2018–19 Brentford F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Brentford's 129th year in existence and fifth consecutive season in the Championship.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Brentford

2018–19 season
Owner	Matthew Benham
Chairman	Cliff Crown
Head Coach	Dean Smith (until 10 October) Thomas Frank (from 16 October)
Stadium	Griffin Park
Championship	11th
FA Cup	Fifth round
EFL Cup	Third round
Highest home attendance	12,225 v Derby County (6 April 2019, League, round 40)
Lowest home attendance	4,384 v Cheltenham Town (28 August 2018, EFL Cup, R2)
Average home league attendance	10,257
Biggest win	5–1 v Rotherham United (4 August 2018, League, round 1)
Biggest defeat	1–4 v Swansea City (17 February 2019, FA Cup, R5)
Home colours Away colours
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The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 and was their penultimate at Griffin Park.

Transfers

Transfers in

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	MF	Kolbeinn Finnsson	FC Groningen	Free	[2]
1 July 2018	GK	Patrik Gunnarsson	Breiðablik	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2018	DF	Ezri Konsa	Charlton Athletic	£2,500,000	[4][5]
1 July 2018	MF	Jonny Mitchell	Falkirk	Undisclosed	[6]
5 July 2018	DF	Luka Racic	FC Copenhagen	Undisclosed	[7]
6 July 2018	MF	Saïd Benrahma	Nice	£3,000,000	[5][8]
30 July 2018	DF	Julian Jeanvier	Reims	Undisclosed	[9]
7 August 2018	DF	Cole Dasilva	Chelsea	Free	[10]
7 August 2018	MF	Matěj Majka	Sparta Prague	Undisclosed	[11]
7 August 2018	DF	Moses Odubajo	Hull City	Free	[12]
9 August 2018	DF	Canice Carroll	Oxford United	Undisclosed	[13]
9 August 2018	MF	Jan Žambůrek	Slavia Prague	Undisclosed	[14]
21 August 2018	MF	Josh Dasilva	Arsenal	Compensation	[15]
31 August 2018	GK	Simon Andersson	Halmstads BK	Compensation	[16]
17 December 2018	MF	Jayden Onen	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	[17]
26 January 2019	MF	Jaden Brissett	Norwich City	Free	[18]
29 January 2019	MF	Fredrik Hammar	Akropolis IF	Undisclosed	[19]
31 January 2019	FW	Gustav Mogensen	AGF Aarhus	Undisclosed	[20]
9 May 2019	DF	Nick Tsaroulla	Unattached	Free	[21]

Loans in

Players loaned in
Start date	Pos.	Name	Parent Club	End date	Ref.
16 July 2018	MF	Nikolaj Kirk	FC Midtjylland	31 March 2019	[22][23]
31 August 2018	DF	Charlie Oliver	Manchester City	4 January 2019	[24][25]

Transfers out

Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	MF	Konstantin Kerschbaumer	FC Ingolstadt 04	Undisclosed	[26]
19 July 2018	DF	John Egan	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	[27]
20 July 2018	MF	Florian Jozefzoon	Derby County	Undisclosed	[28]
23 July 2018	DF	Ilias Chatzitheodoridis	Panathinaikos	Undisclosed	[29]
31 August 2018	DF	Lukas Talbro	FC Nordsjælland	Undisclosed	[30]
4 January 2019	MF	Ryan Woods	Stoke City	Undisclosed	[31]
14 January 2019	MF	Alan Judge	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[32]
22 January 2019	DF	Chris Mepham	Bournemouth	£12,000,000	[5][33]
31 January 2019	MF	Nico Yennaris	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Undisclosed	[34]

