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By Matthew HowarthBBC Sport
Last updated on 9 minutes ago.From the section Premier League
David Datro Fofana has scored in back-to-back Premier League games for BurnleyBurnley boosted their slim hopes of Premier League survival with a nervy victory over 10-man Brentford at Turf Moor.
Jacob Bruun Larsen's early penalty gave the hosts the perfect start after the video assistant referee (VAR) adjudged Sergio Reguilon to have committed a professional foul on Clarets winger Vitinho, resulting in a straight red card for the Tottenham loanee.
Dara O'Shea's heavy backpass almost gifted Brentford an equaliser, but Arijanet Muric - making his Premier League debut in place of first-choice Clarets goalkeeper James Trafford - produced a fine clearance to stop the ball trickling over the line.
David Datro Fofana was guilty of one of the misses of the season shortly before the interval, somehow scuffing his shot wide after Lorenz Assignon had picked out the young Ivorian.
But Chelsea loanee Fofana made amends midway through the second period, taking Wilson Odobert's pass in his stride and calmly beating Mark Flekken to double Burnley's advantage.
Wilson Odobert spurned an excellent opportunity to make it 3-0, before Kristoffer Ajer's late header gave Brentford hope.
The visitors thought they had salvaged an unlikely equaliser deep into added time when Shandon Baptiste's cross looped over Muric and into the far corner, but the goal was ruled out for a foul by Ivan Toney on the Burnley keeper.
The Clarets' second home win of the season means they are now eight points adrift of safety with nine matches left to play, while Brentford sit four points above the bottom three.
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Burnley
Squad number49Player nameMuric
Squad number20Player nameAssignon
Squad number2Player nameO'Shea
Squad number33Player nameEsteve
Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Squad number22Player nameVitinho
Squad number24Player nameCullen
Squad number16Player nameBerge
Squad number34Player nameBruun Larsen
Squad number23Player nameFofana
Squad number47Player nameOdobert
Squad number8Player nameBrownhill
Squad number17Player nameFoster
Squad number25Player nameAmdouni
Brentford
Squad number1Player nameFlekken
Squad number13Player nameM Jorgensen
Squad number20Player nameAjer
Squad number22Player nameCollins
Squad number30Player nameRoerslev
Squad number15Player nameOnyeka
Squad number8Player nameJensen
Squad number27Player nameJanelt
Squad number12Player nameReguilón
Squad number17Player nameToney
Squad number11Player nameWissa
Squad number7Player nameMaupay
Squad number19Player nameMbeumo
Squad number23Player nameLewis-Potter
Squad number26Player nameBaptiste
Squad number33Player nameYarmoliuk
Line-ups
Burnley
Formation 4-4-2
- 49Muric
- 20Assignon
- 2O'Shea
- 33Esteve
- 3TaylorBooked at 90mins
- 22da Silva
- 24Cullen
- 16Berge
- 34Bruun LarsenSubstituted forAmdouniat 69'minutesBooked at 81minsSubstituted forBrownhillat 90+5'minutes
- 23FofanaSubstituted forFosterat 88'minutes
- 47Odobert
Substitutes
- 1Trafford
- 4Cork
- 7Gudmundsson
- 8Brownhill
- 9Rodríguez
- 10Manuel
- 17Foster
- 18Ekdal
- 25Amdouni
Brentford
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Flekken
- 13M Jorgensen
- 20AjerBooked at 84mins
- 22Collins
- 30RoerslevSubstituted forLewis-Potterat 59'minutes
- 15OnyekaSubstituted forYarmoliukat 59'minutes
- 8JensenSubstituted forMaupayat 80'minutes
- 27JaneltBooked at 68minsSubstituted forBaptisteat 80'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 12ReguilónBooked at 9mins
- 17ToneyBooked at 90mins
- 11WissaSubstituted forMbeumoat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Maupay
- 14Ghoddos
- 19Mbeumo
- 21Strakosha
- 23Lewis-Potter
- 24Damsgaard
- 26Baptiste
- 33Yarmoliuk
- 36Kim
Live Text
Match ends, Burnley 2, Brentford 1.
Second Half ends, Burnley 2, Brentford 1.
Shandon Baptiste (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Josh Cullen (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shandon Baptiste (Brentford).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Ivan Toney (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Delay in match because of an injury Arijanet Muric (Burnley).
Arijanet Muric (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ivan Toney (Brentford).
Offside, Burnley. Lyle Foster is caught offside.
Arijanet Muric (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ivan Toney (Brentford).
Substitution, Burnley. Josh Brownhill replaces Zeki Amdouni.
Arijanet Muric (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ivan Toney (Brentford).
Foul by Zeki Amdouni (Burnley).
Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Nathan Collins.
Charlie Taylor (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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