Brentford vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Brentford fuelled their ambition of playing European football with a 3-2 home victory over fellow hopefuls Fulham to extend their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 12 games on Monday.
Ivan Toney’s second-half penalty and a late effort by Mathias Jensen sealed the points for ninth-placed Brentford against their west London rivals to edge them closer to the European qualification places.
Toney, who is facing FA charges and a possible ban after alleged breaches of gambling rules, coolly slotted his kick past Fulham keeper Bernd Leno in the 53rd minute after a clumsy foul by Issa Diop on Christian Norgaard.
Jensen then tapped in from a tight angle after a superb run and cut back by Kevin Schade in the 85th minute to kill of a below-par Fulham whose four-game unbeaten run came to an end.
Brentford had taken an early lead with a deflected shot by Ethan Pinnock but Fulham hit back shortly before halftime when Manor Solomon scored for the fourth successive league match.
Fulham’s Carlos Vinicius did grab a stoppage-time consolation with almost the last kick but Thomas Frank’s Brentford side are now unbeaten in the Premier League since October and have 38 points from 24 games, one point behind seventh-placed Fulham and four behind fifth-placed Liverpool.
Brentford vs Fulham
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Brentford vs Fulham
Brentford have never lost a Premier League game in which they've scored first (W17 D4), with 10 of those matches coming this season (W8 D2). However, they're one of just three sides yet to win when conceding first so far in 2022-23 (D6 L4).
Brentford vs Fulham
Marco Silva makes five changes from their win over Leeds last time out. Leno returns in goal, with Tete, Diop, Reed and Solomon, whose recent goalscoring form has earned him a first Premier League start, all coming in. Rodak, Cedric, Adarabioyo and Wilson start on the bench, while Joao Palhinha is suspended after picking up 10 bookings already this season.
Brentford vs Fulham
Thomas Frank makes just one change to the side that snatched a very late draw with Crystal Palace two weeks ago. Damsgaard comes in to replace Dasilva, who drops to the bench. They're boosted by the returns of Jansson and Onyeka, who are both fit enough for the bench.
Brentford vs Fulham
FULHAM SUBS: Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Tosin Adarabioyo, Harry Wilson, Marek Rodak, Daniel James, George Wickens, Cedric Soares, Carlos Vinicius, Luke Harris.
Brentford vs Fulham
FULHAM STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Kenny Tete, Issa Diop, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson; Harrison Reed, Sasa Lukic; Willian, Andreas Pereira, Manor Solomon; Aleksandr Mitrovic.
Brentford vs Fulham
BRENTFORD SUBS: Pontus Jansson, Shandon Baptiste, Vitaly Janelt, Matthew Cox, Mads Roerslev, Kevin Schade, Kristoffer Ajer, Josh Dasilva, Frank Onyeka.
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