Loans out

Players loaned out
Start date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	End date	Ref.
2 July 2018	MF	Theo Archibald	Forest Green Rovers	7 January 2019	[25][35]
27 July 2018	MF	Reece Cole	Yeovil Town	24 August 2018	[36]
6 August 2018	GK	Ellery Balcombe	Boreham Wood	24 October 2018	[37]
6 August 2018	FW	Justin Shaibu	Boreham Wood	End of season	[37]
25 August 2018	MF	Ryan Woods	Stoke City	4 January 2019	[31][38]
27 August 2018	GK	Jack Bonham	Bristol Rovers	End of season	[39]
31 August 2018	DF	Tom Field	Cheltenham Town	1 January 2019	[40]
31 August 2018	MF	Chiedozie Ogbene	Exeter City	1 January 2019	[41]
23 November 2018	MF	Reece Cole	Maidenhead United	4 January 2019	[25][42]
3 December 2018	DF	Jarvis Edobor	Maidstone United	End of season	[25][43][44]
4 January 2019	DF	Canice Carroll	Swindon Town	End of season	[45]
11 January 2019	DF	Josh Clarke	Burton Albion	End of season	[46]
18 January 2019	MF	Reece Cole	Macclesfield Town	End of season	[47]
3 May 2019	MF	Kolbeinn Finnsson	Fylkir	27 July 2019	[48]

Released

Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
7 June 2019	MF	Henrik Johansson	Trelleborgs FF	11 July 2019	[49][50]
30 June 2019	DF	Yoann Barbet	Queens Park Rangers	1 July 2019	[51]
30 June 2019	GK	Jack Bonham	Gillingham	1 July 2019	[52]
30 June 2019	DF	Jarvis Edobor	Chelmsford City	8 August 2019	[49]
30 June 2019	MF	Lewis Macleod	Wigan Athletic	12 July 2019	[51]
30 June 2019	MF	Josh McEachran	Birmingham City	27 September 2019	[51]
30 June 2019	DF	Moses Odubajo	Sheffield Wednesday	11 July 2019	[51]

Results

Pre-season and friendlies

Boreham Wood v Brentford

6 July 2018	Boreham Wood	1–2	Brentford	Borehamwood
19:30 BST	Ferrier 28' (pen.)	Report	Watkins 44' Macleod 62'	Stadium: Meadow Park

Karlsruher SC v Brentford

14 July 2018	Karlsruher SC	2–1	Brentford	Grassau, Germany
13:00 CEST	Muslija  57' Pisot  71' Batmaz 73' Gordon 81'	Report	Sørensen  42' McEachran  43' Watkins 85'	Stadium: ASV Sportpark

Wycombe Wanderers v Brentford

17 July 2018	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Brentford	High Wycombe
19:45 BST		Report	Forss 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,315 Referee: David Rock Assistant referees: Samuel Ogles Assistant referees: Mike Desborough Fourth official: Martin Bloor

Arsenal v Brentford

19 July 2018	Arsenal	1–2	Brentford	London Colney
	Aubameyang	Report		Stadium: Arsenal Training Centre Attendance: 0

Shrewsbury Town v Brentford

21 July 2018	Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Brentford	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Okenabirhie Amadi-Holloway	Report	Forss Nsiala o.g.' Marcondes	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 2,454

Tottenham Hotspur XI v Brentford

21 July 2018	Tottenham Hotspur XI	2–1	Brentford	Enfield
	Llorente 38' N'Koudou 89'	Report	Maupay 59'	Stadium: Hotspur Way Attendance: 0

Brentford v Watford

28 July 2018	Brentford	1–2	Watford	Brentford
15:00 BST	Watkins 5'	Report	Dalsgaard 25' (o.g.) Gray 36'	Stadium: Griffin Park

Brentford v West Ham United

15 November 2018	Brentford	1–2	West Ham United	Brentford
	Marcondes	Report	Snodgrass Hernandez	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 0

Brentford XI v Swindon Town

20 March 2019	Brentford XI	3–0	Swindon Town	Brentford
	Marcondes Dasilva Coote	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 0

Championship

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Bristol City	46	19	13	14	59	53	+6	70
9	Nottingham Forest	46	17	15	14	61	54	+7	66
10	Swansea City	46	18	11	17	65	62	+3	65
11	Brentford	46	17	13	16	73	59	+14	64[a]
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	16	14	60	62	−2	64
13	Hull City	46	17	11	18	66	68	−2	62
14	Preston North End	46	16	13	17	67	67	0	61

Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[54]
Notes:

1. Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.^[53]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	17	13	16	73	59	+14	64	14	4	5	50	23	+27	3	9	11	23	36	−13

• Source: Sports Mole

Result by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	W
Position	1	6	4	4	8	6	2	2	7	6	5	6	12	15	16	13	15	15	17	17	18	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	15	16	16	15	12	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	15	15	12	11

Source: Soccerbase
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Brentford v Rotherham United

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Brentford	5–1	Rotherham United	Brentford
15:00 BST	Maupay 4', 60' Canós 44' Watkins 48' Macleod 89'	Report	Vaulks 90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,297 Referee: Oliver Langford

Stoke City v Brentford

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Stoke City	1–1	Brentford	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Afobe 29'	Report	Watkins 66'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 24,806 Referee: Andy Davies

Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 3	Brentford	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Brentford
15:00 BST	Maupay 20' Dalsgaard  55' Watkins 61'	Report	Baker  62'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,134 Referee: David Webb

Aston Villa v Brentford

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 4	Aston Villa	2–2	Brentford	Aston
19:45 BST	Kodjia 39', 90+5'	Report	Maupay 23', 82'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,011 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Blackburn Rovers v Brentford

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Brentford	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Palmer 54'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,094 Referee: Tony Harrington

Brentford v Nottingham Forest

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Brentford	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Brentford
15:00 BST	Macleod 45+3' Watkins 84'	Report	Cash 62'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,186 Referee: Peter Bankes

Brentford v Wigan Athletic

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 7	Brentford	2–0	Wigan Athletic	Brentford
15:00 BST	Maupay 24', 63'	Report	Morsy  58'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,951 Referee: Darren England

Ipswich Town v Brentford

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 8	Ipswich Town	1–1	Brentford	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Jackson 73'	Report	Maupay 31'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,897 Referee: Darren Bond

Derby County v Brentford

22 September 2018 9	Derby County	3–1	Brentford	Derby
15:00 BST	Wilson 14' Nugent 21' Mount 28'	Report	Dalsgaard 1'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,110 Referee: Andrew Madley

Brentford v Reading

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Brentford	2–2	Reading	Brentford
15:00 BST	Maupay 11' Benrahma  86' Barbet 90+2'	Report	Böðvarsson 25' Swift 64'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,045 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Brentford v Birmingham City

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Brentford	1–1	Birmingham City	Brentford
19:45 BST	McEachran 42'	Report	Morrison 26' Kieftenbeld  66'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,715 Referee: Tim Robinson

Leeds United v Brentford

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Leeds United	1–1	Brentford	Leeds
12:30 BST	Jansson 88' Ayling  90+4'	Report	Maupay 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 31,880 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Brentford v Bristol City

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13	Brentford	0–1	Bristol City	Brentford
15:00 BST	Mepham  50',  58'  Yennaris  82' Sawyers  84' Maupay  90'	Report	Weimann  45' Pack  50' Kelly  65' Eliasson 89'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,182 Referee: Robert Jones

Preston North End v Brentford

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 14	Preston North End	4–3	Brentford	Preston
19:45 BST	Browne 5' Robinson 12', 69' Barkhuizen 23'	Report	Canós 29' Watkins 56' Maupay 85'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,882 Referee: Scott Duncan

Norwich City v Brentford

27 October 2018 15	Norwich City	1–0	Brentford	Norwich
15:00 BST	Buendiá 34'	Report	Dalsgaard  5'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,443 Referee: Oliver Langford

Brentford v Millwall

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 16	Brentford	2–0	Millwall	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Sawyers  25' Canós 48' Watkins 85'	Report	Leonard  32'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,476 Referee: Simon Hooper

Queens Park Rangers v Brentford

10 November 2018 17	Queens Park Rangers	3–2	Brentford	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Luongo 50' Lynch 58' Wells 60'	Report	Maupay 22' Dalsgaard 81'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,609 Referee: James Linington

