Brentford 0-1 Manchester City
Key numbers
- Possession 30% – 70%
- Shots 6 (1 on target) – 10 (4)
- Decisive moment: 9' Erling Haaland, FN xPts +0.6
HT 0:1
Erling Haaland 9'
Brentford 16th · 7 pts|Manchester City 9th → 5th · 13 pts
Manchester City won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.7–0.85).
Player of the matchJoško GvardiolDecisive moment9' Erling Haaland+0.6
Player of the match
Joško Gvardiol Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Brentford ahead 0 min · level 9 min · Manchester City ahead 81 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.
9'
Erling Haaland
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Joško Gvardiol +0.2
+0.6
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.5Time effect −0.4→ League points won 0
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 1.9Own moments +0.6Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.5→ 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
BrentfordManchester City
30%Possession70%
0.7Expected goals (xG)0.85
0.12xG per shot0.09
6Shots10
1Shots on target4
17%Shots on target %40%
4Shots in box6
311Passes764
80%Pass accuracy91%
3Corners2
3Saves1
10Fouls6
3Yellow cards2
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Brentford
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.5 | low |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 0.7 | 0.99 | |
| xG against | 0.85 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 6 | 8.4 | |
| On target | 1 | 3.6 | low |
| Shots faced | 10 | 14.3 | low |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 30% | 40.3% | |
| Passes | 311 | 325.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 80% | 77% | |
| Corners | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 13 | low |
Manchester City
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.89 | |
| xG | 0.85 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.7 | 0.93 | |
| Shots | 10 | 14.9 | |
| On target | 4 | 5.4 | |
| Shots faced | 6 | 8.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 70% | 61% | |
| Passes | 764 | 598.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 91% | 88% | |
| Corners | 2 | 4.9 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 8.3 |
Timeline
- 9' Goal Erling Haaland league goal #9 assist Joško Gvardiol
- 22' Sub Rodri → Nico González
- 45+1' Yellow Kevin Schade
- 68' Sub Mikkel Damsgaard → Mathias Jensen
- 68' Sub Igor Thiago → Dango Ouattara
- 70' Yellow Jordan Henderson
- 73' Sub Yehor Yarmolyuk → Frank Onyeka
- 74' Sub Jordan Henderson → Vitaly Janelt
- 76' Sub Oscar Bobb → Jérémy Doku
- 76' Sub Tijjani Reijnders → Bernardo Silva
- 77' Yellow Matheus Nunes
- 83' Yellow Nico O'Reilly
- 84' Yellow Dango Ouattara
- 90+2' Sub Kristoffer Ajer → Fabio Carvalho
Category leaders
- Key passesOscar Bobb3
- Duels wonRúben Dias7/9
- DribblesOscar Bobb4/5
- Defensive actionsMikkel Damsgaard6
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.