Brentford FC defeated West Ham United 3-0 on May 2, 2026, at the G-Tech Community Stadium. VAR played a crucial role in disallowing a West Ham goal that could have altered the match’s trajectory.
Konstantinos Mavropanos scored an own goal for Brentford. Igor Thiago converted a penalty, and Mikkel Damsgaard added a third goal. The attendance for this match was 17,194.
The VAR decision came after Mavropanos appeared to score but was ruled offside. The Premier League Match Centre stated, “VAR checked the referee’s call of goal – and established that Mavropanos was in an offside position and recommended that the goal was disallowed.”
West Ham hit the woodwork four times during the match, indicating they had chances to score. Keith Hackett commented, “This was a careless challenge and should have resulted in the award of a penalty kick to West Ham United.”
Brentford’s victory secured their 10th clean sheet of the season. This win lifted them to sixth place in the Premier League table.
Mikkel Damsgaard expressed satisfaction with the performance, stating, “We played a good game; we knew it was going to be tough.”
West Ham now faces Arsenal in their upcoming match. Observers are keen to see how they respond after this defeat.