Brentford v Middlesbrough

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 18	Brentford	1–2	Middlesbrough	Brentford
17:30 GMT	Judge 75'	Report	Hugill 56' Tavernier 61'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,430 Referee: John Brooks

Brentford v Sheffield United

27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 19	Brentford	2–3	Sheffield United	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Maupay 6' Fleck 65' (o.g.)	Report	Konsa 10' (o.g.) Norwood 15' Clarke 72'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 8,903 Referee: Stephen Martin

West Bromwich Albion v Brentford

3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) 20	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Brentford	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Barnes 77'	Report	Macleod 90+1'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 20,949 Referee: Darren Bond

Brentford v Swansea City

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	Brentford	2–3	Swansea City	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Watkins 45' Benrahma 69'	Report	Routledge 1' Mepham 22' (o.g.) Fer 27'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,442 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Hull City v Brentford

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 22	Hull City	2–0	Brentford	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Campbell 12', 21'	Report		Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 10,530 Referee: Andy Davies

Brentford v Bolton Wanderers

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Brentford	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Mepham  40' Maupay 62'	Report	Lowe  14' Wheater  72' O'Neil  90+5'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,512 Referee: James Linington

Bristol City v Brentford

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	Bristol City	1–1	Brentford	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Pisano 20'	Report	Maupay  26' 53'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,207 Referee: David Webb

Birmingham City v Brentford

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	Birmingham City	0–0	Brentford	Birmingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Sawyers  26' Jeanvier  52' Maupay  64' Barbet  75' Yennaris  90+3'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 25,909 Referee: Peter Bankes

Brentford v Norwich City

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Brentford	1–1	Norwich City	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Jeanvier 22' Sawyers  24' Henry  66' Dalsgaard  87' Watkins  90'	Report	Zimmermann  20' Aarons  45' Klose  45+3' 83'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,524 Referee: Gavin Ward

Brentford v Stoke City

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Brentford	3–1	Stoke City	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Shawcross 7' (o.g.) Benrahma 17' Henry 54'	Report	Edwards  11' Afobe 23' Allen  82'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,439 Referee: Tim Robinson

Rotherham United v Brentford

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28	Rotherham United	2–4	Brentford	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Taylor 20' Konsa 73' (o.g.) Yates  80'	Report	Mokotjo 2', 75' Benrahma 53' Maupay 85'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,319 Referee: Tony Harrington

Brentford v Blackburn Rovers

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 29	Brentford	5–2	Blackburn Rovers	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Benrahma 13' Barbet  45+3' Watkins 58', 73' Maupay 79' Canós 90+2'	Report	Dack 2' Graham 7' Lenihan  71'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,972 Referee: Andy Davies

Nottingham Forest v Brentford

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 30	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Brentford	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Grabban 16' 66' Yates  62' Wagué 79' Milošević  90+1'	Report	Odubajo  59' Canós 89'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,829 Referee: Robert Jones

Brentford v Aston Villa

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) 31	Brentford	1–0	Aston Villa	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Maupay 90+1'	Report	Hutton  40'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,636 Referee: Gavin Ward

Brentford v Hull City

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 32	Brentford	5–1	Hull City	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Maupay  22' 52' Mokotjo 28' Benrahma 33', 43', 81'	Report	Campbell 24' Kane  58' Henriksen  78' Evandro  90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,675 Referee: Tim Robinson

Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford

26 February 2019 (2019-02-26) 33	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Brentford	Owlerton
19:45 GMT	Hutchinson  15' Fletcher 41', 48'	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,094 Referee: Scott Duncan

Brentford v Queens Park Rangers

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 34	Brentford	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Maupay 50' (pen.) Dalsgaard  67' Benrahma 71' Sawyers  77' Canós 90+5'	Report	Hall  49' Osayi-Samuel  64'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,771 Referee: Keith Stroud

