Brentford VS Swansea City – Match Preview

Kick Off: 3pm GMT, Saturday 29th May, Wembley Stadium, Championship Playoff final

Last 5 Games:

• Brentford WWWLW
• Swansea City DWLWD

Swansea and Brentford meet as they battle it out for a place in the Premier League, as both teams found their way past the semi finals.

Brentford finished their season in 3rd, just four points off the automatic places behind Watford. While Swansea finished in 4th position, being seven points behind their final opponents.

In Brentford’s semi final, they faced Bournemouth who were looking to come straight back up to the Premier League. The first leg at the Vitality stadium saw Bournemouth take the advantage in the tie when Arnaut Danjuma scored the only goal of the game.

Despite being behind in the tie, Brentford turned things around with an impressive 3-1 victory. The fell behind early in the game when Danjuma scored again, but Ivan Toney pulled one back minutes later from the penalty spot.

The game was turned on it’s head when Chris Mepham was sent off in the first half and the comeback was complete with second half goals from Vitaly Janelt and Marcus Forss.

The Welsh club faced Barnsley in their semi final and they came away from Yorkshire with an important lead. Just before half time, Andre Ayew’s curling effort found the corner of the net, which gave them a 1-0 lead heading into the second leg.

Just like in the first leg, Swansea took the lead just before the break, coming from a spectacular shot from Matt Grimes. Barnsley didn’t make it comfortable for the Swans when Cauley Woodrow scored with 20 minutes to go, but Swansea were able to hold onto the win.

The playoff’s isn’t unfamiliar to these clubs as they were both involved last season. They met each other in last season’s playoff semi final, were Brentford just edged Swansea, beating them 3-2 on aggregate, but in the final, Brentford fell just short to Fulham, who beat the Bee’s 2-1 at Wembley.

When these teams have met this season, both games had the same result. In the first game, Brentford opened the scoreline through Toney, but 15 minutes from time, Ayew pulled one back as the teams shared the points. At the Liberty Stadium, Tarique Fosu got the first goal of the game, which they thought would be the winner, but four minutes later, Conor Hourihane drew the game level in the 78th minute.

Key Players:

Ivan Toney: The Englishman has had a great first season at Brentford, and he would love to cap that off with a win at Wembley.

He broke the goal record in the Championship, as he has combined his great finishing and positioning, allowing him to score so many goals.

Marc Guehi: Guehi has been a rock at the back for Swansea this season, and he’s been a crucial part of their team’s success.

In the Playoff Semi Final’s, he won man of the match in both legs, and he was determined to make sure Swansea would be playing in the Final.

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