Brentford vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

Follow live coverage as Brentford face Crystal Palace today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.

The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola’s side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United’s latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year – yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.

Meanwhile, it’s Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:

Brentford FC 2 – 1 Crystal Palace FC

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

16:01

The full-time whistle blows and it’s Brentford who come away with the three points as they beat Palace 2-1 at the Gtech Community Stadium. After Eze saw a superb free-kick controversially ruled out for a foul, Mbeumo gave the Bees the lead with 29 minutes played as he cut in and fired past Henderson. Schade could have made it 2-0 when he shot wide, and it looked like the hosts would be left to rue that miss as Pinnock turned into his own net to make it 1-1. Brentford would take the points, though, as Henderson palmed Collins’ shot off Wissa, deflecting in before Frank’s men saw the remaining minutes out to secure victory. It’s an important three points to kick off the season for Brentford, who move up to fifth, while there’s work to do for 14th-placed Palace. The Bees will look to make it two from two when they travel to Anfield to take on Liverpool next Sunday, while it’s another London derby up next for Palace as they host West Ham on Saturday. That is all we have for you from the Gtech Community Stadium, so thanks for your company and goodbye!

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:56

FULL-TIME: BRENTFORD 2-1 CRYSTAL PALACE

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:56

Brentford are defending resolutely as they try and see this game out. Palace are struggling to fashion a real clear-cut opportunity.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:55

We are into four minutes of additional time at the Gtech Community Stadium. Can Palace salvage a point?

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:53

Ayew is yellow-carded for catching Janelt on the boot.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:51

Substitution Bryan Tetsadong Marceau Mbeumo Benjamin Thomas Mee

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:51

The ball sits up for Eze to fire goalwards, though his shot from a difficult angle is comfortably saved by Flekken. Palace are pressing, but they are finding it difficult to really test the Brentford goalkeeper.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:50

CHANCE! Brentford hearts are in mouths as a diagonal cross finds Ayew in the box. However, the substitute can only flick wide of the target.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:48

Eze has had five shots in this game but so far hasn’t scored a goal. He has found the back of the net of course, though his sublime first-half free-kick was controversially ruled out.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:46

Sarr comes on to make his Palace debut. Richards is the man to make way in an attacking change.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:46

Hughes is replaced by Doucoure as Glasner looks to freshen up his midfield.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:46

Having put his side back in front, Wissa goes off to a standing ovation. Carvalho is on for his Brentford debut.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:45

Substitution Mathias Jensen Ogochukwu Frank Onyeka

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:44

BIG STOP! Flekken comes up big for his team as Eze’s shot takes a nick off Collins and loops awkward goalwards. The Brentford goalkeeper does superbly to shift his weight and claw the ball over the crossbar to ensure his side remains in front.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:43

Wissa has scored on the opening matchday for the second consecutive season after also doing so vs Tottenham in August 2023.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:41

It’s certainly not the best goal Wissa will ever score, but he and the Brentford fans won’t care a jot if they go on to claim the three points. Palace have pegged back the Bees once before. Can they do it again?

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:38

Goal Yoane Wissa Bileko

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:37

Frank does now look to his bench. His first change sees Lewis-Potter come on for Schade, who perhaps should have extended Brentford’s lead at 1-0 when he fired wide.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:37

Substitution Adam James Wharton Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:37

Substitution Vitaly Janelt Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:37

Edouard tries to pick out the top corner, but he gets well underneath his effort and it soars over the crossbar.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:34

Eleven of Wharton’s 13 shots in the Premier League have been from outside the box. Among all players to have 10+ shots since his debut in February, that is the highest percentage of any player (85 per cent).

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:32

Kamada’s Palace debut is over as he makes way for Ayew.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:31

Janelt goes for the audacious with a long-range effort, though it’s a poor shot in truth and flies harmlessly wide of the target.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:31

Frank still hasn’t called upon any of his substitutes. Carvalho would surely be one of the first choices to freshen up the Bees’ attack.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:27

Yellow Card Daichi Kamada

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:27

Wharton again goes for goal, though Flekken is able to beat away his powerful effort. It’s all Palace at the moment.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:26

After a 14-game unbeaten run in Premier League London derbies between October 2022 and November 2023, Brentford have now lost five of their last seven against fellow London opponents (two draws). That poor London derby run could be extended here if they don’t slow Palace down.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:24

Palace have looked a different side since the leveller. They are the team doing the pressing now, and Frank may need to look to his bench to try and halt the visitors’ momentum.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:22

NO GOAL! Palace have another goal ruled out as Edouard gets onto the end of Eze’s pass before slotting past Flekken and into the net. However, the offside flag goes up to curtail the celebrations.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:20

Yellow Card Christopher Jeffrey Richards

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:18

Own goal Ethan Rupert Pinnock

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:17

Palace have failed to win any of their last 12 away matches after conceding first (four draws, eight defeats) and have won just one of their last 19 such matches (four draws, 14 losses).