Middlesbrough v Brentford

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 35	Middlesbrough	1–2	Brentford	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Fletcher 6' Assombalonga  31' Mikel  38' Ayala  71' Hugill  88' Howson  90+5'	Report	Konsa  67' Shotton 70' (o.g.) Benrahma 73'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,069 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Sheffield United v Brentford

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 36	Sheffield United	2–0	Brentford	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Basham  20' Norwood 26' (pen.) Madine  35' McGoldrick 84'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 24,463 Referee: Tony Harrington

Brentford v West Bromwich Albion

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 37	Brentford	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Odubajo  58' Jeanvier  65'	Report	Gayle  33' Edwards 51'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,488 Referee: Andrew Madley

Wigan Athletic v Brentford

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 38	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Brentford	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Robinson  51'	Report	Barbet  45' Sørensen  90+5'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,953 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Swansea City v Brentford

2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) 39	Swansea City	3–0	Brentford	Swansea
19:45 BST	Dyer 1', 34' James 78'	Report	Daniels  1' Maupay  43' Jeanvier  45+3' Dalsgaard  77'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Referee: Peter Bankes

Brentford v Derby County

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40	Brentford	3–3	Derby County	Brentford
15:00 BST	Dalsgaard  15' Jeanvier 23' Maupay 31' Henry  50' Benrahma 83' Canós  90+2'	Report	Wilson 13', 78' Bogle  19' 26' Johnson  22' Cole  49' Lawrence  69' Tomori  90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,225 Referee: John Brooks

Brentford v Ipswich Town

10 April 2019 (2019-04-10) 41	Brentford	2–0	Ipswich Town	Brentford
19:45 BST	Maupay 20' Watkins 28' Sørensen  74'	Report	Nsiala  54'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,039 Referee: Andy Davies

Reading v Brentford

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	Reading	2–1	Brentford	Reading
15:00 BST	Méïté 8', 15' Ejaria  37' Rinomhota  44' Gunter  56' Harriott  87'	Report	Maupay 45' Sørensen  51'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,892 Referee: Stephen Martin

Millwall v Brentford

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	Millwall	1–1	Brentford	Bermondsey
13:00 BST	Gregory 15' Elliott  67'	Report	Dasilva 20' Canós  27' Dalsgaard  35' Marcondes  67' Sawyers  82'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 14,530 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Brentford v Leeds United

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Brentford	2–0	Leeds United	Brentford
17:15 BST	Maupay 45'  73' Canós 62' Konsa  76' Watkins  79'	Report	Klich  77'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,580 Referee: Keith Stroud

Bolton Wanderers v Brentford

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Brentford	Bolton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Referee: Tony Harrington
Note: This fixture was initially postponed and subsequently cancelled, with Brentford awarded a 1–0 victory and three points.[55]

Brentford v Preston North End

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 46	Brentford	3–0	Preston North End	Brentford
12:30 BST	Konsa 45+4' Maupay 54' Forss 83'	Report	Johnson  28' Fisher  65'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,289 Referee: James Linington

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

Brentford v Oxford United

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	Brentford	1–0	Oxford United	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Maupay 80' (pen.)	Report	Mousinho  45+1' Nelson  61' Browne  90+5' Henry  90+7'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,106 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Barnet v Brentford

28 January 2019 (2019-01-28) Fourth round	Barnet	3–3	Brentford	Canons Park
19:45 GMT	Coulthirst 50', 54' Sparkes 75'	Report	Odubajo  38' Watkins 40' Maupay 60' (pen.) Canós 72'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 6,215 Referee: Andrew Madley

Brentford v Barnet

5 February 2019 (2019-02-05) Fourth round replay	Brentford	3–1	Barnet	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Canós 7'  50' Jeanvier 32' Konsa  63' Maupay 71' Sørensen  85'	Report	Elito  49' Sweeney  50' Tutonda 74'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,954 Referee: Roger East

Swansea City v Brentford

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) Fifth round	Swansea City	4–1	Brentford	Swansea
16:00 GMT	Daniels 49' (o.g.) James 53' van der Hoorn  56' Celina 66'  67' Byers 90'	Report	Barbet  5' Watkins 28' Konsa  48'  61' Sawyers  88'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 11,261 Referee: Stuart Attwell

