Southampton 0-5 Brentford: Highlights, man of the match, stats as Bryan Mbeumo sinks Saints

Brentford breezed past Southampton with a comfy 5-0 triumph successful the Premier League connected Saturday afternoon, claiming their archetypal distant triumph of the play successful superb style.

Brentford got disconnected to an electrifying commencement arsenic Kevin Schade fired them up conscionable six minutes in, and contempt their aboriginal dominance continuing successful the pursuing period, the Bees were incapable to sting again, allowing Southampton to gradually find their rhythm, though the fractional ended with the Saints yet to genuinely occupation their opposition's defence.

The visitors erstwhile again sprung retired from the blocks and had aggregate chances to enactment the crippled to bed, lone for Sepp van den Berg to person a extremity ruled retired by VAR and Yoane Wissa to spurn a glorious opportunity, but they did yet treble their pb erstwhile Bryan Mbeumo emphatically fired into the extortion of the nett to determination Brentford person to their archetypal distant triumph of the campaign.

Just minutes later, Brentford's time improved further erstwhile Lesley Ugochukwu was penalised for pulling Van den Berg down successful the punishment area, allowing Mbeumo to measurement up and curl the shot into the close country from the spot, each but securing the visitors' archetypal 3 points connected the roadworthy this season.

While the 3 points were surely secure, Brentford were not rather done with the scoring arsenic they added a quick-fire treble successful stoppage clip done goals from Keane Lewis-Potter and Wissa making it 5-0 connected a sensational time for Thomas Frank's side.

The effect means Brentford ascent supra Brighton & Hove Albion into 10th successful the Premier League table, conscionable 2 points down Fulham, portion Southampton stay adrift astatine the bottommost of the standings with conscionable six points, 10 distant from safety.

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

Brentford and Frank tin yet respire a suspiration of relief, they person won distant for the archetypal clip this play with an emphatic 5-0 demolition of Southampton.

It was a pugnacious archetypal fractional for Brentford, who struggled to make galore moments of existent quality, but the 2nd fractional was sensational, appearing to carve Southampton isolated astatine their volition arsenic they scored 4 goals.

The triumph was surely much-needed for the Bees, who had failed to triumph immoderate of their anterior 5 games and are present acceptable to look Manchester City and Liverpool successful their adjacent Premier League outings.

As for Southampton, they are successful an highly atrocious state, they already look similar their players person resigned to relegation conscionable implicit halfway into the season.

They transportation specified small attacking menace and are 1 of the easiest sides to teardrop isolated successful defence, Ivan Juric's occupation looks harder and harder with each passing matchday.

SOUTHAMPTON VS. BRENTFORD HIGHLIGHTS

6th min: Southampton 0-1 Brentford (Kevin Schade)

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Brentford person an aboriginal lead, beauteous decorativeness from Schade!

Mikkel Damsgaard wins the shot heavy wrong Southampton's half, skips past a defender, and looks to descent a walk into Schade's way successful down the Saints' defence.

Schade races onto the pass, beats the onrushing Aaron Ramsdale, and pokes his effort past the keeper and into the acold country to springiness Brentford the lead.

62nd min: Southampton 0-2 Brentford (Bryan Mbeumo)

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Mbeumo hammers location Brentford's second!

Mbeumo steals the shot successful the mediate of the parkland and rapidly feeds it done to Wissa, who looks to marque his mode into the container and stands up his marker.

Mbeumo continues his tally astir his onslaught partner, with Wissa returning a beauteous reverse pass, and Mbeumo hammers into the extortion of the nett to treble Brentford's lead.

69th min: Southampton 0-3 Brentford (Bryan Mbeumo)

Mbeumo with his 2nd from the spot, that is surely crippled implicit now!

Mbeumo crosses into the container towards Van den Berg astatine the backmost post, wherever the defender is clumsily pulled implicit by Ugochukwu and the referee rapidly points to the spot.

The striker nonchalantly steps up to the shot and perfectly places his punishment into the close corner, giving Ramsdale nary accidental contempt the keeper diving the close way.

92nd min: Southampton 0-4 Brentford (Keane Lewis-Potter)

Four for Brentford, Lewis-Potter gets his sanction connected the scoresheet!

Edmond-Paris Maghome brilliantly drives done the mediate of the parkland earlier feeding the shot wide to Mbeumo connected the right, and the winger rapidly cuts wrong and passes the shot to Lewis-Potter wrong the box.

The left-back takes a interaction and fires crossed extremity with his near foot, his onslaught going past Ramsdale and perfectly uncovering the country to marque it 4-0.

94th min: Southampton 0-5 Brentford (Yoane Wissa)

Five for Brentford, Wissa has his goal!

Yukinari Sugawara looks to caput the shot to his teammate, but a mediocre execution allows Wissa to bargain the shot and contention towards Southampton's goal.

Wissa makes his mode wrong the Southampton box, opens up his assemblage and curls his onslaught into the acold close corner, adding a 5th connected a fantastic day for the Bees.

MAN OF THE MATCH - BRYAN MBEUMO

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Multiple Brentford players could person been fixed the antheral of the lucifer grant contiguous aft specified a comfy show and triumph against Southampton, but Mbeumo was undoubtedly the prima of the show.

Although helium had a comparatively quiescent archetypal half, the guardant was exceptional successful the second, scoring doubly to unafraid Brentford's archetypal distant triumph of the play portion besides orchestrating overmuch of their attacking play, including an assistance for the 4th extremity of the game.

Unbelievably, it could person been an adjacent amended result for the forward, with Mbeumo besides registering 2 large chances and 5 cardinal passes successful an astonishing performance.

SOUTHAMPTON VS. BRENTFORD MATCH STATS

Possession: Southampton 50%-50% Brentford
Shots: Southampton 8-20 Brentford
Shots connected target: Southampton 1-11 Brentford
Corners: Southampton 2-2 Brentford
Fouls: Southampton 10-4 Brentford

BEST STATS

Bryan Mbeumo is the archetypal Brentford subordinate to people 2+ goals, assists a extremity and make 5+ chances successful a azygous PL game. pic.twitter.com/ZkL5AcTbDV

Brentford triumph distant for the archetypal clip this PL season. pic.twitter.com/CBxOKqGgK4

WHAT NEXT?

Southampton volition concisely crook their attraction distant from the Premier League arsenic they big Swansea City successful the FA Cup 3rd circular astatine St Mary's Stadium connected Sunday, earlier returning to league enactment against Manchester United connected Thursday night.

Meanwhile, Brentford are acceptable for a instrumentality to their location ground, wherever they volition look Plymouth Argyle successful the FA Cup earlier tackling challenging league fixtures against Manchester City and Liverpool successful the pursuing week.

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