Brentford

Chris Collinson
BBC Sport statistician

Speed has become such a defining aspect of Premier League football for years now. Whether it's lightning-quick wingers tearing down the flanks or centre-backs chasing down counterattacks, speed can be the difference between winning and losing.

With that in mind, let's have a look at the fastest players in the Premier League this season.

Tottenham Hotspur's Micky van de Ven was the fastest player in the top-flight during this campaign, reaching a top speed of 23.1 miles per hour

Manchester City midfielder-turned-right-back Matheus Nunes was the second-fastest, just ahead of Nottingham Forest's speed merchant Anthony Elanga.

Not only does Bryan Mbeumo run a lot and sprint a lot, he's fast too…the whole package!

As for the slowest players, the above data looks at outfield players that racked up at least 10 full games' worth of minutes – to give them a chance to build up some steam.

In that metric, Wolves' 35-year-old defender Craig Dawson was the slowest player, reaching a top speed of 18.4 miles per hour.

Manchester City's Bernardo Silva and West Ham's Tomas Soucek may be among the slowest players, but they were also two of the hardest runners - covering over seven miles per 90 minutes - which shows they were built for stamina over speed.

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Brentford have confirmed Michael Kayode's loan move from Fiorentina has been made permanent, with the defender g a five-year deal.

Kayode signed from Fiorentina in January, initially until the end of the season, and established his place at right-back in Thomas Frank's starting XI for the final six Premier League games of the season.

The Italy Under-21 international made 12 appearances, assisting Yoanne Wissa's goal in the 4-3 win over Manchester United in April.

"I am so excited to extend my stay at Brentford," Kayode said.

"I have felt so welcome from the first day I arrived at the club, thanks to my team-mates and the care the coaching staff have shown me. I've wanted to play in the Premier League since I was a child and it's been so good to do that here. "I can't wait for more next season and beyond!"

Brentford director of football Phil Giles added: "Michael has been fantastic for us since he arrived in January, not only with regards to his performances, but also in of his personality and the energy he has brought to the training ground.

"It was an easy decision to make his transfer permanent this summer, and we look forward to seeing him back for pre-season in July."

We asked you to select your Brentford player of the season from the four candidates chosen by our fan contributor.

And with the poll now closed, we can reveal the winner is... Mikkel Damsgaard!

Here's what Ian Westbrook from Beesotted podcast, external said about him:

Mikkel has been a revelation this season and finally shown the superb form he displayed for Denmark in Euro 2020.

His eye for spotting a and playing it is exceptional and only Mohamed Salah, Jacob Murphy and Anthony Elanga have more than his 10 assists in the Premier League this season.

See the final poll breakdown

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Chris Collinson
BBC Sport statistician

Newcastle's Bruno Guimaraes covered the most ground this season, running 261 miles (St James' Park to Wembley is 271 miles).

He retains the award after racking up 263 miles in the competition last season.

Josko Gvardiol, Daniel Munoz, Bryan Mbeumo and Milos Kerkez complete the top five for most distance covered across the Premier League season.

Taking time on the pitch into (out of players that played over half the available minutes), Guimaraes was pipped by Newcastle team-mate in the list by team-mate Sandro Tonali who covered more ground per 90 minutes than the Brazilian…although Bruno still ran 7.2 miles per 90 minutes!

Tottenham's Dejan Kulusevski ran harder than any other player this season, covering 7.7 miles per 90 minutes on average.

West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek ran an average of 7.5 miles per 90 minutes, while Manchester City's Bernardo Silva (7.3) and Brighton's Yasin Ayari complete the top five.

Chris Collinson
BBC Sport statistician

Bournemouth and Tottenham were the most physical teams in the Premier League this season when considering the distance they covered and the number of sprints performed.

The results might explain why they had a lot of injuries.

Newcastle and Brighton were not too far behind though, with Brighton actually covering the most ground in the league, with fewer sprints.

