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Gallic goal-getter Mbeumo back on track

BACK OF THE NET Mbeumo finds the target and celebrates (right) after helping to stop the rot for Brentford

Brentford

JACOB MURTAGH BRYAN MBEUMO proved Brentford’s hero as they got their automatic promotion push back on track with victory against Sheffield Wednesday.

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0 scored one and set up another for Saman Ghoddos to earn the injuryhit Bees a morale-boosting win to end a run of three straight Championship defeats.

Mbeumo, starting through the middle in place of top scorer Ivan Toney, set Brentford on their way with a goal after 23 minutes then turned provider for Ghoddos to seal victory in the 74th minute.

Mads Bech Sorensen added a third seven minutes from time when he nodded in from close range to pile more misery on the relegation-haunted Owls.

However, it was the visitors who started on the front foot.

Former Brentford target Barry Bannan forced David Raya to turn the ball around the post, while Tom Lees headed the resulting corner just wide in the opening stages – only for the Bees to take the lead.

Wednesday’s defence failed to deal with Sorensen’s long throw into the box and Mbeumo diverted Sergi Canos’s effort in from pointblank range.

Brentford should have doubled their lead early in the second half when skipper Henrik Dalsgaard pulled the ball back for Ghoddos, but he steered his shot wide.

However, the Iranian international made no mistake next time around.

Mbeumo played him in down the right, and he fired across Joe Wildsmith into the far corner. Brentford were also boosted by Toney’s return from an ankle injury off the bench, but it was his replacement Mbeumo who should have put the game beyond doubt, only for Wildsmith to claw away his goalbound shot.

The points were safe, however, when Ghoddos floated in a teasing free-kick from the right, and Sorensen pounced to head in off the far post.

BRENTFORD: Raya 6, Dalsgaard 7 (Roerslev 85), Reid 7, Pinnock 7, Sorensen 7, Jensen 7, Janelt 7, Ghoddos 7 (Zamburek 85), Fosu 6 (Da Silva 75, 6), Mbeumo 8 (Marcondes 85), Canos 6 (Toney 65, 6) SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY: Wildsmith 6, Palmer 6, Lees 6, Urhoghide 6, Penney 6, Harris 5, Hutchinson 6 (Pelupessy 88), Bannan 6, Reach 5 (DeleBashiru 55, 5; Brown 77, 5), Kachunga 5 (Paterson 76, 5), Rhodes 5

REFEREE: Jeremy Simpson