Brentford v Sunderland

We are back underway for the second half!

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Substitution

The final swap introduces Anthony in place of Ouattara.

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Substitution

After picking up a yellow card, Sangare makes way for Yarmoliuk at the break.

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Substitution

Clearly unhappy with his team's first-half performance, Keith Andrews makes three changes at the break. The first sees Hickey replace Kayode in defence.

Despite struggling in the first half, Brentford are still the favourites to win, with a 48.2% chance. Sunderland's odds have fallen to 18.7%, as they may regret not taking their chances in the first half.

We reach the break here at the Gtech, as it somehow remains 0-0 between Brentford and Sunderland. The visitors thought they had an early lead, as Ballard capitalised on Brentford's defensive errors and found the bottom corner. His celebrations were short-lived, as referee Thomas Bramall consulted VAR and judged Danso to have impeded Kelleher's vision from an offside position. This would only motivate Sunderland more, as they came close again to finding the net. Le Fee struck the post before Sadiki's shot looked destined to end up in the top corner, only for it to hit Brobbey. Brentford were impacted by the early injury to Collins, but failed to find their stride when going forward, resulting in an xG of just 0.29, with Sunderland managing 0.50.