Brentford showed their defensive resolve as they drew 0-0 with Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium on Tuesday evening.

The Cherries generated plenty of chances, which saw Marcus Tavernier hit the post twice and Evanlison have a goal ruled out for offside, but Keith Andrews' side held firm to keep their seventh clean sheet of the season.

Andrews made three changes from the side that beat Burnley 4-3 on Saturday. Caoimhín Kelleher returned in between the sticks after missing the last match due to the birth of his child, with captain Nathan Collins and Jordan Henderson also starting. That trio replaced Hákon Valdimarsson, Kristoffer Ajer and Yehor Yarmoliuk.

Ajer was quickly introduced, however, as he replaced Rico Henry, who went down with an injury after a sprint towards the Bournemouth penalty area.

The opening chance of the game didn't come until the 23rd minute, when a Mathias Jensen clearance deflected off Henderson and fell to a Bournemouth player in the final third. Evanlison picked up the loose ball and fed Tavernier, whose curling effort from out wide whistled just past the post.

Alex Scott had an effort on the half-hour mark as he charged towards the edge of the box, but his arrowed shot flew over the crossbar.

Tyler Adams was next to take aim for the Cherries shortly after, as a short corner was whipped towards the far post. The centre-midfielder's header failed to test Kelleher, despite being in a good position inside the six-yard box.

Bournemouth continued to control the game, and their best opportunity of the half fell to Ryan Christie with 10 minutes to go until half-time. A neatly-worked move from Andoni Iraola's side saw the Scotland international play a one-two with Evanlison inside the area but, despite being one-on-one with the goalkeeper, he took an extra touch which was too heavy and rolled out for a goal kick.

In added-time of the first half, Kelleher was forced into his first save of the contest. Scott, again, carried the ball forward and fed a great pass into Tavernier. The winger looked for a cross but, with no options in the middle, shot across goal; the Bees keeper stopped it with his leg, before it rebounded off Tavernier and out of play.

After two good opportunities in the first half, Tavernier hit the woodwork minutes into the second period. He stretched to meet a cross in a central area between the penalty spot and six-yard box, but he could only manage to get the end of his boot on the ball, which saw his shot rebound off the post.

Tavernier almost scored 15 minutes later - but, this one, he didn't know too much about. Christie took aim from the edge of the box, but it deflected off his team-mate, spinning just wide of goal.

Brentford's first shot on target came in the 72nd minute, when Jensen clipped the ball to the back post. Kevin Schade did incredibly well to leap high and nod back across goal to Dango Ouattara. The Bees forward, facing his former club, volleyed his effort into the ground, but it bounced back up and into the hands of Đorđe Petrović.

The west Londoners' next forced a save from Petrović just three minutes later. Jensen played another great cross into the box, which was met by Sepp van den Berg but kept out thanks to a low save by the Cherries' no.1.

Tavernier hit the same post as he did earlier in the half, to add to the multitude of opportunities he had on Tuesday night. He was in the wide area that he found himself in throughout the match but, again, he failed to get on the scoresheet, as his effort thumped off the outside of the post.

Bournemouth finally found the back of the net... but the linesman ruled it offside. Junior Kroupi prodded it into Evanilson, who skipped past two Brentford challenges, before finishing into the bottom corner. However, he was comfortably standing in an offside position when initially receiving the ball.

The Cherries had one final chance in stoppage-time - and it was up there with one of their best of the game. Tavernier was involved again as he jinked down the byline before playing a pass into Kroupi. The forward's first-time shot looked destined for goal, before deflecting off fellow substitute Enes Ünal and wide.

Bournemouth (4-2-3-1): Petrović; Jiménez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert; Adams, Scott; Rayan (Adli 74), Christie (Kroupi 74), Tavernier; Evanilson (Ünal 80)

Subs: Mandas, Diakité, Brooks, Tóth, Smith, Milosavljević

Brentford (4-3-3): Kelleher; Kayode, Collins, van den Berg, Henry (Ajer 21); Henderson (Yarmoliuk 62), Jensen, Damsgaard; Schade, Thiago, Ouattara (Lewis-Potter 87)

Subs: Valdimarsson, Pinnock, Donovan, Furo, Bentt, Shield

Attendance: 11,108

Andrews on Bournemouth draw

Brentford head coach shared his thoughts on the Bees’ goalless draw against Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium.

"I was pleased with a lot aspects of our play," said Andrews.

"We revisited some of our basics without the ball after conceding three goals on Saturday, and I thought we did that really well.

"There was a real collective resilience without the ball whether we were pressing high or defending our box.

"With the ball, we probably didn’t hit the heights we have done but that can happen, and the opposition obviously have their game plan to try and stop you."

On Rico Henry, who was forced off through injury in the first half, Andrews added: "It’s a hamstring strain.

"His performances have been of such a high level. It was a shame we lost him so early in the game and hopefully it’s nothing too serious."

Collins: Brentford 'grit' secured us clean sheet and point

Brentford captain Nathan Collins discussed the "grit" he and his team-mates showed to keep a clean sheet and secure a point on Tuesday night.

"That wasn't our best performance," admitted Collins. "But this is a really tough place to come to, they have a really strong squad, the way they play is so aggressive - their style of play, their press, their pace in behind.

"It's a tough game, so it's not the worst point."

He added: "We've always had that little bit of grit at Brentford. When it's not going our way, we can dig in, help each other and defend properly.

"We have goals and assists in this team; unfortunately tonight there wasn't, but a clean sheet helped us get something."