English Premier League

Brentford vs Norwich City 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 60': Rico Henry
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1 - 2
  • 6': Mathias Normann
  • 29': Teemu Pukki (P)

Normann, Pukki score as Norwich City beat Brentford for first win of season

Mathias Normann scored a brilliant solo goal and Teemu Pukki netted a first-half penalty as struggling Norwich City beat Brentford 2-1.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Ivan Toney (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 6': Goal! Brentford 0, Norwich City 1. Mathias Normann (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 12': Substitution, Brentford. Charlie Goode replaces Zanka because of an injury.
  • 28': Charlie Goode (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 29': Goal! Brentford 0, Norwich City 2. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 32': Mathias Normann (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Second Half begins Brentford 0, Norwich City 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Vitaly Janelt.
  • 52': Andrew Omobamidele (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 60': Goal! Brentford 1, Norwich City 2. Rico Henry (Brentford) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Saman Ghoddos with a cross.
  • 69': Substitution, Brentford. Marcus Forss replaces Rico Henry.
  • 74': Substitution, Norwich City. Dimitris Giannoulis replaces Kieran Dowell.
  • 78': Substitution, Norwich City. Joshua Sargent replaces Teemu Pukki.
  • 90': Max Aarons (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Substitution, Norwich City. Adam Idah replaces Milot Rashica.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 16,837

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+29 Arsenal 24 53 3
+26 Manchester City 24 47 5
+9 Aston Villa 24 46 6
+8 Manchester United 24 41 5
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Statistics

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13 Fouls 12
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 6
6 Saves 4
35.5 Possession 64.5
9 SHOTS 19
5 ON GOAL 7
0.6 On Target % 0.4
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
211 Accurate Passes 435
313 Passes 559
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 11
11 Crosses 35
0.1 Cross % 0.3
77 Long Balls 77
24 Accurate Long Balls 45
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 7
7 Effective Tackles 14
16 Tackles 19
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
8 Interceptions 3
36 Effective Clearances 10
36 Clearances 10

Line-Ups

BRE Brentford (3-5-2)

No. Name
40 Álvaro Fernández (GK)
18 Pontus Jansson
5 Ethan Pinnock
22 Mathias Jørgensen
27 Vitaly Janelt
8 Mathias Jensen
6 Christian Nørgaard
3 Rico Henry
7 Sergi Canós
17 Ivan Toney Yellow Card
19 Bryan Mbeumo

NOR Norwich City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Tim Krul (GK)
4 Ben Gibson
44 Andrew Omobamidele Yellow Card
21 Brandon Williams
2 Max Aarons Yellow Card
20 Pierre Lees-Melou
23 Kenny McLean
16 Mathias Normann
22 Teemu Pukki
17 Milot Rashica
10 Kieran Dowell

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