Key stats
- Bournemouth are undefeated in their last nine games in the Premier League, their last longer unbeaten streak was from November 30th, 2024 to January 25th, 2025, a run of 11 games.
- Marcus Tavernier is just the second Bournemouth player in Premier League history to hit the woodwork twice in a single match. He's also the first player since Mohamed Salah in April 2025 to achieve such a feat in a PL game without scoring.
Highlights
Analysis
Bournemouth had their chances but couldn't put them away on a frustrating evening.
Match report
After a quiet start, the game’s opening chance came midway through the first half for Marcus Tavernier, who cut inside before curling just wide. Alex Scott then fired over from distance, before James Hill directed his header the same way from much closer range.
Ryan Christie also managed to round the returning Caoimhin Kelleher before running the ball out of play, but the best opportunity before HT fell to Tavernier, who produced the only shot on target by working Kelleher from a tight angle.
Brentford were second-best, having offered just two attempts at goal themselves, and suffered a blow when Rico Henry was forced off injured in the 21st minute, replaced by Kristoffer Ajer.
There was not much in the way of goalmouth action at either end heading into HT, meaning both sides went into the break goalless, with Bournemouth 45 minutes from a league-high 13th draw of the season.
Tavernier came even closer to scoring immediately in the second half when he clipped the post after sliding in for a cross, and was perhaps unlucky not to get a penalty when Michael Kayode appeared to have halted his balance.
Brentford stayed in the game, though, and finally managed to conjure up their first shot on target in the 73rd minute, but it was a weak one as Dango Ouattara failed to get a clean contact on his effort to trouble Đorđe Petrović.
Bournemouth’s goalkeeper did have to make a better save shortly after, denying Sepp van den Berg the breakthrough.
Heading into the latter stages, Bournemouth remained threatening themselves, and Tavernier could not believe his luck when he struck the post again from a narrow angle.
Evanilson then thought he provided the magic needed to find a possible winner, but his goal was disallowed for offside after some neat footwork.
Despite a spirited performance, the Cherries could not find what would have been their first win in nine H2Hs against Brentford (D3, L6), as the Bees added another point to help push them further in their European charge, staying seventh in the table, four points above Bournemouth in ninth.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth)
Post-match comments
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola to TNT Sports:
"I think it is a clear penalty. It's impossible not to see it live, but even the VAR... I cannot accept it.
"It's a shame because I'm going to talk about the penalty when we played really, really well, but it is what it is. It's unacceptable.
"I'm even more angry. If they decide after watching the replays this wasn't enough, I'm much more angry."
Brentford manager Keith Andrews to BBC Sport:
"Both teams tried their utmost to win the game, I don't think either teams were settling for a 0-0, right up until the end both teams had chances.
"We couldn't quite find our best work with the ball, but without the ball tonight I thought we were excellent, a good reaction. To come here and get a clean sheet was really pleasing.
"I don't think luck ever hinders. I thought there was a resilience from the group and the way we went about it. We controlled parts of the game. But the woodwork is there for a reason. Did it help? Yeah, probably."