Manchester City 1-0 Brentford
Key numbers
- Possession 70% – 30%
- Shots 25 (11 on target) – 6 (2)
- Decisive moment: 71' Erling Haaland, FN xPts +1.0
Erling Haaland 71'
HT 0:0
Manchester City 3rd → 2nd · 56 pts|Brentford 15th · 25 pts
Manchester City won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.45–0.35).
Player of the matchRodriDecisive moment71' Erling Haaland+1.0
Player of the match
Rodri Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.2 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 19 min · level 71 min · Brentford ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
71'
Erling Haaland
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Julián Álvarez +0.3
+1.0
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 2.3Own moments +1.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.3→ League points won 3
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 0.5Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.7Time effect +0.2→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester CityBrentford
70%Possession30%
2.45Expected goals (xG)0.35
0.1xG per shot0.06
25Shots6
11Shots on target2
44%Shots on target %33%
14Shots in box4
712Passes304
92%Pass accuracy75%
10Corners1
2Saves9
12Fouls6
2Yellow cards4
1Offsides3
Compared with usual
Manchester City
34 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.5 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | |
| xG | 2.45 | 2 | |
| xG against | 0.35 | 0.8 | |
| Shots | 25 | 18.6 | |
| On target | 11 | 7.2 | |
| Shots faced | 6 | 7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 70% | 67.2% | |
| Passes | 712 | 703.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 92% | 90.7% | |
| Corners | 10 | 7.5 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 8.1 |
Brentford
last 5 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2.4 | |
| xG | 0.35 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 2.45 | 2 | |
| Shots | 6 | 10.6 | |
| On target | 2 | 5 | |
| Shots faced | 25 | 17.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.15 | |
| Possession | 30% | 34.8% | |
| Passes | 304 | 328 | |
| Pass accuracy | 75% | 68.8% | |
| Corners | 1 | 4.4 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 8 |
Timeline
- 45+2' Yellow John Stones
- 45+2' Yellow Ben Mee
- 60' Yellow Yoane Wissa
- 61' Sub Oscar Bobb → Jérémy Doku
- 68' Yellow Ivan Toney
- 68' Sub Yoane Wissa → Neal Maupay
- 71' Goal Erling Haaland league goal #17 assist Julián Álvarez
- 77' Sub Sergio Reguilón → Keane Lewis-Potter
- 77' Sub Vitaly Janelt → Mathias Jensen
- 82' Yellow Kyle Walker
- 89' Sub Julián Álvarez → Mateo Kovačić
- 89' Sub Frank Onyeka → Mikkel Damsgaard
- 89' Sub Mads Roerslev → Saman Ghoddos
- 90+6' Yellow Mark Flekken
Category leaders
- Key passesRodri5
- Duels wonRodri11/18
- DribblesOscar Bobb3/5
- Defensive actionsFrank Onyeka8
- ShotsErling Haaland6 (on target 4)
- Fouls wonRúben Dias3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.