Adam Armstrong’s first Wolves goal provided hope just before the break, before Tolu Arokodare met Joao Gomes’ cross from the edge of the area to nod home an equalizer, earning a point to take the season’s total to 17, 12 points from safety.
Here are the player ratings of the Wolves players from the performance.
Sa returned to the side following being rested against **Liverpool**in the FA Cup to adhere to an ankle issue.
Sa’s distribution on the night was reliable, whilst also making one save and stood his ground well on **Brentford’s**dangerous long throws and set pieces.
There was not a whole lot Sa could do about either of the opposition goals, with those coming from individual mistakes from others.
A surprisingly contradictory performance from his recent showings, Tchatchoua struggled defensively in the first half and was caught out on occasion but provided a constant attacking threat and outlet, especially in the second period.
Wolves’ right hand side was caught out by a long punt up the field by Caoimhin Kelleher for Brentford’s second on the night and he should be doing better to prevent to cross for the opening goal, but his attacking game was dramatically improved in this game to make up for his errors.
Mosquera was reasonably solid throughout, however lost his man for the long ball over the top to Dango Ouattara for the second **Brentford**goal which marks him down slightly.
Outside of that, Mosquera was his usual self with pace, a bit of skill, power and athleticism, with his usual sprinkling of antics too.
Similarly to Mosquera, Bueno was solid throughout but potentially could do more for the second goal. Igor Thiago was the scorer who was Santiago’s man to mark and slightly better positioning could have prevented the goal.
Outside of that goal, Santiago continued his reliability of recent weeks.
A rare poor showing from Krejci where he was caught out a few times by Ouattara, got a booking after being beaten by his man, and a crazy attempt to carry to ball into the midfield nearly causing Mikel Damsgaard to score whilst the game was at 0-0.
Hugo struggled slightly in the first half to deal with Brentford’s threat, a common theme for the whole back line, but second half, similarly to Tchatchoua, provided some good attacking moments.
There was one specific standout moment where Bueno put an excellent cross into Tolu Arokodare with the game at 2-2 and the Nigerian striker’s header agonisingly hit the crossbar as Wolves searched for a winner.
Andre 7.5
Returning to the side after serving his cup suspension, Andre picked up where he left off in the 2-1 win against Liverpool with another very good showing.
Andre utilised possession very well in both halves and has some impressive stats with 3 passes into the final third, 2 ground duels won and 10 defensive contributions.
The Brazilian duo has appeared to be back to it’s best in recent weeks, after Joao one upped his national counterpart Andre with a fantastic showing and probably Wolves’ best player on the night.
Joao ended with an 87% pass accuracy, 9 defensive contributions, 2 successful dribbles and 7 ground duels won, whilst also providing the assist for Tolu Arokodare’s equalizer with a beautiful, deft cross to the back post from the edge of the area.
Jean Ricner Bellegarde 7.5
Bellegarde has once again become a mainstay in the Wolves starting eleven following his return from injury and appears to continually improving game by game. He was the midfield link in this performance and provided the assist for Wolves’ first goal when he carried a loose ball through the thirds and played it into the path of Adam Armstrong to take and finish.
His numbers outside of that assist were also impressive, having a pass accuracy of 83%, 2 chances created, 3 ground duels won, 3 recoveries and 4 passes into the final third. He will be one supporters will hope to keep ahead of next season.
Mane has played a lot of football in the last few months and it appears it could be catching up to him. He did not look his usual self and struggled to get with the tempo of the game, and was rightly hooked at half time for Angel Gomes to gain more control over proceedings.
A good nearly 4 week rest until the next fixture will do him good to get on the training pitch and have a good break from what has been a frantic start to his bright future.
Armstrong has gone under the radar a bit since signing from Southampton in January and finally got a well-deserved goal after some promising performances.
His fantastic touch and finish from the edge of the box brought Wolves back into the game and nearly had a second when Jackson Tchatchoua’s pass found him in the area with the shot trickling slowly onto the post.
A very good showing from Wolves’ number 9.
Substitutes-
Angel has struggled so far in the early parts of his Wolves loan, however he put all that behind him on Monday night with a simply superb showing.
Coming on for Mateus Mane at half time, Gomes helped Wolves gain control of the game and provided some nifty passing in the attack too to create a few chances.
A very promising bench cameo from the Nigerian in similar fashion to his showing in the win against Liverpool.
He came on in the 74th minute for Bellegarde, provided an outlet with his hold up play, scored with a nice, cushioned header in to the far post, and nearly had a second when he met Hugo Bueno’s cross in the air and saw his headed effort strike the bar with **Kelleher**beaten.
Rodrigo Gomes N/A
Rodrigo came on in the 87th minute as Wolves pushed for a winner, but had little time to impact the game.
Unused Subs: Daniel Bentley, Matt Doherty, David Moller Wolfe, Hwang Hee Chan, Pedro Lima, Toti Gomes.