League One
March 2, 2013
Brentford
1 - 0
Scunthorpe United
League One
15:00 +00:00, March 2, 2013
Griffin Park, England
Referee: P Gibbs
Super-sub Adeyemi keeps Bees busy
Scoring Summary
| Brentford | Scunthorpe United |
|---|---|
| Tom Adeyemi (70') |
Teams
| Brentford | Scunthorpe United |
|---|---|
| 21 Simon Moore | 1 Sam Slocombe |
| 5 Tony Craig | 21 Tom Newey |
| 14 Shaleum Logan | 5 David Mirfin |
| 6 Harlee Dean | 18 Eddie Nolan |
| 32 Liam Moore | 15 Niall Canavan |
| 8 Jonathan Douglas | 19 Michael Collins |
| 7 Sam Saunders | 4 Josh Walker |
| 22 Jake Reeves | 16 Mark Duffy |
| 17 Bradley Wright-Phillips | 7 James Ryan |
| 19 Harry Forrester | 22 Karl Hawley |
| 11 Marcello Trotta | 11 Andy Barcham |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 Richard Lee | James Severn 13 |
| 3 Scott Barron | Christian Ribeiro 2 |
| 24 Jake Bidwell | Mike Grella 10 |
| 20 Toumani Diagouraga | Matt Godden 17 |
| 12 Tom Adeyemi | Connor Jennings 12 |
| 15 Stuart Dallas | Hakeeb Adelakun 28 |
| 23 Paul Hayes | James Alabi 27 |
| Substitutions | |
| Stuart Dallas for Sam Saunders (59) | James Alabi for Josh Walker (74) |
| Tom Adeyemi for Jake Reeves (67) | Mike Grella for Andy Barcham (80) |
| Jake Bidwell for Harry Forrester (81) | Connor Jennings for Karl Hawley (87) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Jonathan Douglas (90) | Sam Slocombe (7) |
| · Squads: Brentford | Scunthorpe United | |
Brentford kept up the pressure on the top two with a hard-fought 1-0 home win over in-form Scunthorpe thanks to Tom Adeyemi's strike.
The Bees' substitute coolly side-footed home from 10 yards with his first touch of the game after coming on as a replacement with 20 minutes left.
The scoreline would have been far more emphatic but for a trio of smart saves from Scunthorpe goalkeeper Sam Slocombe, who denied Bees striker Marcello Trotta.
Slocombe, who could easily have seen red when he handled outside the box to deny Bradley Wright Phillips early on, was quick to thwart Italian Trotta with reflex saves either side of the break.
The visitors should have taken the lead midway through the first half, but Tom Newey blazed over from eight yards after a flowing three-man move.
Wright-Phillips forced a full-length stop from Slocombe just after the break and skipper Jonathan Douglas's lob lacked the power to trouble the Scunthorpe keeper.
The breakthrough forced Scunthorpe to abandon their defensive set-up and go in search of an equaliser and Iron winger Mark Duffy flashed a free-kick just over late on.
Brentford's bid to grab the second almost came off in the last 10 minutes, but Wright-Phillips sliced wide and substitute Stuart Dallas's dipping shot was tipped over.