Key occasions
33 min: Extra of the identical as Fulham press for an equaliser. Robinson and Nelson appear to be the house aspect’s largest menace. Roerslev seems just like the weak hyperlink for Brentford.
31 min: “Janelt’s aim is one among my favourite varieties, when a staff pings the ball round within the house in entrance of the opposition penalty field till one participant has two yards of house to himself, picks his spot and completely leathers it within the web. I guess Brentford have labored on methods to rating from distance”.
They scored seven from exterior the field final season, which had them joint ninth (with Fulham) within the Premier League desk of that metric.
28 min: Fulham are having fun with numerous possession in Brentford’s half however with the away aspect dropping deeper, there’s little house contained in the field. Jimenez isn’t getting a lot change out of Pinnock and Collins.
26 minutes: “Vitaly, wooooaah. Vitaly, woooooah. He comes from Germany. And now he’s a Bee”, sing the away followers. Actually a aim of the month contender proper there.
GOAL! Fulham 0-1 Brentford (Janelt 24)
Bassey loses the ball, Brentford alternate a few passes and Janelt let’s rip from 25 yards … and the ball flies into the highest nook. What successful! Out of nothing, Brentford are forward! Wow, that’s their first shot heading in the right direction.
22 min: Is Lewis-Potter good? Have watched him on numerous events and nonetheless don’t know.
20 min: Brentford merely can’t get out of Fulham’s press, with Berge patrolling the midfield, and Fulham so almost take the lead. Nelson, who has settled on being a left winger for now, bumbles his approach by means of a few challenges and fires simply broad! The house aspect are properly on high, however want one thing to point out for it.
17 min: Fulham followers should be loving this. That is absolutely their most enjoyable aspect for the reason that one which misplaced to Atlético within the 2010 Europa League closing.
15 min: Liquid soccer from Fulham! It’s one-touch stuff, with Smith Rowe, Andreas Pereira and Robinson all combining, the latter enjoying a superb move inside Brentford’s full again (Roerslev) to launch Smith Rowe, who tried to bend it contained in the far put up, however noticed his shot deflected broad for a nook. That would simply have deflected into Brentford’s web. Truthfully, that was one of many strikes of the season.
12 min: That is supposed as a praise however I’m unsure precisely the place Nelson is enjoying for Fulham. He’s popped up on each flanks and now drives ahead centrally within the No 10 place, carrying the ball a full 40 yards till Collins expertly barges him off the ball.
10 min: Flekken is down, seems like he has probably tweaked his knee? The Dutchman will proceed however is wincing. No Premier League keeper has made extra saves than Flekken, on 47 stops.
8 min: Almost an personal aim, as Robinson shepherds the ball again in direction of Leno. Mbeumo offers the Fulham full-back a shove and the ball almost deflects previous Leno, who will get one thing on the ball. Fulham scramble the ball away.
6 min: Nelson pops up on the left and drives unopposed into the Brentford field, forcing Flekken into a pointy save at his close to put up. The ball rebounds again to Nelson however Flekken once more closes the angle. Good double save!
4 min: Pinnock, pressured in direction of his personal nook flag with a wayward move, does exceptionally properly to maintain the ball in and skip previous Nelson to start out a Brentford assault.
“When Thomas Frank praises Ethan Pinnock for having been a mountain for Brentford, I ponder how Sepp van den Berg should really feel (Berg is Dutch for ‘mountain’)”, e mail Peter Oh.
Van den Berg, usually a centre-back, is enjoying left again tonight. A knock-off Gvardiol, when you like.
2 min: Fulham begin properly, and Smith Rowe is on the coronary heart of it, linking the play properly exterior Brentford’s field and establishing Jimenez for a (weak) shot, straight at Flekken.
Peeeeeeeep! We’re off.
The groups are out! Emile Smith Rowe’s socks are pulled suitably low. Two wreaths are laid within the centre circle in honour of Remembrance Day, which is every week immediately. The Final Put up is performed and impeccably noticed.
“Certainly Peterborough are the Poshest membership in England”, emails Richard Hirst, an “An unposh Fulham supporter”.
You’ve carried out me, Richard.
Craven Cottage is a particular floor, isn’t it?
That is the present Premier League desk.
Fulham are undoubtedly the poshest membership in England. Does anybody know of a posher membership on the earth? Standard solutions to michael.butler@theguardian.com or by way of X: @michaelbutler18.
Traoré has been a bit hit or miss lately, so not that stunning to see Marco Silva drop him to the bench for Reiss Nelson, who joins former Gunners Bernd Leno, Emile Smith Rowe and Alex Iwobi in Fulham’s beginning XI. And what a substitute Traoré is to convey on later within the sport when Brentford legs are cramping up.
Simply in case you missed this after Brentford’s final sport, this was fairly some speech by Thomas Frank in congratulating Ethan Pinnock on 100 Premier League appearances. Pinnock, who performed non-league soccer with Dulwich Hamlet for the primary six years of his profession, begins once more tonight for No 101.
The groups!
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Andreas Pereira, Berge, Nelson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Jimenez.
Subs: Benda, Reed, Wilson, Rodrigo Muniz, Cairney, Traore, Castagne, Sessegnon, Diop.
Brentford: Flekken, Roerslev, Collins, Pinnock, van den Berg, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Lewis-Potter, Wissa.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Schade, Jensen, Carvalho, Mee, Yarmolyuk, Meghoma, Konak, Maghoma.
Preamble
Good day everybody. Fulham and Brentford could be as totally different as Harrods is to Hounslow, however proper now the 2 west London golf equipment are eerily related. Having misplaced their finest participant in the summertime (João Palhinha and Ivan Toney), the 2 golf equipment have began this season properly, all issues thought-about, and lie eleventh and twelfth respectively, one level aside, each with a web aim distinction of zero.
Fulham are arguably the stronger staff proper now, however Brentford have the higher supervisor. Each will likely be aiming for a top-half end, however would most likely take survival come the season’s finish. Either side have come near beating Metropolis on the Etihad this season and each have misplaced to Manchester United. The purpose is, no person is aware of what the ceiling or the underside is for both aspect. And that, like watching Adama Traoré, is sort of thrilling.
It’s a derby beneath the lights. Be part of me.
Kick-off: 8pm GMT.
