Irish Sunday Mirror

MATCH FACTS

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Brentford have won consecutiv­e Premier League games for the first time, while it’s the first time they’ve won consecutiv­e top-flight games since September 1946.

Burnley have suffered three consecutiv­e Premier League defeats for the first time since losing five in a row between May and August 2021.

Ivan Toney has scored seven goals in his last five Premier League appearance­s, after having scored just four goals in his first 19 appearance­s this season for Brentford.

Brentford’s Christian Eriksen registered his first Premier League assist since December 2019, when he assisted Jan Vertonghen’s winning goal against Wolves for Spurs. Since his first Premier League appearance in September 2013, only Kevin De Bruyne (80) has more assists in the competitio­n than Eriksen (63).

Ivan Toney has scored five goals in his last two appearance­s for Brentford (hat-trick vs Norwich City, two today), the first player to score more than once in consecutiv­e Premier League appearance­s for a newly promoted side since Dwight Gayle in May 2014 for Crystal Palace.

Nathan Collins became the first Burnley player to be sent off in the Premier League since January 2019, when Robbie Brady saw red against Huddersfie­ld Town, ending a run of 119 league games without the Clarets having a player sent off.

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