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Key occasions
65 min: Tavernier shoots excessive over the bar from the sting of the realm.
63 min: Brentford’s followers attraction for a penalty after recognizing a tug on the arm of Schade by Huijsen because the Brentford winger skipped previous him. There was positively a tug however neither the ref nor VAR deemed it sufficient of a tug. If the ref had given a spot-kick, I don’t suppose VAR would have suggested him to overturn his determination.
62 min: Evanilson advances down the inside-left and tries to sq. the ball for the ready Semenyo, just for Flekken to chop out his cross.
61 min: Brentford nook. Mbeumo’s supply is dire, permitting Kluivert to go clear earlier than the ball will get anyplace near the close to publish.
58 min: Kerkez blocks a shot from Mbeumo.
56 min: Displaying no religion in his proper foot, Marcus Tavernier tries to get the ball on to his left earlier than taking pictures from a good angle. His hesitation affords Pinnock the couple of seconds he must get again and block.
55 min: Dean Huijsen is harshly penalised for a non-foul on Wissa and Brentford have a free-kick broad on the left, according to the sting of the Bournemouth penalty space. Bryan Mbeumo sends the ball into the field and the linesman raises his flag.
54 min: Brentford get our bodies ahead for a free-kick simply contained in the Bournemouth half, which Mark Flekken makes the lengthy journey out of his aim to take. He shouldn’t have bothered.
52 min: Ryan Christie boots the ball lengthy out of the Bournemouth defence however Evanilson is unable to take it down below stress from Keane Lewis-Potter.
50 min: Ryan Christie is fouled by Damsgaard and Bournemouth have a free-kick in a very good place on the left. Tavernier sends the ball into the Brentford penalty space, the place Nathan Collins heads the ball away.
49 min: Kluivert wins a nook for Bournemouth. The inswinger in the direction of the close to publish is thumped clear courtesy of a meaty Ethan Pinnock header.
47 min: Oof! Antoine Semenyo will get between defenders and smashes a header off the crossbar after getting on the tip of a Kluivert cross. He ought to have scored!
Second half: Bournemouth 1-1 Brentford
46 min: Play resumes and in a half-time interview with Sky Sports activities, Andoni Iraola says he thought his workforce began effectively however dropped off after the primary 20 minutes. Evidently, he says he hopes his gamers begin the second half in the identical manner they began the primary. There are not any adjustments in personnel on both aspect.
An e mail: “You’ve bought the flawed Tavernier brother at 42 minutes Barry,” writes Gerry Scott. “James is presently struggling to get to sleep worrying about what Daizen Maeda goes to do to him tomorrow.”
Half-time: Bournemouth 1-1 Brentford
Peep! Craig Pawson attracts the primary half to an in depth with a shrill blast of his whistle and the perimeters adjourn to their respective dressing-rooms with the scores all sq.. Bournemouth went forward when Vitaly Janelt unwittingly diverted a Milos Kirkez cross into his personal web however their opener was cancelled out by a towering header from Yoane Wissa from Bryan Mbeumo’s nook kick. It’s been an end-to-end sport, with loads of ebb and circulation. Extra please …
45+1 min: Antoine Semenyo tries his luck with a shot from simply exterior the Brentford penalty space. His effort sails over the bar. And that’s yer lot for the primary half …
44 min: It’s been an entertaining first half, with each side touchdown punches. Brentford have in all probability had the higher of the probabilities however are missing a bit little bit of cutting-edge up entrance. We’ll have a minute of added time earlier than the break.
42 min: James Marcus Tavernier performs a slide rule cross to Evanilson within the Brentford field. Together with his again to aim, the Brazilian controls the ball, turns and sends a low diagonal effort broad of the far upright.
40 min: Schade activates his afterburners, will get the run on Huijsen down the ringht wing and squares the ball throughout the face of the Bournemouth aim. Extremely, there’s no one in a pink shirt available to faucet it house.
38 min: Not as adept at getting the ball on the right track on the finish of the pitch that issues, Janelt blazes over below stress from a Bournemouth defender after connecting with a Kristoffer Ajer pullback from the byline. It was Damsgaard who performed Ajer in behind with a fantastically weighted cross.
35 min: Dean Huijsen curls an exquisite ball throughout the face of the Brentford aim, choosing out Evanilson on the far publish. The Bournemouth striker stretches each sinew in his try and steer the ball beneath the crossbar however Flekken saves.
34 min: One other Brentford nook and the ball breaks to Schade, who fires narrowly broad together with his shot on the flip. That was a good probability!
32 min: Springheeled Yoane Wissa jumped early to succeed in that Mbeumo supply and appeared to hold within the air. Kepa rushed out to attempt to declare the ball however didn’t get close to it, making the Brentford striker’s job simpler.
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-1 Brentford (Wissa 30)
Brentford equalise! Bryan Mbeumo sends the nook to the far publish, the place Wissa rises unchallenged to ship a header previous Kepa. It appeared pretty easy, however Wissa rushes to the Brentford bench to have a good time with Keith Andrews, the set-piece coach.