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:15

SAVE! Wharton again tries his luck from distance with a dipping effort, though Flekken does well to get down to his left and palm the strike away from danger. That could’ve been an awkward one for the Brentford goalkeeper.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:13

Edouard has scored in just one of his last 37 substitute appearances in the Premier League (v Manchester City – April 2024). He’ll be hoping to improve on that poor record with a goal here.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:12

CLOSE! Kamada cuts the ball back for Wharton outside the box. The midfielder fires goalwards, though a pair of Brentford deflections ensure the ball flies wide of the target.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:12

Collins is called into action at the other end to deflect Mitchell’s threatening low cross behind for a corner. It’s been a solid defensive display so far from the Bees.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:11

CHANCE! A deep cross is flicked on by Pinnock, though Collins can’t get the contact he wants on the ball and it is collected by Henderson between the Palace sticks.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:07

The Bees get the ball rolling for the second period. Can they see out the game for three points?

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

15:07

Glasner makes a change at the break as Edouard comes on for Mateta.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:54

It’s been a game of few chances, though Brentford have just about edged it with an xG (expected goals) of 0.37 to Palace’s 0.27. It’s not been a thriller, but Frank and the home fans will be happy if this is how the rest of the game plays out to secure three points to kick off the campaign.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:53

The half-time whistle blows and it’s the hosts who take a 1-0 lead into the interval. The game has hinged on a three-minute spell in which Eze saw a delightful free-kick controversially ruled out for a foul in the box, before the Bees went straight up the other end to take the lead. Mbeumo latched onto Wissa’s pass before cutting in and firing into the far corner. Brentford looked to increase their advantage in the latter stages of the first half and nearly did so through Schade, but the ball went wide of the posts and it remains just a one-goal lead at the break.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:51

HALF-TIME: BRENTFORD 1-0 CRYSTAL PALACE

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:50

Mateta fires wide of the target in what was the last action of the first half, though it wouldn’t have counted anyway with Kamada offside in the build-up.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:47

Yellow Card Addji Keaninkin Marc-Israel Guéhi

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:47

There will be two minutes of additional time at the end of this first half.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:46

Wissa has now provided three assists in his last three Premier League matches, as many as he managed in his previous 67 matches in the competition.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:44

WIDE! Schade gets on the end of a flicked ball over the top before cutting onto his right foot and firing goalwards. However, his ferocious effort flies wide of the right post. He’ll be disappointed not to have found the back of the net there.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:43

Palace want a penalty as Mateta takes a tumble in the box as he races Flekken to a throughball, though the referee waves away the protests.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:41

With just over five minutes to go until the interval, it’s the Bees doing most of the pressing. That Eze disallowed goal will be a talking point, especially with the hosts going and scoring almost immediately up the other end.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:40

Since the start of the 2021-22 season, only Bukayo Saka (12 goals, 14 assists) has been involved in more goals in Premier League London derbies than Mbeumo (11 goals, six assists).

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:38

Palace are just keeping the ball at the moment as they bid to stem the hosts’ momentum. It’s crucial the visitors don’t go further behind.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:35

The home crowd are getting right behind their team, and the players are responding as they look for a second goal. This is a challenging period for the visitors.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:34

Mbuemo is the first Brentford player to score on the opening matchday in consecutive Premier League seasons for the club – netting vs Tottenham Hotspur in August 2023 and v Palace here.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:31

Assist Yoane Wissa Bileko

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:30

Goal Bryan Tetsadong Marceau Mbeumo

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:30

That’s a huge call from the referee with the incident having no impact on Eze’s strike beating Flekken at the near post. It was a sensational free-kick, but the score remains 0-0!

