Brentford vs Liverpool - Premier League, Regular Season - 7 (Sat, 17 October 2026)
Premier League Regular Season - 7 Full time
- Goal: Lewis-Potter 44'
- Red card: Yarmoliuk 45+8'
- Red card: Janelt 90+2'
- Goal: Muñoz 62'
- Goal: Isak 70'
Brentford Community Stadium, London
Match reportLiverpool's comeback at Brentford was about more than a red cardLiverpool came from behind to beat Brentford 2-1, with Wirtz creating, Muñoz equalising and Isak scoring after two Brentford red cards. Events
First half
- 31' Yellow card: Bradley Barcola
- 32' Substitution: Dominik SzoboszlaiTreymaurice Nyoni
- 41' VAR: Alexis Mac Allister VAR: Penalty cancelled
- Goal: Keane Lewis-Potter assist: Igor Thiago 1-0 44'
- 45' Substitution: Ronald AraujoJeremie Frimpong
- Substitution: Dango OuattaraKevin Schade 45'
- Substitution: Mathias JensenMamadou Sangare 45'
- VAR: Yehor Yarmoliuk VAR: Card upgrade confirmed 45+5'
- Red card: Yehor Yarmoliuk 45+8'
Second half
- Yellow card: Igor Thiago 46'
- 49' Yellow card: Jérémy Jacquet
- 52' Substitution: Jeremie FrimpongRio Ngumoha
- 53' Yellow card: Alexis Mac Allister
- Yellow card: Kevin Schade 60'
- 62' Goal: Víctor Muñoz assist: Florian Wirtz 1-1
- Yellow card: Vitaly Janelt 63'
- 70' Goal: Alexander Isak assist: Bradley Barcola 1-2
- Substitution: Sepp van den BergAaron Hickey 71'
- Substitution: Keane Lewis-PotterEl Hadji Malick Diouf 77'
- Substitution: Jaidon AnthonyMikkel Damsgaard 77'
- 79' Substitution: Alexander IsakLewis Koumas
- 79' Substitution: Víctor MuñozJoe Gomez
- Red card: Vitaly Janelt 90+2'
Stats
BrentfordLiverpool
- 40% Possession 60%
- 10 Shots 21
- 2 On target 5
- 0.90 xG 1.54
- 3 Corners 9
- 7 Fouls 13
All stats
- 329 Passes 499
- 3 Saves 1
- 1 Offsides 2
- 2 Yellow cards 3
- 2 Red cards 0
Player of the match
VMVíctor Muñoz
Liverpool· 1 goalStories
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Brentford red card controversy overshadows Liverpool win Keith Andrews accepted Yehor Yarmoliuk's red card at Brentford but called the opposition “cute, clever”, turning Liverpool's win into a controversy story. -
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Florian Wirtz delivers at Brentford, but Liverpool's shape still looks open Florian Wirtz created nine open-play chances in Liverpool's 2-1 win at Brentford, but Danny Murphy says the shape still looks too open. -
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Dominik Szoboszlai injury cuts comeback short Dominik Szoboszlai lasted only about half an hour on his return at Brentford, leaving Liverpool with another injury concern. -
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Brentford vs Liverpool: unbeaten hosts meet injury doubts Brentford’s unbeaten Premier League start meets a Liverpool side carrying multiple injury doubts and a suspension at the Gtech Community Stadium. -
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Liverpool injury news as Iraola keeps Brentford triple boost open Iraola has not ruled out Alexander Isak, Cody Gakpo and Dominik Szoboszlai for Liverpool's trip to Brentford. Training on Friday will decide it.
Lineups & ratings
Brentford
4-2-3-1 Coach Keith Andrews
1
20
27
4 ↓71'
8 ↓45'
23 ↓77'
9
19 ↓77'
11 ↓45'
33
- 7 K. Schade for Dango Ouattara
- 18 M. Sangaré for Mathias Jensen
- 2 A. Hickey for Sepp van den Berg
- 24 M. Damsgaard for Jaidon Anthony
- 25 E. Diouf for Keane Lewis-Potter
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 22
Liverpool
4-2-3-1 Coach Andoni Iraola
1
4
8 ↓32'
9 ↓79'
10
33 ↓45'
29
7
6
23 ↓79'
5
- 42 T. Nyoni for Dominik Szoboszlai
- 30 J. Frimpong for Ronald Araujo
- 73 R. Ngumoha for Jeremie Frimpong
- 2 J. Gomez for Víctor Muñoz
- 67 L. Koumas for Alexander Isak
- 3
- 18
- 21
- 25
Bench · Brentford
- 7 K. Schade for Dango Ouattara
- 18 M. Sangaré for Mathias Jensen
- 2 A. Hickey for Sepp van den Berg
- 24 M. Damsgaard for Jaidon Anthony
- 25 E. Diouf for Keane Lewis-Potter
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 22
Bench · Liverpool
- 42 T. Nyoni for Dominik Szoboszlai
- 30 J. Frimpong for Ronald Araujo
- 73 R. Ngumoha for Jeremie Frimpong
- 2 J. Gomez for Víctor Muñoz
- 67 L. Koumas for Alexander Isak
- 3
- 18
- 21
- 25