Chelsea and Liverpool's style of play saw them sprint a lot but not cover a lot of ground, while Manchester City and Arsenal were the opposite (ran a lot but didn't sprint a lot).

Nottingham Forest very much had their own style of play this season as they both ran and sprinted the least.

Ian Westbrook
Fan writer

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Season rating: 8/10. Our second top 10 finish in four Premier League seasons, three players scoring 10 or more goals - only a European place could have topped this.

Happy with your manager? Thomas Frank is the inspiration behind Brentford's rise. A brilliant tactician and man-manager, he totally understands the club's philosophy and financial limitations. He has adapted our playing style as our Premier League life has gone on - and while other clubs may try to get him over the summer, he knows he is on to a good thing with us and will never lose his job.

Unsung hero: Probably captain Christian Norgaard - not so much unsung by Brentford fans but by ers of other teams, who still don't know what he can bring to a side. With us for six years, and now staying for two more, the side is poorer without him. He breaks up so many opposition attacks, but can also play a key and has improved his goalscoring this season. It is amazing he still doesn't have his own terrace song!

Player you would most like to sign: A lot of this depends on who goes and who stays in the summer. Bryan Mbeumo, if he is sold, is irreplaceable, but we have players we can move to the right. However, if we also lose Yoane Wissa, then, while we have Igor Thiago, I would try to sign Liam Delap from Ipswich. Like Wissa, he seems like a natural finisher, is a good age and has already scored goals in the Premier League.

Right now my overriding emotion from the season is: Pride that my little club, who I've largely watched at League One and League Two level, are deservedly the 10th best team in England. And pride at the way we are run, the unity between the players, as well as between them and us fans, and also the genuine care for people the club seems to show.

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Here's my quick assessment of Brentford's Premier League season - and a return to my August predictions.

Ended the season: 10th

Pre-season prediction: 17th

What an outstanding job manager Thomas Frank continues to do at Brentford. They finished in the Premier League's top 10 and the days when many (guilty!) thought they would struggle to survive in the top flight are long gone.

They made a nonsense of those pre-season pessimists. (Guilty again!)

Brentford are always entertaining with those two outstanding forwards Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa. They barely missed a beat after the loss of Ivan Toney.

What I said in August: "Manager Thomas Frank continues to do a fine job but this may be his biggest test."

Read my assessments of the other 19 teams here

Manchester United have held talks with Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo, who is valued at about £50m. (Talksport)

Want more transfer stories? Read Tuesday's full gossip column

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We asked for your views on Brentford's draw with Wolves on the final day, and their season as a whole.

Here are some of your comments:

Jane: Great season. Top-half finish for the second time in three years. Some great entertainment at home and away. A solid team that fights for one another. A fantastic head coach and coaching team. Women's team promoted. Can't wait for next season.

Gilson: Never mind, lads! There's still lots of honey to spread on our position. Finishing above Spurs and Manchester United can't be bad. I think next season will be even better. However, this will depend on whether we keep all our best players at the club. Well done- amazing football club with a world-class manager.

George: Fair result - we frustrated Wolves on the counter consistently but were too afraid to shoot from strong positions and took a few touches more than we could afford. We finish where we deserve to - the dream can begin again next season!

Andrew: 10th is an excellent effort by all concerned at the club. Now to add more cream during the summer.

Sel: Well done Brentford for punching above their weight. Would be great to have a season with fewer injuries.

Highlights and analysis from Sunday's 10 final day Premier League fixtures.

If you missed Match of the Day, you can catch up now on BBC iPlayer.

Listen back to full match commentaries on BBC Sounds:

• Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea

• Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace

• Wolves 1-1 Brentford

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Brentford boss Thomas Frank, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "We were closer to edging it. It was a bit of a game of two halves. In the first half we were better.

"In the second half I thought Wolves had a few dangerous moments. It was a little bit of a disappointing goal to concede, but that happens. We probably should have made it 2-0 in the first half, but we didn't."

