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Brentford and Arsenal Share the Spoils in Tense Draw at Brentford Community Stadium
London, England – Brentford and Arsenal played to a 1-1 draw at the Brentford Community Stadium in a match that left both teams wanting more. The game, corresponding to matchday 26 of the 2025 Premier League season, was marked by intensity and numerous fouls.
Arsenal dominated possession with 60%, but failed to translate it into a lead on the scoreboard. Nevertheless, N. Madueke opened the scoring for the Gunners in the 61st minute, assisted by P. Hincapie. However, the joy was short-lived for the visitors, as K. Lewis-Potter equalized for Brentford in the 71st minute, assisted by S. van den Berg.
The match was characterized by a stop-start game and an accumulation of yellow cards. V. Janelt, K. Andrews, M. Jensen, and D. Ouattara were cautioned for Brentford, while Gabriel and V. Gyokeres received yellow cards for Arsenal.
Brentford, with 40% possession, proved solid defensively and capitalized on one of their few opportunities to equalize. Despite having more shots (11 compared to Arsenal’s 7), only 3 were on target. Arsenal, on the other hand, only managed to direct 2 of their 7 shots at the opponent’s goal. Both teams finished with a high number of fouls, 12 for Brentford and 11 for Arsenal. Referee John Brooks had a busy night at the Brentford Community Stadium.
Substitutions arsenal: at minute 46 E. Eze came in and M. Odegaard went out., at minute 70 N. Madueke came in and B. Saka went out., at minute 81 L. Trossard came in and G. Martinelli went out., at minute 81 P. Hincapie came in and R. Calafiori went out.
Substitutions brentford: at minute 73 K. Lewis-Potter came in and M. Damsgaard went out., at minute 73 Y. Yarmolyuk came in and J. Henderson went out., at minute 90 R. Henry came in and A. Hickey went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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