Attempt saved. Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sepp van den Berg.
- 54': Attempt saved. Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 55': Carlos Forbs (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Foul by Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford).
- 55': Carlos Forbs (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
- 55': Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 56': Attempt missed. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
- 57': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces André.
- 58': Foul by Sepp van den Berg (Brentford).
- 58': Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
- 60': Foul by Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 60': Kevin Schade (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 64': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
- 65': Attempt saved. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a cross.
- 65': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Nathan Collins (Brentford) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard with a cross.
- 65': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Craig Dawson.
- 66': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Mario Lemina.
- 67': Attempt missed. Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 68': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Gonçalo Guedes replaces Carlos Forbs.
- 69': Attempt saved. Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 69': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Mark Flekken.
- 69': Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 70': Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Attempt saved. Kevin Schade (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard with a through ball.
- 75': Attempt saved. Sepp van den Berg (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vitaly Janelt with a cross.
- 75': Foul by Craig Dawson (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 75': Kevin Schade (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Substitution, Brentford. Fábio Carvalho replaces Kevin Schade.
- 77': Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmoliuk replaces Christian Nørgaard.
- 77': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde replaces João Gomes.
- 80': Attempt missed. Gonçalo Guedes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mario Lemina with a headed pass.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.
- 83': Offside, Brentford. Bryan Mbeumo is caught offside.
- 85': Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 85': Foul by Toti Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 86': Attempt missed. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 87': Foul by Vitaly Janelt (Brentford).
- 87': Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 87': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Nathan Collins.
- 88': Attempt saved. Craig Dawson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes with a cross.
- 89': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Ethan Pinnock.
- 90': Goal! Brentford 5, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2. Fábio Carvalho (Brentford) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Brentford. Yunus Konak replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Brentford. Mads Roerslev replaces Kristoffer Ajer.
- 90'+3': Foul by Yunus Konak (Brentford).
- 90'+3': Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matheus Cunha following a set piece situation.
- 90'+3': Goal! Brentford 5, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Yunus Konak (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Keane Lewis-Potter following a fast break.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Brentford 5, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.
- 0': Match ends, Brentford 5, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.
Statistics
 WOL |
BRE |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 5 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 7 | Saves | 3 |
| 56 | Possession | 44 |
| 17 | SHOTS | 19 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 12 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 376 | Accurate Passes | 283 |
| 478 | Passes | 365 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 13 |
| 20 | Crosses | 27 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 64 | Long Balls | 57 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 28 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 17 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 22 | Effective Clearances | 32 |
| 22 | Clearances | 32 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
Location: Brentford, England
Attendance: 16,960
Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
Location: Brentford, England
Attendance: 16,960
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 11 | +15 | 28 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 11 | +9 | 23 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 11 | +8 | 19 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 11 | +6 | 19 |
Line-Ups
Brentford (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Flekken (GK) |
| 5 | Ethan Pinnock |
| 22 | Nathan Collins |
| 20 | Kristoffer Ajer  |
| 4 | Sepp van den Berg |
| 24 | Mikkel Damsgaard |
| 6 | Christian Nørgaard |
| 27 | Vitaly Janelt |
| 7 | Kevin Schade |
| 23 | Keane Lewis-Potter |
| 19 | Bryan Mbeumo |
Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Sam Johnstone (GK) |
| 24 | Toti Gomes |
| 15 | Craig Dawson |
| 7 | André |
| 3 | Rayan Aït-Nouri |
| 22 | Nélson Semedo |
| 8 | João Gomes |
| 5 | Mario Lemina |
| 10 | Matheus Cunha |
| 26 | Carlos Forbs |
| 9 | Jørgen Strand Larsen |
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