Brentford 3-1 Bristol City

Brentford beat struggling Bristol City to stay top of League One.

Aden Flint sliced the ball into his own net to give the hosts the lead but ex-Bees defender Karleigh Osborne levelled immediately with a 25-yard drive.

Brentford restored their advantage when keeper Elliot Parish failed to keep out Alan Judge's shot and Marcello Trotta made it 3-1 with a low finish.

After an entertaining first half, the game petered out and Brentford eased to their 11th consecutive home win.

VIEW FROM THE DRESSING ROOM

Bristol City manager Steve Cotterill told BBC Radio Bristol:

"it was disappointing. We weren't good enough and they were better than us.

"It was a good bench mark. I felt as though they were first to the ball over the 90 minutes.

"We've given away two sloppy goals - they ran past us too easily, but that's why they are at the top of the table.

"We didn't have enough bodies out there tonight and if you don't have that, you're not going to get a draw or a win."

Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Brentford

Formation 4-4-2

27Button
14LoganBooked at 63mins
24Bidwell
8Douglas
2O'Connor
5Craig
17Saville
12McCormackSubstituted forReevesat 70'minutes
29TrottaSubstituted forAkpomat 74'minutes
9Donaldson
18JudgeSubstituted forGriggat 74'minutes

Substitutes

1Lee
11Grigg
15Dallas
20Diagouraga
22Reeves
23Akpom
28Yennaris

Bristol City

Formation 4-4-2

13Parish
18El-Abd
3Williams
34GillettBooked at 3mins
5Flint
35OsborneSubstituted forMoloneyat 14'minutes
21PackSubstituted forElliottat 45'minutesBooked at 54mins
25Elliott
23Barnett
9BaldockSubstituted forEmmanuel-Thomasat 64'minutes
17CunninghamBooked at 85mins

Substitutes

1Fielding
2Moloney
8Elliott
10Emmanuel-Thomas
14Reid
15Bryan
27Burns

Referee:: James Linington
Attendance:: 6,517

Match Stats

Home TeamBrentfordAway TeamBristol City

Possession: Home57%; Away43%

Shots: Home19; Away6

Shots on Target: Home6; Away1

Corners: Home7; Away6

Fouls: Home10; Away15

Live Text

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Match ends, Brentford 3, Bristol City 1.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Brentford 3, Bristol City 1.

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Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Jake Bidwell.
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George Saville (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Marvin Elliott (Bristol City).
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Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
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William Grigg (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Aden Flint (Bristol City).
89'
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Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Jake Bidwell.
87'
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Attempt saved. Clayton Donaldson (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
87'
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Jake Bidwell (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Brendan Moloney (Bristol City).
85'
Booking
Greg Cunningham (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.
85'
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Clayton Donaldson (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85'
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Foul by Greg Cunningham (Bristol City).
84'
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Hand ball by Chuba Akpom (Brentford).
83'
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Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
82'
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Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
80'
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Attempt missed. Jake Reeves (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
79'
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Shaleum Logan (Brentford) wins a free kick on the left wing.

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