Match ends, Brentford 3, Burnley 0.
Brentford claimed their first home win of the season as spectacular goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Saman Ghoddos helped the Bees to a valuable three points against struggling Burnley.
Mbeumo steered Neal Maupay's pass into the top corner just past the hour mark to double the hosts' lead after Yoana Wissa had broken the deadlock in the first half.
Ghoddos completed the scoring with three minutes remaining, arrowing a powerful shot into the far corner from the edge of the penalty area.
Thomas Frank's team, who conceded two stoppage time goals at Old Trafford a fortnight ago, got the opener their early dominance deserved when Wissa turned in Mbeumo's low cross at the far post.
Maupay, making his first Brentford start since May 2019, thought he had given the hosts an eighth-minute lead when he nodded home Nathan Collins' cutback from a tight angle, but the Frenchman's header was controversially disallowed for offside against Kristoffer Ajer.
Burnley improved in the second half and should have pulled a goal back when Lyle Foster teed up Luca Koleosho with the score at 2-0, but the teenager somehow scuffed his shot past the post with the goal at his mercy.
Clarets defender Connor Roberts picked up a second yellow card late on after dragging Wissa to the floor, before Ghoddos put the seal on a comfortable Brentford victory.
The Bees move six points clear of the relegation zone, while Burnley remain in the bottom three.
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Brentford claim much-needed win in style
Brentford were minutes away from a famous victory at Manchester United in their last game before the international break, Scott McTominay's late double condemning the Bees to a 2-1 defeat which manager Frank described as "brutal".
That was the sixth time this season that Frank's side had dropped points from a winning position but this time, after Wissa had opened the scoring against Burnley, the hosts managed not only to preserve their lead but added to it - courtesy of two superb efforts.
They could, and perhaps should, have been further ahead by half-time but Maupay, Frank Onyeka and Mbeumo all failed to make the most of opportunities.
Maupay will have felt particularly aggrieved after his early header was disallowed for offside against Ajer - who did not appear to be interfering with play when Mbeumo's free-kick left his boot.
The Everton loanee also dragged a low shot wide of the far post, had an effort cleared off the line by the retreating Dara O'Shea and had a fierce strike magnificently tipped over the crossbar by Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford.
There was little the 21-year-old could do about Brentford's second and third goals, however, as the Bees earned their first league win since beating London rivals Fulham more than two months ago.
Struggling Clarets leaking goals
Burnley registered their first victory of the campaign at Luton in their last away game but the defensive frailties that have plagued the Clarets for much of the season resurfaced at the Gtech Community Stadium.
The visitors were frustrated not to have been awarded a first-half penalty when Mike Tresor went to ground under Onyeka's challenge, but Brentford - who registered 15 attempts in the first half - would have been out of sight by the interval had it not been for Trafford.
The former Manchester City goalkeeper brilliantly kept out Christian Norgaard's drive after it had taken a wicked deflection off Wissa, before denying Maupay with another superb save.
Burnley were their own worst enemy at times, with O'Shea having to slide Maupay's shot off the line after Ameen Al-Dakhil had carelessly given away possession deep inside the Clarets half.
Vincent Kompany's team made a brighter start to the second period and should have made it 2-1 through Koleosho, but their hopes of getting anything from the game were all but ended when Roberts was given his marching orders with 12 minutes remaining.
The result means Burnley have lost seven of their opening nine matches in a top-flight campaign for the first time since 1888-89.
