Key stats
- Brentford are undefeated in their last six games in the Premier League, their last joint longest unbeaten streak was from April 6th, 2025 to May 10th, 2025.
- Igor Thiago has scored 16 goals in the Premier League this season (two in this game), more than any other Brentford player.
- Sunderland have failed to win in their last five games in the Premier League, their last longer winless streak was from February 11th, 2017 to April 29th, 2017, a run of 10 games.
Highlights
Analysis
Brentford's Igor Thiago made history by becoming the top scorer in a Premier League season of any Brazilian in the competition's history, netting his 15th and 16th goals.
Brentford were in control throughout the fixture and impressively dispatched of Sunderland.
Match report
Given Brentford’s strong form, it was unsurprising to see them start quickly in front of an expecting home crowd. Robin Roefs was called into action immediately, tipping over Kevin Schade’s effort.
As expected, Thiago was visibly keen to add to his hat-trick against Everton last time out, and he was the whisker of the post away from opening the scoring when he struck just wide.
Brentford’s man of the moment would make no mistake with his next chance though, as he latched onto Vitaly Janelt’s pass before rounding Roefs and tapping home.
With that boost in their system, the hosts almost doubled their lead before HT, after Keane Lewis-Potter’s free-kick clipped the crossbar, with Sunderland offering few answers as to how to stop the Bees.
Granit Xhaka came closest to finding the net with his own free-kick, but it skidded comfortably into Caoimhín Kelleher’s grateful arms.
The Black Cats were more threatening in the second half though, and were given a golden chance to equalise when Kristoffer Ajer brought down Brian Bobbey in the box, resulting in a penalty. However, Le Fée was left embarrassed as his Panenka attempt was easily caught by Kelleher.
That miss would be emphatically punished too, as Thiago secured his brace with a header after combining with Schade, who had hit the crossbar moments earlier.
He was denied back-to-back hat-tricks by the outstretched foot of Roefs in the late stages, but Yehor Yarmolyuk soon succeeded where the Brazilian uncharacteristically failed, scoring his first goal for the club in 90 appearances when tapping in from a fortunate rebound.
Mikkel Damsgaard was the width of the post away from making it another four-goal haul for Brentford, though it wouldn’t take the gloss off Brentford’s seventh PL home win this term (D3, L1). By contrast, Sunderland have now won just once in eight away matches (D3, L4).
Flashscore Man of the Match: Igor Thiago (Brentford)
Post-match comments
Brentford manager Keith Andrews to BBC Sport: "We are in good form and playing really well. We are playing with courage and conviction in everything we do with and without the ball."
"The recruitment team deserve a lot of praise for the type of players they bring in and personalities. It is really impressive. He is a really special person who has fitted into life very nicely. He has had to earn this path. He has earned his journey and grafted.
"He has got serious grit about his personality. He is developing his skill set constantly and we are learning more and more about him. He is a pretty complete centre forward."