30 min: Tyler Adams punches the air in celebration after sliding in to stop Damsgaard pulling the ball into the penalty from the byline. His celebration is shortlived as Brentford rating from the nook …
28 min: Kerkez intercepts a Yoane Wissa cross and Bournemouth advance. A Justin Kluivert effort from distance deflects off Janelt however on this event, Flekken is available to stop the ball trundling previous him.
26 min: Not a terrific deal occurs at appreciable size. 4 minutes to be precise. Brentford are on the ball and Wissa latches on to a cross in behind from Norgaard solely to slice his shot from a slim angle horribly broad.
22 min: Wissa performs a good ball into Kevin Schade in a harmful place not too removed from the penalty spot, however a poor contact ruins any probability the German had of getting a shot away. It’s not fairly taking place for Brentford once they get close to the Bournemouth aim.
20 min: Christian Norgaard receives a cross inside from Bryan Mbeumo and stands the ball up on the far publish, the place Kevin Schade can not get sufficient energy on his downward header to hassle Kepa Arrizabalaga.
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-0 Brentford (Janelt 18og)
Bournemouth lead! The ball is performed broad to Semenyo, who picks out a very good underlapping run up his inside by Kerkez. His cross is diverted into the Brentford web off the shoulder of Vitaly Janelt.
16 min: Brentford win a throw-in simply inside their very own half and Keane Lewis-Potter pleads with any person, anyone in a Brentford shirt to make a run so he can chuck the ball their manner. With a pianed expression on his face, he throws it straight to any person in a Bournemouth shirt.
14 min: Ethan Pinnock ambles upfield and seven-irons a protracted cross in the direction of Kevin Schade, who’s crushed within the air. Bournemouth clear their strains.
12 min: Keane Lewis-Potter glides into the Bournemouth with the ball at his toes however eschews a superb taking pictures alternative in favour of laying the ball off to Kevin Schade, who virtually definitely wasn’t anticipating the cross and miscontrols. One other good Brentford probability goes to waste.
11 min: Vitaly Janelt picks out Mikkel Damsgaard with a pull-back from the byline however the Brentford midfielder’s first contact within the Bournemouth penalty space is a poor one. An excellent probability goes a begging.
9 min: Dean Huijsen advances in the direction of the Brentford penalty space and unleashes a shot. Nathan Collins stands out a leg to place the ball out for a nook, from which nothing comes.
8 min: Bournemouth nook, their first of the sport. Kluivert’s inswinger is punched clear bvy Mark Flekken.
7 min: Milos Kerkez tries to pick Semenyo with a protracted ball from deep however overhits his cross. The ball bounces right through to Mark Flekken within the Brentford aim.
6 min: Bournemouth get ahead once more and Evanilson has a shot from simply exterior the penalty space blocked moments after Antoine Semenyo had gone to floor simply beside him. Bournemouth’s followers attraction for a penalty however tellingly, the house gamers don’t.
3 min: Play is stopped as Keane Lewis-Potter goes to floor with a head damage after touchdown face first on the turf following an aerial problem with Marcus Tavernier. He’s OK.
2 min: An early probability for Bournemouth as Milos Kerkez shoots by site visitors after being teed up by a Semenyo pull-back. He doesn’t get sufficient welly on his shot to hassle Mark Flekken unduly.
Bournemouth v Brentford is go …
1 min: Bournemouth get the ball rolling on a sunny night on the Vitality Stadium. They put on their typical house package, whereas the gamers of Brentford are a imaginative and prescient in pink shirts, maroon shorts and pink socks.
Not lengthy now: Referee Craig Pawson and his fellow match officers lead each units of gamers out for what’s going to hopefully be a kind of Derby of Good between two of the highest flight’s extra entertaining, largely likeable and inoffensive groups.
Lewis Prepare dinner and Christian Norgaard are the skippers, with the previous presumably questioning what he has to do to get in an England squad the place a 34-year-old Ajax substitute is getting the nod forward of him. OK, so Prepare dinner has been taking part in at right-back for lots of this season however for my cash there isn’t a higher English defensive midfielder. It’s prison that he solely has one cap to his identify, which got here seven years in the past.
Andoni Iraola: “We’re in a very good second”
Requested about his aspect’s latest wobble in kind throughout his pre-match press convention, Andoni Iraola identified that whereas his aspect’s final three outcomes might need been poor, their performances had been respectable. “The worst sport [against Wolves] was completely different as a result of we had 10 gamers. Towards Brighton and Spurs, we performed superb video games towards good opposition. We solely bought one level, however we saved the identical degree of efficiency. To win video games we now have to vary issues, however I believe we’re in a very good second.”
On Brentford: “They’re all the time environment friendly,” he stated. “They don’t change their beginning XI quite a bit and their sport administration is absolutely good. They’ve scored late objectives towards us in video games we must always have taken extra factors from. We now have to be full and play the 100 minutes as a result of they’re all the time there and stable of their efficiency.”
A supervisor who is nearly definitely on the radar of extra elite golf equipment than Bournemouth, Iraola has turn out to be accustomed to being requested about his future. “I’m very completely happy,” he stated yesterday. “I’ve stated it lots of occasions.”