Player of the match
GhoddosSaman Ghoddos
Brentford
Avg
- Squad number14Player nameGhoddosAverage rating
8.09
- Squad number19Player nameMbeumoAverage rating
7.76
- Squad number11Player nameWissaAverage rating
7.70
- Squad number30Player nameRoerslevAverage rating
7.50
- Squad number33Player nameYarmolyukAverage rating
7.49
- Squad number6Player nameNørgaardAverage rating
7.47
- Squad number22Player nameCollinsAverage rating
7.38
- Squad number37Player nameOlakigbeAverage rating
7.24
- Squad number5Player namePinnockAverage rating
7.21
- Squad number7Player nameMaupayAverage rating
7.19
- Squad number27Player nameJaneltAverage rating
7.11
- Squad number8Player nameJensenAverage rating
7.10
- Squad number20Player nameAjerAverage rating
7.08
- Squad number15Player nameOnyekaAverage rating
7.02
- Squad number1Player nameFlekkenAverage rating
6.83
Burnley
Avg
- Squad number17Player nameFosterAverage rating
5.32
- Squad number1Player nameTraffordAverage rating
5.17
- Squad number24Player nameCullenAverage rating
4.97
- Squad number30Player nameKoleoshoAverage rating
4.93
- Squad number2Player nameO'SheaAverage rating
4.91
- Squad number25Player nameAmdouniAverage rating
4.78
- Squad number3Player nameTaylorAverage rating
4.78
- Squad number28Player nameAl DakhilAverage rating
4.73
- Squad number14Player nameRobertsAverage rating
4.71
- Squad number34Player nameBruun LarsenAverage rating
4.46
- Squad number31Player nameTrésorAverage rating
4.39
- Squad number47Player nameOdobertAverage rating
4.37
- Squad number16Player nameBergeAverage rating
4.34
- Squad number8Player nameBrownhillAverage rating
4.27
- Squad number15Player nameRedmondAverage rating
4.12
- Squad number44Player nameDelcroixAverage rating
3.50
Line-ups
Brentford
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Flekken
- 20AjerBooked at 46minsSubstituted forRoerslevat 76'minutes
- 22Collins
- 5Pinnock
- 27JaneltBooked at 85mins
- 15OnyekaBooked at 53minsSubstituted forGhoddosat 84'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 6Nørgaard
- 8JensenBooked at 69minsSubstituted forYarmolyukat 76'minutes
- 19Mbeumo
- 7MaupaySubstituted forOlakigbeat 88'minutes
- 11Wissa
Substitutes
- 13M Jorgensen
- 14Ghoddos
- 16Mee
- 21Strakosha
- 30Roerslev
- 33Yarmolyuk
- 36Kim
- 37Olakigbe
- 38Brierley
Burnley
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Trafford
- 14RobertsBooked at 78mins
- 28Al Dakhil
- 2O'Shea
- 3Taylor
- 24CullenBooked at 45mins
- 16BergeBooked at 32minsSubstituted forBrownhillat 66'minutes
- 31TrésorSubstituted forBruun Larsenat 66'minutesSubstituted forDelcroixat 80'minutes
- 25AmdouniSubstituted forRedmondat 76'minutes
- 47OdobertSubstituted forKoleoshoat 45'minutes
- 17Foster
Substitutes
- 4Cork
- 8Brownhill
- 9RodrÃguez
- 15Redmond
- 19Zaroury
- 30Koleosho
- 34Bruun Larsen
- 44Delcroix
- 49Muric
- Referee:
- Josh Smith
- Attendance:
- 17,029
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home50%
- Away50%
- Shots
- Home23
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home10
- Away1
- Corners
- Home5
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home14
- Away12
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Brentford 3, Burnley 0.
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Attempt missed. Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Booking
Saman Ghoddos (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Josh Brownhill (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Saman Ghoddos (Brentford).
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Attempt missed. Saman Ghoddos (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
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Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Charlie Taylor.
Substitution
Substitution, Brentford. Michael Olakigbe replaces Neal Maupay.
Goal!
Goal! Brentford 3, Burnley 0. Saman Ghoddos (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Booking
Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Nathan Redmond (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Vitaly Janelt (Brentford).
Substitution
Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Frank Onyeka.
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Foul by Lyle Foster (Burnley).
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Yoane Wissa (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Charlie Taylor (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Christian Nørgaard (Brentford).
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Dara O'Shea (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford).
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That aside, 3 red cards already is ridiculous. Probably not far off as many in Dyche's entire tenure. So physically weak and technically below the level required, fouling & timewasting is all they offer. Kompany is quickly losing the credit he banked last season for me.
In fact it’s usually the opposite with Thomas Frank who’s never kicked a ball but is one of top 5 managers in Europe right now.
You are buzzing again and have found your sting!
Not sure what Kompany or any Manager in the World could do !