Brentford returned to winning ways, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 at Molineux Stadium to ease their fears of getting dragged into a relegation battle.
Christian Norgaard and Ivan Toney were the scorers as the Bees kept their first clean sheet in 13 matches, moving them to 14th, six points clear of the bottom three.
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How the match unfolded
Both sides were unchanged from their respective fixtures in Matchweek 23.
In the opening minutes in-form Neal Maupay had two great chances to give Brentford the lead. The forward’s first shot was deflected wide from close range by Jose Sa. From the resulting corner, an unmarked Maupay headed low but the Wolves ‘keeper did well to get down and parry away.
The contest was end-to-end, with Pedro Neto bursting through on goal, but the Wolves attacker was unable to guide his shot past Mark Flekken.
At the other end, Mads Roerslev skied his rebound after the ball fell fortunately towards him at the back post.
Brentford eventually took the lead in the 35th minute through Norgaard, who powerfully headed in a near-post corner from January signing Sergio Reguilon.
Neto came close to equalising, heading down Pablo Sarabia’s cross, but again Flekken did well to get down quickly to palm the ball off the line and on to the post.
The hosts started the second half fast as Rayan Ait-Nouri released Neto, whose shot was deflected on to a post. In the 50th minute Craig Dawson glanced in a Neto cross after a corner, but the goal was overturned for offside after a VAR review.
Wolves continued to put pressure on Brentford’s back line, but, after losing top scorer Matheus Cunha to injury in the 20th minute, Gary O’Neil’s side couldn’t create a clear-cut chance. And they were punished by Toney in the 77th minute.
The loss means Wolves remain 10th on 32 points, but could drop to 11th if Chelsea win their match at Crystal Palace on Monday.
| Position Pos | Club | Played Pl | GD | Points Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 |
West Ham
WHU
|
38 | -14 | 52 |
| 10 |
Crystal Palace
CRY
|
38 | -1 | 49 |
| 11 |
Brighton
BHA
|
38 | -7 | 48 |
| 12 |
Bournemouth
BOU
|
38 | -13 | 48 |
| 13 |
Fulham
FUL
|
38 | -6 | 47 |
| 14 |
Wolves
WOL
|
38 | -15 | 46 |
| 15 |
Everton
EVE
|
38 | -11 | 40 |
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Key facts
Brentford have won their first away league match outside London since March last year (2-0 at Southampton), ending a 10-match winless run in such games (D2 L8).
Brentford kept their first clean sheet across their last 13 Premier League matches, since their 2-0 victory at Chelsea in October. It ended their longest run without a shutout in the competition.
Wolves had 17 shots in this match, their highest tally in a home Premier League match without scoring since October 2022 v Leicester City (21 shots).
Ivan Toney has three Premier League goals against Wolves, his joint-highest tally against a single opponent in the competition.
