Brentford 4-2 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 46% – 54%
- Shots 16 (8 on target) – 12 (3)
- Decisive moment: 48' Bryan Mbeumo, FN xPts +0.8
Player of the match
Bryan Mbeumo 10.0Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 10.0 (Dominant)
Game state
1-01-12-13-13-24-2
Brentford ahead 78 min · level 12 min · Brighton ahead 0 min
- Brighton: Red card 61' → ~29 min a player down
- Mathias Jensen — off the bench 14 min · 0G 1A
- Kaoru Mitoma — off the bench 25 min · 1G 0A
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.
9'
Bryan Mbeumo
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Keane Lewis-Potter +0.2
+0.6
45+3'
Danny Welbeck
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Mats Wieffer +0.2
+0.7
48'
Bryan Mbeumo
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Yoane Wissa +0.2
+0.8
58'
Yoane Wissa
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Bryan Mbeumo +0.2
+0.5
61'
João Pedro
Red card
−0.1
81'
Kaoru Mitoma
Goal · assist Jack Hinshelwood
+0.2
90+5'
Christian Nørgaard
Goal · assist Mathias Jensen
+0.2
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments +2.1Opponent moments −1.0Time effect +0.4→ League points won 3
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +0.8Opponent moments −1.8Time effect −0.3→ 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.
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Match stats
BrentfordBrighton
2.17Expected goals (xG)1.43
Compared with usual
Brentford
37 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 4 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 2.17 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 1.43 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 16 | 11.3 | |
| On target | 8 | 4.6 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 16.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 46% | 49.9% | |
| Passes | 421 | 432.6 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 81% | |
| Corners | 4 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 7 | 8.3 | |
Brighton
39 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.43 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 2.17 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 12 | 14.2 | |
| On target | 3 | 5.1 | |
| Shots faced | 16 | 10.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 54% | 52% | |
| Passes | 479 | 469.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 84.1% | |
| Corners | 7 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 11.8 | |
Timeline
- 9'
Goal
Bryan Mbeumo league goal #17 assist Keane Lewis-Potter
- 18'
Yellow
Michael Kayode
- 40'
Yellow
Danny Welbeck
- 45+3'
Goal
Danny Welbeck league goal #9 assist Mats Wieffer
- 48'
Goal
Bryan Mbeumo league goal #18 assist Yoane Wissa
- 58'
Goal
Yoane Wissa league goal #16 assist Bryan Mbeumo
- 61'
Red
João Pedro
- 65'
Sub
Yankuba Minteh → Solly March
- 65'
Sub
Matt O'Riley → Kaoru Mitoma
- 66'
Sub
Michael Kayode → Kristoffer Ajer
- 76'
Sub
Yehor Yarmolyuk → Mathias Jensen
- 76'
Sub
Keane Lewis-Potter → Rico Henry
- 77'
Sub
Carlos Baleba → Diego Gómez
- 77'
Sub
Danny Welbeck → Yasin Ayari
- 81'
Goal
Kaoru Mitoma league goal #8 assist Jack Hinshelwood
- 87'
Sub
Mikkel Damsgaard → Vitaly Janelt
- 87'
Sub
Kevin Schade → Yunus Konak
- 89'
Sub
Mats Wieffer → Simon Adingra
- 90+1'
Yellow
Mathias Jensen
- 90+4'
Yellow
Pervis Estupiñán
- 90+5'
Goal
Christian Nørgaard league goal #5 assist Mathias Jensen
- 90+7'
Yellow
Nathan Collins
- 90+7'
Yellow
Jan Paul van Hecke
- 90+16'
Sub
Yunus Konak → Gustavo Nunes
- 90+20'
Sub
Jan Paul van Hecke → Eiran Joe Cashin
Category leaders
- Key passesBryan Mbeumo7
- Duels wonBryan Mbeumo12/17
- DribblesBryan Mbeumo4/5
- Defensive actionsMats Wieffer7
- ShotsYoane Wissa4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonBryan Mbeumo4
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.