English Premier League

Southampton vs Brentford 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 5': Jan Bednarek
  • 37': Álvaro Fernández (OG)
  • 49': Armando Broja
  • 70': Ché Adams
FT
4 - 1
  • 23': Vitaly Janelt

Southampton hammer Brentford 4-1 as new owner watches on

Southampton marked their first Premier League game since last week's takeover in fine style by hammering Brentford 4-1 on Tuesday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Goal! Southampton 1, Brentford 0. Jan Bednarek (Southampton) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
  • 23': Goal! Southampton 1, Brentford 1. Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a cross.
  • 37': Own Goal by Álvaro Fernández, Brentford. Southampton 2, Brentford 1.
  • 45'+2': Ivan Toney (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Southampton 2, Brentford 1.
  • 49': Goal! Southampton 3, Brentford 1. Armando Broja (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Oriol Romeu with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 56': Substitution, Brentford. Yoane Wissa replaces Shandon Baptiste.
  • 65': Substitution, Southampton. Che Adams replaces Nathan Redmond because of an injury.
  • 68': Substitution, Brentford. Mathias Jensen replaces Ethan Pinnock.
  • 70': Substitution, Southampton. Stuart Armstrong replaces Nathan Tella because of an injury.
  • 70': Goal! Southampton 4, Brentford 1. Che Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ibrahima Diallo.
  • 76': Substitution, Brentford. Finley Stevens replaces Sergi Canós because of an injury.
  • 78': Substitution, Southampton. Adam Armstrong replaces Armando Broja because of an injury.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Southampton 4, Brentford 1.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 27,383

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+26 Arsenal 21 49 2
+26 Manchester City 21 43 4
+9 Aston Villa 21 43 4
+4 Liverpool 21 35 6
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Statistics

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8 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
2 Corner Kicks 5
3 Saves 3
51.1 Possession 48.9
5 SHOTS 12
4 ON GOAL 6
0.8 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
313 Accurate Passes 304
428 Passes 407
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.7
4 Accurate Crosses 3
13 Crosses 19
0.3 Cross % 0.2
57 Long Balls 60
22 Accurate Long Balls 15
0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
1 Blocked Shots 2
6 Effective Tackles 8
15 Tackles 16
0.4 Tackle % 0.5
7 Interceptions 16
14 Effective Clearances 20
14 Clearances 20

Line-Ups

SOU Southampton (3-5-2)

No. Name
44 Fraser Forster (GK)
4 Lyanco
22 Mohammed Salisu
35 Jan Bednarek
27 Ibrahima Diallo
8 James Ward-Prowse
6 Oriol Romeu
15 Romain Perraud
23 Nathan Tella
18 Armando Broja
11 Nathan Redmond

BRE Brentford (3-5-2)

No. Name
40 Álvaro Fernández (GK)
18 Pontus Jansson
5 Ethan Pinnock
20 Kristoffer Ajer
26 Shandon Baptiste
27 Vitaly Janelt
6 Christian Nørgaard
7 Sergi Canós
30 Mads Roerslev
17 Ivan Toney Yellow Card
19 Bryan Mbeumo

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