2018–19 Brentford F.C. season

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
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 and was their penultimate at Griffin Park.

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

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

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

17 July 2018	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Brentford	High Wycombe
19:45 BST		Report	Forss 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,315

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

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

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

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

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

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

Championship[edit]

League table[edit]

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: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[54]
Notes:

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

Results summary[edit]


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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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[edit]

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

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

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

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[edit]

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

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

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[edit]

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

#	Name	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[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Substitute appearances in brackets.

No	Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
No	Pos	Nat	Name	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[edit]

No	Pos	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[edit]

No	Pos	Nat	Player	FLCh.		FAC		FLCu.		Total		Pts
No	Pos	Nat	Player									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[edit]

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]
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