Welcome back to another season of Premier League football with Eurosport’s Live coverage of Brentford and Arsenal at the Brentford Community Stadium. Both teams will be looking together their seasons off to win, so this should make for a brilliant opening game. All the stats, facts and team news to follow with kickoff at 20:00 GMT.
Premier League / Matchday 1
Gtech Community Stadium / 13.08.2021
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- S. Canos(22')
- C. Nørgaard(73')
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Updated 13/08/2021 at 20:55 GMT
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- Highlights
End of 2nd Half
90+5
Full time!!! Brentford are back in the Premier League with bang!! They have beaten Arsenal 2-0 at the Brentford Community Stadium. What a performance from the new boys.
90+3
Brentford still pressing the Arsenal defence in these late stages of the game
90'
5 minutes of added time to played
89'
Brentford are closing in on a massive win again Arsenal in their return to the top flight of English football
86'
Change for Mbeumo comes off for Forss
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On
M. Forss
Brentford
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Off
B. Mbeumo
Brentford
Hit Post / Hit Bar1
Wide3
84'
Arsenal win a corner with 5 minutes to go
82'
Change for Arsenal as Chambers comes off for Tavares
On
N. Tavares
Arsenal
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Off
C. Chambers
Arsenal
Blocked Shots1
Fouls1
Fouls against1
Free Kicks3
80'
CHANCE! It's almost 3-0 as Norgaard just can't get enough on the header to beat Leno
80'
Change for Brentford as Onyeka comes off for Bidstrup
On
M. Bidstrup
Brentford
Off
F. Onyeka
Brentford
Fouls3
Fouls against1
79'
Mbeumo cross is blocked and goes out for a corner
77'
Arsenal need to find a response and fast if they want anything out of this game
73'
GOAL!!!!! Norgaard gets on the end of the long throw and nods the ball into the back of the net. 2-0
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Goal
C. Nørgaard
Brentford
Goals1
On target1
Fouls1
Free Kicks1
72'
Mbeumo doing well up top and wins a throw in
72'
Thomas Frank plays the cheerleader as he calls on the home supports to cheer on their side
70'
Change for Arsenal Martinelli comes off for Nelson
On
R. Nelson
Arsenal
Off
G. Martinelli
Arsenal
Fouls1
Wide1
70'
Change for Brentford as Ajer comes off for Sörensen
On
M. Bech Sørensen
Brentford
Off
K. Ajer
Brentford
69'
Arsenal are camped in the Brentford half now, but Xhaka's shot flies over the bar
66'
It's end to end stuff now as Arsenal drive forward in search of a goal
65'
CHANCE! Brentford break quickly and the ball is spread wide to Canos, who's shot is just kept out by Leno
64'
CHANCE! Martinelli gets on the end of the corner, but his header just goes wide of the back post