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

Southend United v Brentford

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Southend United	2–4	Brentford	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	Robinson 62' McCoulsky 72'	Report	Forss 42' Jeanvier 64' Benrahma 67' Mokotjo 85'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3,055 Referee: Keith Stroud

Brentford v Cheltenham Town

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round	Brentford	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Brentford
19:45 BST	Jeanvier 40'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,384 Referee: Ross Joyce

Arsenal v Brentford

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) Third round	Arsenal	3–1	Brentford	Holloway
19:45 BST	Welbeck 5', 37' Lacazette 90+3'	Report	Judge 58'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Mike Dean

• Source: Soccerbase

First team squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2018–19 season.

#	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Dan Bentley		GK	(1993-07-13)13 July 1993 (aged 25)	Southend United	2016
13	Patrik Gunnarsson		GK	(2000-11-15)15 November 2000 (aged 17)	Breiðablik	2018
16	Jack Bonham		GK	(1993-09-14)14 September 1993 (aged 24)	Watford	2013	Loaned to Bristol Rovers
25	Ellery Balcombe		GK	(1999-10-15)15 October 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	Loaned to Boreham Wood
28	Luke Daniels		GK	(1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 30)	Scunthorpe United	2017
Defenders
2	Moses Odubajo		RB / RW	(1993-07-28)28 July 1993 (aged 25)	Hull City	2018
3	Rico Henry		LB	(1997-07-08)8 July 1997 (aged 21)	Walsall	2016
20	Josh Clarke		RB / RW	(1994-07-05)5 July 1994 (aged 24)	Academy	2013	Loaned to Burton Albion
22	Henrik Dalsgaard		RB	(1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 29)	Zulte Waregem	2017
23	Julian Jeanvier		CB	(1992-03-31)31 March 1992 (aged 26)	Reims	2018
26	Ezri Konsa		CB	(1997-10-23)23 October 1997 (aged 20)	Charlton Athletic	2018
29	Yoann Barbet		CB / LB	(1993-05-10)10 May 1993 (aged 25)	Chamois Niortais	2015
30	Tom Field		LB	(1997-03-14)14 March 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2015	Loaned to Cheltenham Town
32	Luka Racic		CB	(1999-05-08)8 May 1999 (aged 19)	FC Copenhagen	2018
34	Mads Bech Sørensen		LB / CB	(1999-01-07)7 January 1999 (aged 19)	AC Horsens	2017
35	Canice Carroll		CB	(1999-01-26)26 January 1999 (aged 19)	Oxford United	2018	Loaned to Swindon Town
Midfielders
4	Lewis Macleod		LM / AM	(1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 24)	Rangers	2015
10	Josh McEachran		CM	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 25)	Chelsea	2015
12	Kamohelo Mokotjo		DM	(1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 27)	FC Twente	2017
14	Josh Dasilva		AM / W	(1998-10-23)23 October 1998 (aged 19)	Arsenal	2018
17	Emiliano Marcondes		AM / FW / LW	(1995-03-09)9 March 1995 (aged 23)	Nordsjælland	2017
19	Romaine Sawyers (c)		AM / CM	(1991-11-02)2 November 1991 (aged 26)	Walsall	2016
31	Reece Cole		CM	(1998-02-17)17 February 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2016	Loaned to Yeovil Town, Maidenhead United and Macclesfield Town
36	Jaakko Oksanen		CM	(2000-11-07)7 November 2000 (aged 17)	HJK Helsinki	2018
39	Jan Žambůrek		CM	(2001-02-13)13 February 2001 (aged 17)	Slavia Prague	2018
Attackers
7	Sergi Canós		W	(1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 21)	Norwich City	2017
9	Neal Maupay		FW	(1996-08-14)14 August 1996 (aged 21)	Saint-Étienne	2017
11	Ollie Watkins		FW / LW / AM	(1995-12-30)30 December 1995 (aged 22)	Exeter City	2017
21	Saïd Benrahma		RW	(1995-08-10)10 August 1995 (aged 22)	OGC Nice	2018
24	Chiedozie Ogbene		W	(1997-05-01)1 May 1997 (aged 21)	Limerick	2018	Loaned to Exeter City
33	Marcus Forss		FW	(1999-06-18)18 June 1999 (aged 19)	West Bromwich Albion	2018
38	Kolbeinn Finnsson		W	(1999-08-25)25 August 1999 (aged 18)	FC Groningen	2018	Loaned to Fylkir
40	Theo Archibald		W	(1998-03-05)5 March 1998 (aged 20)	Celtic	2017
Players who left the club mid-season
6	Chris Mepham		CB	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2016	Transferred to Bournemouth
8	Nico Yennaris		CM / RB	(1993-05-24)24 May 1993 (aged 25)	Arsenal	2014	Transferred to Beijing Sinobo Guoan
15	Ryan Woods		CM	(1993-12-13)13 December 1993 (aged 24)	Shrewsbury Town	2015	Loaned to Stoke City, transferred to Stoke City
18	Alan Judge		AM / LM	(1988-11-11)11 November 1988 (aged 29)	Blackburn Rovers	2014	Transferred to Ipswich Town
37	Nikolaj Kirk		RB / CM	(1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 20)	FC Midtjylland	2018	Returned to FC Midtjylland after loan

