Brentford 1-3 Arsenal
Key numbers
- Possession 51% – 49%
- Shots 5 (2 on target) – 14 (5)
- Decisive moment: 50' Mikel Merino, FN xPts +0.9
Bryan Mbeumo 13'
HT 1:1
Gabriel Jesus 29'
Mikel Merino 50'
Gabriel Martinelli 53'
Mikel Merino 50'
Gabriel Martinelli 53'
Brentford 12th · 24 pts|Arsenal 3rd → 2nd · 39 pts
Arsenal won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.32–1.91).
Player of the matchGabriel MartinelliDecisive moment50' Mikel Merino+0.9
Player of the match
Gabriel Martinelli Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.1 (Dominant)
Game state
Brentford ahead 16 min · level 34 min · Arsenal ahead 40 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.
13'
Bryan Mbeumo
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Mikkel Damsgaard +0.2
+0.7
29'
Gabriel Jesus
Goal
+0.8
50'
Mikel Merino
Goal
+0.9
53'
Gabriel Martinelli
Goal
+0.4
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments +0.7Opponent moments −1.7Time effect +0.1→ League points won 0
Arsenal
Expected (last two seasons) 1.9Own moments +2.1Opponent moments −0.7Time effect −0.3→ League points won 3
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
BrentfordArsenal
51%Possession49%
0.32Expected goals (xG)1.91
0.06xG per shot0.14
5Shots14
2Shots on target5
40%Shots on target %36%
4Shots in box11
485Passes465
82%Pass accuracy83%
4Corners3
1Saves1
6Fouls8
1Yellow cards2
0Offsides6
Compared with usual
Brentford
22 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 0.32 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 1.91 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 5 | 10.7 | |
| On target | 2 | 4.8 | |
| Shots faced | 14 | 17.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 51% | 50.4% | |
| Passes | 485 | 447.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 82% | 81.5% | |
| Corners | 4 | 4.7 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 8.3 |
Arsenal
27 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.78 | |
| xG | 1.91 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 0.32 | 0.78 | |
| Shots | 14 | 14 | |
| On target | 5 | 5.7 | |
| Shots faced | 5 | 10.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 49% | 56.4% | |
| Passes | 465 | 498.6 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 85.8% | |
| Corners | 3 | 6.1 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10.7 |
Timeline
- 13' Goal Bryan Mbeumo league goal #11 assist Mikkel Damsgaard
- 17' Yellow Jurriën Timber
- 26' Yellow Christian Nørgaard
- 29' Goal Gabriel Jesus league goal #3
- 50' Goal Mikel Merino league goal #2
- 53' Goal Gabriel Martinelli league goal #5
- 57' Yellow Riccardo Calafiori
- 75' Sub Sepp van den Berg → Kim Ji-Soo
- 75' Sub Christian Nørgaard → Mathias Jensen
- 75' Sub Yoane Wissa → Kevin Schade
- 75' Sub Mikkel Damsgaard → Edmond-Paris Maghoma
- 78' Sub Ethan Nwaneri → Leandro Trossard
- 78' Sub Riccardo Calafiori → Myles Lewis-Skelly
- 78' Sub Mikel Merino → Declan Rice
- 88' Sub Martin Ødegaard → Jorginho
- 90+1' Sub Gabriel Jesus → Oleksandr Zinchenko
Category leaders
- Key passesGabriel Martinelli4
- Duels wonRiccardo Calafiori8/15
- DribblesGabriel Jesus4/4
- Defensive actionsSepp van den Berg7
- ShotsGabriel Jesus3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonKeane Lewis-Potter3
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.