Championship Play-Offs: Danjuma, Andre Ayew Gives Bournemouth, Swansea First Leg Advantage

Championship Play-Offs: Danjuma, Andre Ayew Gives Bournemouth, Swansea First Leg Advantage By Admin Bournemouth manager Jonathan Woodgate knows his side "still have it all to do" to overcome Brentford in the Championship play-off semi-final despite winning the first leg 1-0. Arnaut Danjuma scored the only goal early in the second half in front of a crowd of around 2,000 home fans, but Brentford missed a glorious chance to level through Bryan Mbeumo. [caption id="attachment_47600" align="alignnone" width="310"] Danjuma celebrating his goal with teammate during Bournemouth vs Brentford 2021 Championship Play-offs match first leg[/caption] The Cherries created the bulk of the chances in the first leg, but could have found themselves going into Saturday's return leg all square had Mbeumo not poked narrowly wide from six yards out with the goal gaping. Emiliano Marcondes was also denied by a smart block from Asmir Begovic after coming off the bench. Danjuma almost added a second goal late on for Bournemouth from a free-kick only for David Raya to palm it wide. Swansea meanwhile takes a narrow advantage back to south Wales for the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final with Barnsley thanks to Andre Ayew's fine individual goal. Ayew gave the visitors the lead before the break when he cut inside from the right and curled an unstoppable left-footed effort past home goalkeeper Bradley Collins. [caption id="attachment_47601" align="alignnone" width="317"] Andre Ayew in happy mood with solo goal during Championship Play-offs match between his team Swansea and Barnsley[/caption] Roared on vociferously by 4,000 home fans, the Tykes made a great start to the second half but could not find the breakthrough they needed as Swans goalkeeper Freddie Woodman made a smart low save from substitute Carlton Morris and denied Callum Brittain on the rebound. Morris nearly grabbed an injury-time equaliser but saw his flick from Cauley Woodrow's corner come back off the crossbar. The pair meet again at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday with a place in the Championship play-off final at Wembley on 29 May on the line.