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.

No	Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dan Bentley	33	0	0	0	0	0	33	0
2	DF		Moses Odubajo	22 (8)	0	4	0	1	0	27 (8)	0
3	DF		Rico Henry	13 (1)	1	2	0	0	0	15 (1)	1
4	MF		Lewis Macleod	12 (5)	3	0	0	1	0	13 (5)	3
6	DF		Chris Mepham	22	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	23 (1)	0
7	MF		Sergi Canós	26 (18)	7	4	2	1 (1)	0	31 (19)	9
8	MF		Nico Yennaris	9 (8)	0	0	0	3	0	12 (8)	0
9	FW		Neal Maupay	43	25	3 (1)	3	0 (2)	0	46 (3)	28
10	MF		Josh McEachran	19 (5)	1	3 (1)	0	1	0	23 (6)	1
11	MF		Ollie Watkins	36 (5)	10	3	2	1	0	40 (5)	12
12	MF		Kamohelo Mokotjo	24 (10)	3	1	0	2	1	27 (10)	4
13	GK		Patrik Gunnarsson	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
14	MF		Josh Dasilva	5 (12)	1	2 (2)	0	0	0	7 (14)	1
15	MF		Ryan Woods	0	0	—		1	0	1	0
17	MF		Emiliano Marcondes	3 (10)	0	0	0	0	0	3 (10)	0
18	MF		Alan Judge	4 (16)	1	0 (1)	0	3	1	7 (17)	2
19	MF		Romaine Sawyers	41 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	1	0	44 (2)	0
20	DF		Josh Clarke	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	2 (1)	0
21	MF		Saïd Benrahma	29 (9)	10	3 (1)	0	2 (1)	1	34 (11)	11
22	DF		Henrik Dalsgaard	40	2	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	41 (2)	2
23	DF		Julian Jeanvier	23 (1)	2	4	1	3	2	30 (1)	5
24	MF		Chiedozie Ogbene	0 (4)	0	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (7)	0
26	DF		Ezri Konsa	42	1	4	0	1	0	47	1
28	GK		Luke Daniels	12	0	4	0	3	0	19	0
29	DF		Yoann Barbet	30 (2)	1	3	0	1 (1)	0	34 (3)	1
30	DF		Tom Field	0 (1)	0	—		2	0	2 (1)	0
32	DF		Luka Racic	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
33	FW		Marcus Forss	1 (5)	1	0 (1)	0	2	1	3 (6)	2
34	DF		Mads Bech Sørensen	7 (1)	0	1	0	1	0	9 (1)	0
36	MF		Jaakko Oksanen	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
39	MF		Jan Žambůrek	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
Players loaned in during the season
37	DF		Nikolaj Kirk	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0