Thomas Frank: “They’re having a superb season”
Thomas Frank was effusive in his reward for each his personal workforce and Bournemouth throughout his pre-match press convention. “Bournemouth have been actually, actually spectacular,” the Brentford supervisor stated.
“They’re the very best workforce within the league on these half transitions. They choose up the second ball and drive ahead with their entrance 4. They’re having a superb season. Each groups are having a superb season. I like the best way they press, they press extraordinarily aggressively. We have to do effectively towards that stress. They’re superb at taking part in direct and in behind, which is what they continuously do, and do very effectively.”
Frank additionally added that, like the remainder of us little question, he’s wanting ahead to this night’s battle between his proper winger Bryan Mbeumo and Bournemouth’s extremely regarded left-back Milos Kerkez.
An e mail: “What a season it has been for Forest!” writes Krishnamoorthy. “Brian Clough would have been so proud. How most of the Guardian writers guessed Forest within the high 4, actually?”
I do not know what number of Guardian writers tipped Forest to complete within the high 4 however my educated guess could be none. I can solely communicate for myself and I tipped them to be relegated.
Evidently, I’m wanting ahead to all these Forest followers blessed with the good thing about 20-20 hindsight ridiculing me for my stupidity, whereas overlooking the truth that they virtually definitely presumed their workforce would wrestle too.
I’m additionally not satisfied that Brian Clough could be happy with this Forest aspect. My guess is that he could be appalled by a mode of play through which they habitually concede the lion’s share of possession to their opponents and attempt to hit them on the break. I’m unsure Outdated Massive ‘Ead would approve of that method in any respect, nevertheless profitable it is perhaps for Nuno’s aspect.
Right now’s Premier League outcomes
Wolves recover from the road towards Southampton, whereas Ipswich’s defeat by the hands of Nottingham Forest means the aspect from Molineux are 9 factors away from the drop zone. Forest at the moment are only a level behind Arsenal in second, albeit having performed one sport extra.
Manchester Metropolis’s draw with Brighton leaves them in fifth place, one level away from Newcastle and the Seagulls, with tomorrow’s Carabao Cup finalists from the north-east having performed one sport fewer. A win for Bournemouth right this moment will take them to sixth place within the desk, a degree behind Metropolis.
Right now’s match officers
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Referee: Craig Pawson.
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Assistants: Timothy Wooden and Wade Smith.
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Fourth official: David Webb.
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VAR: Paul Tierney.
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Assistant VAR: Lee Betts.
These groups: As anticipated, Illia Zabarnyi returns from the Naughty Step to take his place in Bournemouth’s defence. It’s Andoni Iraola’s solely change to the workforce that lined up towards Spurs final weekend. James Hill drops to the bench, having deputised ably for Zabarnyi throughout his suspension.
Brentford area the identical aspect that began their sport towards Aston Villa final weekend, a match through which they’d two reliable penalty appeals turned down and had been maybe a bit unfortunate to lose.
Bournemouth v Brentford line-ups
Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga, Prepare dinner, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Christie, Adams, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson.
Subs: Dennis, Brooks, Scott, Ouattara, Sinisterra, Soler, Jebbison, Hill, Winterburn.
Brentford: Flekken, Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade, Wissa.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Van den Berg, Mee, Yarmolyuk, Konak, Maghoma, Kim, Morgan, Fredrick.
Early workforce information
Usually serenaded by Bournemouth followers who’ve tailor-made the lyrics of Whitney Houston’s ‘I Wanna Dance With Someone’ in homage to their Ukrainian centre-back, Illia Zabarnyi is predicted to start out right this moment after serving a three-match ban. Out injured since November, Julian Araujo and Marcos Senesi are each again in coaching however is not going to function right this moment. Adam Smith and Enes Unal stay sidelined.
Throughout his pre-match press convention, Thomas Frank stated there may be “a very good probability” Brentford defender Sepp van den Berg might be again right this moment after three matches out with a knee damage. Michael Kayode, Aaron Hickey and Rico Henry are all again in full coaching however are unlikely to be match sufficient to function, whereas Josh Dasilva, Igor Thiago, Fabio Carvalho and Gustavo Nunes are all out.
Premier League: Bournemouth v Brentford
With out a win in three Premier League video games following defeats by the hands of Wolves and Brighton adopted by final Sunday’s draw towards Tottenham Hotspur, Bournemouth welcome a Brentford aspect in search of a membership file fifth consecutive high flight win on the highway to the Vitality Stadium.
Regardless of their poor latest outcomes, Bournemouth haven’t truly performed that badly and really monstered Spurs final Sunday, solely to present them a degree courtesy of an act of pointless largesse on the a part of their goalkeeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Qualification for subsequent season’s Champions League stays a really actual risk for Andoni Iraola’s aspect however this night they host a Brentford aspect with European aspirations of their very own. Kick-off on the Vitality Stadium is at 5.30pm (GMT) however we’ll have workforce information and build-up within the meantime.