Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa
Key numbers
- Possession 60% – 40%
- Shots 13 (3 on target) – 12 (4)
- Decisive moment: 49' Ollie Watkins, FN xPts +0.9
HT 0:0
Ollie Watkins 49'
Brentford 12th · 38 pts|Aston Villa 10th → 7th · 45 pts
Aston Villa won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.83–1.32).
Player of the matchAxel DisasiDecisive moment49' Ollie Watkins+0.9
Player of the match
Axel Disasi Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.6 (Strong)
Game state
Brentford ahead 0 min · level 49 min · Aston Villa ahead 41 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.
49'
Ollie Watkins
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Jacob Ramsey +0.3
+0.9
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 1.6Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.8→ League points won 0
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +0.9Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.9→ 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
BrentfordAston Villa
60%Possession40%
0.83Expected goals (xG)1.32
0.06xG per shot0.11
13Shots12
3Shots on target4
23%Shots on target %33%
7Shots in box10
459Passes316
86%Pass accuracy76%
6Corners5
3Saves3
10Fouls5
2Yellow cards2
2Offsides3
Compared with usual
Brentford
32 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 0.83 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.32 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 13 | 11.6 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.9 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 16.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 60% | 50.5% | |
| Passes | 459 | 442.6 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 81.5% | |
| Corners | 6 | 4.9 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 8 |
Aston Villa
42 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.32 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 0.83 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 12 | 13.2 | |
| On target | 4 | 4.7 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 11.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 40% | 52.9% | |
| Passes | 316 | 458.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 76% | 85.6% | |
| Corners | 5 | 6 | |
| Fouls | 5 | 11.3 |
Timeline
- 42' Yellow John McGinn
- 46' Sub Leon Bailey → Matty Cash
- 49' Goal Ollie Watkins league goal #13 assist Jacob Ramsey
- 52' VAR Morgan Rogers
- 61' Sub John McGinn → Boubacar Kamara
- 67' Yellow Kristoffer Ajer
- 68' Sub Jacob Ramsey → Marcus Rashford
- 75' Sub Vitaly Janelt → Mathias Jensen
- 81' Yellow Matty Cash
- 90+3' Sub Kristoffer Ajer → Kim Ji-Soo
- 90+4' Sub Morgan Rogers → Donyell Malen
- 90+6' Yellow Nathan Collins
Category leaders
- Key passesMikkel Damsgaard3
- Duels wonAxel Disasi8/14
- DribblesBryan Mbeumo2/5
- Defensive actionsAxel Disasi6
- ShotsOllie Watkins3 (on target 2)
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.