• Maximum 45 league appearances in season
• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season
• Source: Soccerbase

Goalscorers

No	Pos	Nat	Player	Lg.	FAC	FLC	Total
9	FW		Neal Maupay	25	3	0	28
11	MF		Ollie Watkins	10	2	0	12
21	MF		Saïd Benrahma	10	0	1	11
7	MF		Sergi Canós	7	2	0	9
23	DF		Julian Jeanvier	2	1	2	5
12	MF		Kamohelo Mokotjo	3	0	1	4
4	MF		Lewis Macleod	3	0	0	3
22	DF		Henrik Dalsgaard	2	0	0	2
33	FW		Marcus Forss	1	0	1	2
18	MF		Alan Judge	1	0	1	2
29	DF		Yoann Barbet	1	0	0	1
14	MF		Josh Dasilva	1	0	0	1
3	DF		Rico Henry	1	0	0	1
26	DF		Ezri Konsa	1	0	0	1
10	MF		Josh McEachran	1	0	0	1
Opponents				3	0	0	3
Awarded				1	—	—	1
Total				72	8	6	86

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season
• Source: Soccerbase

Discipline

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FLCh.		FAC		FLCu.		Total		Pts
22	DF		Henrik Dalsgaard	11	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	14
19	MF		Romaine Sawyers	9	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	10
9	FW		Neal Maupay	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	9
26	DF		Ezri Konsa	4	0	1	1	1	0	6	1	9
6	DF		Chris Mepham	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	7
29	DF		Yoann Barbet	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	6
11	MF		Ollie Watkins	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
21	MF		Saïd Benrahma	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
23	DF		Julian Jeanvier	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
2	DF		Moses Odubajo	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	4
34	DF		Mads Bech Sørensen	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	4
7	MF		Sergi Canós	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
3	DF		Rico Henry	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
18	MF		Alan Judge	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
4	MF		Lewis Macleod	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
10	MF		Josh McEachran	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
8	MF		Nico Yennaris	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
28	GK		Luke Daniels	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
17	MF		Emiliano Marcondes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total				73	3	6	1	1	0	80	4	92

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: ESPN

International caps

No	Pos	Nat	Player	Caps	Goals	Ref
6	DF		Chris Mepham	2	0	[56]
12	MF		Kamohelo Mokotjo	10	0	[57]
18	MF		Alan Judge	1	0	[58]
19	MF		Romaine Sawyers	4	0	[59]
21	MF		Saïd Benrahma	1	0	[60]
22	DF		Henrik Dalsgaard	6	1	[61]
23	DF		Julian Jeanvier	3	0	[62]
38	MF		Kolbeinn Finnsson	2	0	[63]

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Only international caps won while contracted to Brentford are counted.

Coaching staff

Dean Smith (4 August – 10 October 2018)

Name	Role
Dean Smith	Head coach
Thomas Frank	Assistant head coach
Richard O'Kelly	Assistant head coach
Iñaki Caña	Goalkeeper Coach
Nicolas Jover	Set-Piece Coach
Chris Haslam	Head of Athletic Performance
Luke Stopforth	Head of Analysis
Lars Friis	Individual Development Coach

Thomas Frank (16 October 2018 – 5 May 2019)

Name	Role
Thomas Frank	Head coach
Kevin O'Connor	Assistant head coach
Brian Riemer	Assistant head coach
Iñaki Caña	Goalkeeper Coach
Nicolas Jover	Set-Piece Coach
Chris Haslam	Head of Athletic Performance
Luke Stopforth	Head of Analysis

Sources: brentfordfc.com, brentfordfc.com

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Awards

• Supporters' Player of the Year: Neal Maupay^[64]
• Players' Player of the Year: Neal Maupay^[64]
• London Football Awards Player of the Year: Neal Maupay^[65]
• EFL Championship Goal of the Month: Saïd Benrahma (February 2019)^[66]