Correlation FC

Bees and Fulham draw 0-0

Keith Andrews named the same starting lineup for the Bees against Fulham as he did last week against Everton. Different scoreline this time around, but in the end, like last week, this one also ended in a draw. The Bees didn't concede a single shot on target, and looked the much more likely of the two to score, but unfortunately weren't able to put one past Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

What was new

No subs for the Bees

For the first time this season, the Bees did not make any substitutions. Andrews had some solid defensive options on the bench, but not a lot of choices for experienced players in midfield or attack, but opted not to make any changes.

Average starter playing time and substitutes used during the 2025-26 league season (source: FBref)

Throughout the season, Andrews has generally trusted his starters. The Bees have the second highest average starter playing time in the league (a hair over 84 minutes per start). Andrews makes an average of 3.7 subs per game, but those subs don't tend to get a lot of playing time, averaging just 18 minutes per appearance, among the lowest in the league.

Trends that continued

Another clean sheet

As mentioned above, the Bees didn't concede a single shot on target, and kept their ninth clean sheet of the season. Unsurprisingly, they're undefeated when they don't concede, winning five of those matches.

Another draw

The draw for the Bees was their fifth consecutive and ninth overall this season.

In the recent stretch of draws, the Bees have generally performed well, generating 7.15 expected goals (xG) compared to their opposition's total of 6.13. They've only scored and conceded four goals in those five games, so while they've underperformed on attack, they've overperformed at the other end of the pitch.

Another scoreless draw

The Bees have had three scoreless draws in their last five matches, and four overall this season. This is the highest total of scoreless draws in their Premier League history. They previously had three scoreless draws in 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2024-25.

Bees behaving well

None of the Bees players picked up a yellow or red card during the game (though I think one of the coaching staff did get one for protesting a non-foul call against Mikkel Damsgaard). This was the third straight game that the Bees finished without a card, and their fifth overall this season. The Bees are undefeated in these five games. All four ended in draws.

Brentford's performance when receiving yellow cards (Source: Correlation FC)

Saturday strength

The Bees have played 20 of their 33 games this season on Saturday. No surprises there. 13 of those 20 have been in the standard 15:00 timeslot. They have an even record of 6 wins, 6 losses and a draw.

Things get interesting when the Bees play on Saturday but not at 3pm as they've only lost one of those 7 games.

No starting lineup changes

For the sixth time this season, Coach Andrews didn't make any starting lineup changes from the previous game. The Bees haven't exactly been flying in these games, only picking up a single win and two draws.