Bryan Mbeumo's blistering volley midway through the first half was enough to leapfrog the Cottagers and lift the Bees to fourth in the Championship. In the end, the single goal was enough to consign Fulham to their third defeat in a row. Brentford could count themselves unlucky not to have gone in with more than the one-goal cushion when the woodwork came to Fulham's rescue again in first half injury time. The closest Fulham came to an effort on goal came in the 87th minute when Anthony Knockaert fired over the bar as Fulham threw men forward in a desperate search for a leveller. But the more they pressed the more Brentford broke at speed with real intent, with Benrahma and Mbeumo working well around the fulcrum of Watkins.

Source: Sky sports December 14, 2019 17:19 UTC