On Bryan Mbeumo: "I think it's fantastic for all three [Yoane Wissa and Kevin Schade too]. It's a big compliment to the three of them, but also to the team. For Bryan to finish on 20 goals is incredible."

On Brentford's season: "To produce two top-half finishes in four seasons is incredible. There's a lot of clubs that I ire that haven't done that in many years. We've done a lot of things well."

On the future of Mbeumo and Wissa: "I've said many times before, we're a selling club. If the right bid comes in, we're open, but of course I'd like to keep [my players]."

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Bryan Mbeumo's opener was his 20th goal in the Premier League this season - the second Brentford player to reach that tally in a single campaign (also Ivan Toney in 2022-23) and the first Cameroon international ever to do so.

It was also his ninth opening goal in the league this campaign - the t-most of any player (also Raul Jimenez and Chris Wood).

Matthew Howarth
BBC Sport journalist

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They may have missed out on European football, but Brentford can still look back on the 2024-25 campaign with enormous pride.

The Bees collected 23 points from their 10 away league matches in 2025, which was comfortably the best record in the division since the turn of the year.

Only Bournemouth's better goal difference denied them ninth place - which would have matched their Premier League record from the 2022-23 campaign - while their tally of 66 goals was their most in a top-flight season since 1937-38.

Fifty of those goals came from Yoane Wissa, Kevin Schade and Bryan Mbeumo, whose first-half finish at Molineux made him only the club's second player after Ivan Toney to reach 20 Premier League goals in a season.

The Bees wasted good first-half chances as Wolves keeper Jose Sa denied Wissa in a one-against-one opportunity, while Keane Lewis-Potter sent a looping effort on to the roof of the net from a similar position.

Christian Norgaard also tested Sa twice in the second half, but Marshall Munetsi's effort denied them a first league double over Wolves since the 2015-16 Championship campaign.

So the curtain has come down on Brentford's season with a draw against Wolves.

It means they finish their season in the top half, but miss out on a spot in Europe.

So how are you feeling after the game and at the end of a long campaign?

Have your say on Brentford's performance and season

Come back to this page on Monday to find a selection of your replies

Vitor Pereira makes six changes to the Wolves team that lost at Crystal Palace last weekend.

Jose Sa, Matt Doherty, Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Matheus Cunha and Marshall Munetsi come in.

Dan Bentley and Nasser Djiga miss out, but Jorgen Strand Larsen, Rodrigo Gomes, Pablo Sarabia and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde are named on the bench.

Wolves XI: Sa, Doherty, Agbadou, Toti Gomes, Nelson Semedo, Joao Gomes, Andre, Ait-Nouri, Cunha, Goncalo Guedes, Munetsi

Subs: King, Bueno, Strand Larsen, Hwang, Rodrigo Gomes, Sarabia, Bellegarde, Lima, Mane

Thomas Frank keeps faith with the Brentford side that has started the last five league games.

Michael Kayode is ed fit to start, Aaron Hickey is back on the bench after over 18 months on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.

Brentford XI: Flekken, Kayode, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter, Norgaard, Yarmoliuk, Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade, Wissa

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Henry, Pinnock, Jensen, Thiago, Ajer, Konak, Nunes

All 20 teams are in action on the final day of the 2024-25 Premier League campaign, and BBC Sport will bring you every kick.

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• Man Utd v Aston Villa

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• Southampton v Arsenal

• Tottenham v Brighton

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I am not sure which Wolves we will see here - after going on a six-match winning streak, they have now lost three games in a row - or if their star forward Matheus Cunha will be recalled after starting Tuesday's defeat by Crystal Palace on the bench.

Brentford still have an outside chance of finishing eighth despite losing at home to Fulham last week - I it I did not see that result coming, but I rarely do when Fulham are involved.

Brentford have been great on the road recently and have only lost one away game since Christmas, but I am going to go for a draw here for tactical reasons, because I think everyone else will too.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

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