CH:Brentford(A)Bournemouth

 Saturday 24th April

Bournemouth 0 Brentford 1

From the BBC Sport website:

Bryan Mbeumo's goal was his sixth in the Championship this season

Brentford substitute Bryan Mbeumo scored the winner just two minutes after coming on as the 10-man Bees held on to beat Championship play-off rivals Bournemouth.

While that catapulted the Bees up above the Cherries into third, it also kept second-placed Watford waiting, for a few more hours at least, in their quest for automatic promotion.

A draw would have sent the Hornets up, but Brentford's win did not deny Watford as their 1-0 win over Millwall later on Saturday ensured they will join Norwich in the Premier League next season.

As it was, Brentford made light of defender Pontus Jansson's early second-half red card to end Bournemouth's run of seven straight league wins - and officially book the Bees' play-off place.

The winner came on 77 minutes when Ivan Toney's shot was only parried by Asmir Begovic and Mbeumo neatly threaded home the rebound past two wrongfooted Cherries defenders.

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Pontus Jansson's early second-half dismissal for his challenge on Dominic Solanke changed the pace of the game

In an even, well contested first half, both sides went close.

The Championship's 29-goal top scorer Toney had a shot cleared off the line before Begovic's fine fingertip save from Matthias Jensen.

But Bournemouth three times carved open the Brentford defence to have men clean through on goal without managing to test Bees keeper David Raya.

The pace of the game changed following Jansson's red card after getting himself in a clumsy tangle as he tried to deal with the close attentions of Dominic Solanke in reacting to a ball dropping over his shoulder.

He had already been booked - and referee John Brooks deemed it worthy of a second yellow card. But it actually had a worse effect on Bournemouth.

Although the Bees sat back looking to protect a point, they still ended up having the better chances as Bournemouth proved punchless up front.

Begovic had to go full length to his right to keep out an awkwardly bouncing shot from Emiliano Marcondes.

But he immediately came off, as one of two changes, Mbeumo came on - and two minutes later Brentford hit their winner, only the third victory in their nine-match unbeaten run.

The Bees now host relegation battlers Rotherham on Tuesday, before Bournemouth return to action next Saturday at bottom club Wycombe.

Brentford 'went for the win' - reaction

Bournemouth boss Jonathan Woodgate:

"To win seven league games in a row is a fantastic effort but it had to come to an end at some point.

"I can't fault the players' effort. Maybe we ran out of steam. I thought when they went down to 10 men we would win but they defended well.

"We had opportunities in the first half but the final ball and the decision-making was not good enough.

"I have said even when we have won games that we need to be better. We need to keep improving. We learn every game we play."

Brentford boss Thomas Frank:

"I am more than delighted. I am immensely proud of the players and I hope the fans are as well.

"In the first half we were by far the better side and in the second half, when it was 10 against 11, they created zero chances.

"We went for the win. That says everything about the attitude and the togetherness.

"Sometimes you take some decisions and they pay off. The easy thing with 10 men is to be very defensive but we wanted to be positive"