Brentford 1-1 Leeds
Dominic Calvert-Lewin rescued Leeds a degree on the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium, heading house within the 82nd minute to cancel out Kevin Schade’s effort and earn Daniel Farke’s facet a share of the spoils.
Brentford had managed a lot of the second half and appeared to have achieved sufficient when Schade struck within the seventieth minute, the midfielder’s effort taking a deflection off Jaka Bijol on its well beyond James Trafford.
Andrews had launched Rico Henry and Mikkel Damsgaard simply earlier than the hour and the mixture of the 2 instantly gave Brentford a distinct dimension, with the pair combining to create the opening purpose.
Farke responded by turning to Wilfried Gnonto and Brenden Aaronson from the bench, and Gnonto offered the decisive contribution with a whipped cross from the left that Calvert-Lewin met with a clear header from six yards.
Brentford have been lacking Mathias Jenson by damage and Yehor Yarmolyuk, who has been managing a disrupted pre-season, whereas Gabriel Gudmundsson solely returned to full coaching final week after a hamstring downside and featured briefly late on for Leeds.
Sunderland 1-0 Fulham
Wilson Isidor got here off the bench to attain the one purpose and provides Sunderland their first win of the season on the Stadium of Mild, with Chris Rigg additionally making an look from the bench to offer the house crowd one thing to cheer in what was Regis Le Bris’s first house Premier League match of the marketing campaign.
Sunderland had misplaced their opener 2-1 at Ipswich and desperately wanted a response in entrance of their very own supporters.
Isidor, launched as an alternative choice to Brian Brobbey, offered precisely that, ending to offer Le Bris the three factors his facet wanted to calm early-season nerves.
Fulham, below Alvaro Arbeloa in his first Premier League administration function, confirmed sufficient attacking intent to counsel they won’t be removed from objectives because the season develops.
Teenage midfielder Josh King was vigorous all through and Gonzalo Garcia, who scored on his debut within the League Cup towards Wimbledon in midweek, supplied a focus up entrance.
However the Cottagers couldn’t discover a well beyond Sunderland’s well-organised defensive block and are but to take a degree.
