Mbeumo has Bees buzzing
BRYAN HALTS LOSING RUN
BRYAN MBEUMO was Brentford’s hero as they got their automatic promotion push back on track.
The forward scored one and set up another for Saman Ghoddos to earn the injury-hit Bees a win to end a run of three straight defeats.
Mbeumo, starting through the middle in place of top scorer Ivan Toney, set them on their way before the break and turned provided for Ghoddos in the 74th minute.
Mads Bech Sorensen nodded in from close range late on to pile more misery on relegation-haunted Sheffield Wednesday.
However, the visitors started on the front foot and former Brentford target Barry Bannan forced David Raya to turn the ball around the post, while Tom Lees headed the resulting corner just wide.
But the Bees eventually took the lead in the 24th minute when the Owls defence failed to deal with Sorensen’s long throw into the box and Mbeumo diverted Sergi Canos’s effort in from point-blank range.
They should have doubled their lead early in the second half but
Ghoddos steered his shot wide. The Iran international made no mistake next time as Mbeumo played him in down the right, and he fired across JoeWildsmith into the far corner.
Brentford were boosted by Toney’s return from an ankle injury off the bench, but his replacement Mbeumo should have put the game beyond doubt, only for Wildsmith to claw away his goal-bound shot.
The points were safe seven minutes from time when Ghoddos floated in a teasing free-kick from the right, and Sorensen pounced to head in off the far post.
BRENTFORD (4-3-3): 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). Goals: Mbeumo 24, Ghoddos 74, Sorensen 83.
SHEFF WED (3-4-1-2): Wildsmith 6; Palmer 6, Lees 6, Urhoghide 6; Penney 6, Harris 5, Hutchinson 6 (Pelupessy 88), Bannan 6; Reach 5 (Dele-Bashiru 55, 5, Brown 77, 5); Kachunga 5 (Paterson 76, 5), Rhodes 5.