Danjuma strikes to give Bournemouth slight advantage

ARNAUT Danjuma scored a clinical counter-attacking goal to give Bournemouth a 1-0 advantage over Brentford in their Sky Bet Championship play-off semi-final.

Dutch winger Danjuma settled a tight first leg in the Cherries’ favour by starting and finishing a flowing breakaway move 10 minutes into the second half.

Bees substitute Bryan Mbeumo wasted a golden chance to restore parity ahead of Saturday’s return match in west London when he somehow diverted wide of an open goal 12 minutes from time.

Backed by fans for the first time since December, Bournemouth also had opportunities to strengthen their hopes of a Wembley final against either Swansea or Barnsley.

Dominic Solanke saw a first-half header strike a post, while Philip Billing squandered a fine early opening.

Brentford finished 10 points above their hosts in the table but struggled to involve 31-goal striker Ivan Toney in the game, leaving them with work to do.

» Swansea will take a narrow advantage back to South Wales for the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final with Barnsley thanks to Andre Ayew’s fine individual goal.

Ayew gave the visitors the lead before the break when he cut inside from the right and curled an unstoppable left-footed effort past home goalkeeper Bradley Collins.

Roared on vociferously by 4,000 home fans, the Tykes made a great start to the second half but could not find the breakthrough they needed as Swans goalkeeper Freddie Woodman made a smart low save from substitute Carlton Morris and denied Callum Brittain on the rebound. Morris nearly grabbed an injury-time equaliser but saw his flick come back off the crossbar.