Brighton 2-1 Brentford
Key numbers
- Possession 64% – 36%
- Shots 14 (5 on target) – 10 (4)
- Decisive moment: 84' Jack Hinshelwood, FN xPts +1.5
Danny Welbeck 71'
Jack Hinshelwood 84'
Jack Hinshelwood 84'
HT 0:1
Igor Thiago 29' (pen)
Brighton 11th → 5th · 19 pts|Brentford 12th · 16 pts
Brentford edged xG (1.22–1.91) but Brighton took the win.
Player of the matchYankuba MintehDecisive moment84' Jack Hinshelwood+1.5
Player of the match
Yankuba Minteh Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.1 (Dominant)
Game state
Brighton ahead 6 min · level 42 min · Brentford ahead 42 min
- Jack Hinshelwood — off the bench 20 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.
29'
Igor Thiago
Pen goal
+0.8
71'
Danny Welbeck
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Yankuba Minteh +0.3
+0.9
84'
Jack Hinshelwood
Goal
+1.5
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments +2.4Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +0.8Opponent moments −2.3Time 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
BrightonBrentford
64%Possession36%
1.22Expected goals (xG)1.91
0.09xG per shot0.19
14Shots10
5Shots on target4
36%Shots on target %40%
8Shots in box7
576Passes314
83%Pass accuracy75%
7Corners4
3Saves3
10Fouls9
4Yellow cards2
0Offsides1
Compared with usual
Brighton
14 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 1.22 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 1.91 | 1 | high |
| Shots | 14 | 13.3 | |
| On target | 5 | 5.5 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 11.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 64% | 50.7% | high |
| Passes | 576 | 443.6 | high |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 84% | |
| Corners | 7 | 4.9 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 12.9 |
Brentford
14 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.91 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 1.22 | 1 | |
| Shots | 10 | 10.4 | |
| On target | 4 | 4.2 | |
| Shots faced | 14 | 12 | |
| xG per shot | 0.19 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 36% | 43.7% | |
| Passes | 314 | 361.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 75% | 77.6% | |
| Corners | 4 | 4.9 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 12.5 |
Timeline
- 15' Yellow Olivier Boscagli
- 29' Goal Igor Thiago (pen) league goal #9
- 36' Yellow Dango Ouattara
- 46' Sub Olivier Boscagli → Lewis Dunk
- 46' Sub Carlos Baleba → Maxim De Cuyper
- 64' Yellow Diego Gómez
- 65' Sub Dango Ouattara → Keane Lewis-Potter
- 70' Sub Diego Gómez → Jack Hinshelwood
- 71' Goal Danny Welbeck league goal #7 assist Yankuba Minteh
- 80' Sub Yehor Yarmolyuk → Mathias Jensen
- 80' Sub Mikkel Damsgaard → Vitaly Janelt
- 80' Sub Kristoffer Ajer → Aaron Hickey
- 84' Goal Jack Hinshelwood league goal #1
- 89' Sub Georginio Rutter → Joël Veltman
- 89' Sub Yankuba Minteh → Brajan Gruda
- 90+1' Yellow Brajan Gruda
- 90+4' Yellow Bart Verbruggen
- 90+5' Yellow Vitaly Janelt
Category leaders
- Key passesYankuba Minteh4
- Duels wonYasin Ayari10/16
- DribblesYankuba Minteh3/5
- Defensive actionsYasin Ayari6
- ShotsDanny Welbeck4 (on target 1)
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.