Brentford 1-2 Charlton Athletic

Callum Harriott hit his first goals for Charlton since returning from loan at Colchester

Callum Harriott scored twice as Charlton won at Brentford to move within seven points of safety at the wrong end of the Championship table.

Harriott scored after just 19 seconds, then got his second in the 69th minute, to earn Jose Riga's Addicks their first win in six games.

In between, Brentford rarely looked like adding to centre-back Yoann Barbet's goal in the 26th minute.

Dean Smith's side were booed off after their fifth defeat in six matches.

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Smith on Brentford v Charlton

The day started badly for the Bees, almost straight from the kick-off, when Morgan Fox's left-wing cross was only half cleared by Harlee Dean and the ball fell kindly for midfielder Harriott to coolly side foot home from 12 yards.

Brentford's only real attacking threat came from Alan Judge, who stung Charlton keeper Nick Pope's fingertips with a dipping drive midway through the first half - and it was from the Irishman's corner that Brentford equalised midway through the first half, when Barbet headed in close range at the far post.

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Riga on Brentford v Charlton

But Charlton were back in front when home keeper David Button dropped a speculative cross and it fell for Harriott, who fired past two defenders on the line.

Charlton might even have stretched their lead in the dying minutes as Brentford pushed forward for the equaliser, on-loan Arsenal youngster Yaya Sanogo looking a constant threat.

But the visitors saw it through for only their second win in 19 games. And they Addicks are now unbeaten in their last three visits to Griffin Park - the first time they have done that since the 1920s.

Brentford boss Dean Smith: "We tried to get one in on loan this week but got knocked back but we will keep looking to get something done in the loan market, but it is a difficult time to get things done.

"We didn't create enough but when we did we didn't finish it off. Balls were flashing into the box with no one taking responsibility to get across the keeper and get a touch.

"We had chances but Sergi Canos pulled one wide and John Swift stays on his feet when he could have gone down and that showed a little bit of naivety."

Charlton boss Jose Riga: "We were very organised defensively and in attack and we deserved the win.

"It's good to be off the bottom even though we didn't make up ground, but all we can do is our job and I saw my team, players and staff keeping the same mindset - next time other results may be in our favour."

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Line-ups

Brentford

• 27Button
• 28Yennaris
• 6Dean
• 29Barbet
• 3Bidwell
• 15Woods
• 10McEachranSubstituted forHofmannat 82'minutesBooked at 90mins
• 47CanosBooked at 53minsSubstituted forSaundersat 71'minutes
• 18JudgeBooked at 90mins
• 19Swift
• 8DjuricinSubstituted forVibeat 61'minutes

Substitutes

• 7Saunders
• 11Hofmann
• 12McCormack
• 16Bonham
• 17Kerschbaumer
• 21Vibe
• 22O'Connell

Charlton

• 30Pope
• 47MottaBooked at 56mins
• 15FanniBooked at 87mins
• 50Teixeira
• 21Fox
• 11HarriottSubstituted forMakienokat 86'minutes
• 12DiarraSubstituted forPoyetat 35'minutesBooked at 45mins
• 8Cousins
• 2Yun
• 7Berg GudmundssonSubstituted forGhoochannejhadat 90+4'minutes
• 25SanogoBooked at 13mins

Substitutes

• 9Makienok
• 16Ghoochannejhad
• 19Bergdich
• 27Mitov
• 28Johnson
• 37Lookman
• 39Poyet

Referee:

Brendan Malone

Attendance:

10,108

Match Stats

Home TeamBrentfordAway TeamCharlton

Possession

Home62%

Away38%

Shots

Home16

Away6

Shots on Target

Home5

Away3

Corners

Home11

Away7

Fouls

Home9

Away10

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Brentford 1, Charlton Athletic 2.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Brentford 1, Charlton Athletic 2.

Posted at 90'+5'

Attempt missed. Alan Judge (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 90'+5'

Attempt blocked. Alan Judge (Brentford) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Saunders.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+4'

Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Reza Ghoochannejhad replaces Johann Berg Gudmundsson.

Booking

Posted at 90'+4'

Philipp Hofmann (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 90'+3'

Foul by Philipp Hofmann (Brentford).

Posted at 90'+3'

Jordan Cousins (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 90'+2'

Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Yaya Sanogo.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by John Swift (Brentford).

Posted at 90'+2'

Yun Suk-Young (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Offside, Charlton Athletic. Johann Berg Gudmundsson tries a through ball, but Yaya Sanogo is caught offside.

Booking

Posted at 90'

Alan Judge (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Alan Judge (Brentford).

Posted at 90'

Jordan Cousins (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 89'

Attempt blocked. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Woods.

Booking

Posted at 87'

Rod Fanni (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card.

Substitution

Posted at 86'

Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Simon Makienok replaces Callum Harriott.

Posted at 86'

Offside, Brentford. Alan Judge tries a through ball, but Lasse Vibe is caught offside.

Posted at 85'

Attempt blocked. Alan Judge (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake Bidwell.

Posted at 84'

Offside, Brentford. Nico Yennaris tries a through ball, but Harlee Dean is caught offside.

Posted at 84'

Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jorge Teixeira.

Substitution

Posted at 82'

Substitution, Brentford. Philipp Hofmann replaces Josh McEachran.

Posted at 80'

Attempt saved. Alan Judge (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nico Yennaris.

Posted at 80'

Attempt blocked. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Judge with a headed pass.

Posted at 79'

Offside, Charlton Athletic. Rod Fanni tries a through ball, but Yaya Sanogo is caught offside.

Posted at 75'

Offside, Charlton Athletic. Johann Berg Gudmundsson tries a through ball, but Yaya Sanogo is caught offside.

Posted at 73'

Attempt missed. Harlee Dean (Brentford) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alan Judge with a cross following a corner.

Posted at 73'

Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Morgan Fox.

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, Brentford. Sam Saunders replaces Sergi Canos.

Posted at 71'

Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Diego Poyet.

Goal!

Posted at 69'

Goal! Brentford 1, Charlton Athletic 2. Callum Harriott (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.

Posted at 66'

Attempt blocked. Sergi Canos (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alan Judge.

Posted at 65'

Foul by Jake Bidwell (Brentford).

Posted at 65'

Callum Harriott (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 62'

Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Nico Yennaris.

Substitution

Posted at 61'

Substitution, Brentford. Lasse Vibe replaces Marco Djuricin.

Posted at 61'

Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Diego Poyet.

Posted at 60'

Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Jorge Teixeira.

Posted at 60'

Attempt saved. John Swift (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Woods.

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