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:30

NO GOAL!!! Eze thinks he has given the visitors the lead with a quite brilliant free-kick, though the referee blows up for a foul from Hughes on Collins in the box and the goal won’t stand! That will be hugely controversial.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:27

Munoz lays the ball back for Andersen to get a shot away at goal, though his shot is tame and loops straight into the hands of the waiting Flekken.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:24

Yellow Card Joachim Christian Andersen

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:23

CLOSE! From the ensuing free-kick, Eze’s low effort flies towards the bottom corner, though it edges just past the post with Flekken at full stretch.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:23

Wissa picks up the first booking of the game for a poor challenge on Eze after Flekken gave the ball away in a dangerous position.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:20

The hosts come forward in numbers, but Wissa just delays playing the ball to his left and the attack fizzles out as the visitors get back. There’s been a dearth of real attacking quality in this game so far, though that’s perhaps to be expected in the sides’ first game of the campaign.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:19

Following a 3-1 win against Brentford in December last year, Palace are looking to win consecutive league games against the Bees for the first time since December 1957.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:18

Eze weaves into the box and tries to pick out the bottom corner, though Collins is able to block his effort before another deflection takes the ball out for a goal-kick.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:17

The tempo of the game has just slowed a little with neither side able to exert any real control on proceedings. The home crowd are trying to rally their team.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:15

Brentford are winless in all six of their Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (five draws, one defeat) – it’s both the joint-most the Bees have faced a side in the competition without ever winning (also six against Newcastle) and the joint-most the Eagles have faced a side without ever losing (also six v QPR).

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:13

We’ve played 10 minutes at the Gtech Community Stadium without either goalkeeper really tested to this point. After a positive start from the hosts, it’s been the visitors who have been dominating the ball since.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:10

The ball sits up nicely for Mitchell to fire goalwards, though his effort is poor and goes well wide of the target. The visitors are growing into the game.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:08

There’s a nervy moment for the Bees as a ball loops awkwardly into the box, though Flekken just about does enough to win a goal-kick off Hughes.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:05

It’s been a lively start from the hosts, who are looking to get on the front foot and take the initiative. The home fans are showing their appreciation.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:03

The visitors kick us off and we are under way!

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

14:00

The two teams make their way onto the pitch at a sunny Gtech Community Stadium with both looking to start the season with three points in a London derby.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

13:58

Michael Olise will be a big miss for Palace this season after his departure for Bayern Munich in this transfer window, though Glasner will be glad to still have the likes of Guehi and Eze in his team. For how much longer they will remain at Selhurst Park remains to be seen with a host of clubs interested in the pair, though for now they will be focused on getting the Eagles’ season off to a strong start.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

13:52

The big news for Brentford is the absence of star striker Ivan Toney from the starting XI and the squad altogether amid rumours of a move away from the club. Wissa is the man chosen to deputise, while Thomas Frank has Carvalho to call upon from the bench after his move to the Bees from Liverpool.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

13:52

SUBS: Ismaila Sarr, Jefferson Lerma, Jordan Ayew, Jeffrey Schlupp, Nathaniel Clyne, Odsonne Edouard, Cheick Doucoure, Sam Johnstone, Chadi Riad.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

13:47

CRYSTAL PALACE (3-4-3): Dean Henderson; Chris Richards, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi; Daniel Munoz, Adam Wharton, Will Hughes, Tyrick Mitchell; Daichi Kamada, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Eberechi Eze.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

13:47

SUBS: Hakon Valdimarsson, Fabio Carvalho, Frank Onyeka, Ben Mee, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Keane Lewis-Potter, Mikkel Damsgaard, Myles Peart-Harris, Ryan Trevitt.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

13:42

BRENTFORD (4-3-3): Mark Flekken; Mads Roerslev, Ethan Pinnock, Nathan Collins, Kristoffer Ajer; Christian Norgaard, Mathias Jensen, Vitaly Janelt; Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa, Kevin Schade.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

13:37

The visitors, meanwhile, enjoyed a fantastic end to last season as they secured a top-half finish despite enduring a difficult start to the campaign. Oliver Glasner’s arrival in the dugout was the catalyst to the turnaround, and he will be hoping the momentum from the back end of last term continues with three points here.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

13:37

The hosts get their fourth straight season in the Premier League under way looking to improve on their 16th-placed finish last term. The Bees finished 13 points above the bottom three and will be hoping to start this campaign with a London derby victory as they bid to secure a fifth consecutive season in the Premier League, which would be their longest ever stay in the top flight.

Brentford vs Crystal Palace

13:37

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Brentford’s Premier League home clash with Crystal Palace at the Gtech Community Stadium.

12:00

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