Manchester City 2-0 Brentford
Key numbers
- Possession 60% – 40%
- Shots 15 (7 on target) – 3 (3)
- Decisive moment: 32' Rayan Cherki, FN xPts +0.7
Rayan Cherki 32'
Savinho 67'
Savinho 67'
HT 1:0
Manchester City won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.9–0.18).
Player of the matchSavinhoDecisive moment32' Rayan Cherki+0.7
Player of the match
Savinho Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 58 min · level 32 min · Brentford ahead 0 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.
32'
Rayan Cherki
Goal
+0.7
67'
Savinho
Goal · assist Tijjani Reijnders
+0.2
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester CityBrentford
60%Possession40%
0.9Expected goals (xG)0.18
0.06xG per shot0.06
15Shots3
7Shots on target3
47%Shots on target %100%
6Shots in box1
631Passes413
90%Pass accuracy84%
5Corners1
3Saves5
8Fouls5
2Yellow cards0
0Offsides7
Compared with usual
Manchester City
24 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.3 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.96 | |
| xG | 0.9 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.18 | 1 | |
| Shots | 15 | 15.2 | |
| On target | 7 | 6 | |
| Shots faced | 3 | 9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 60% | 59.7% | |
| Passes | 631 | 588.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 90% | 88.3% | |
| Corners | 5 | 5.5 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 9.5 |
Brentford
19 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 0.18 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 0.9 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 3 | 9.8 | low |
| On target | 3 | 3.7 | |
| Shots faced | 15 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 40% | 44.3% | |
| Passes | 413 | 366.6 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 77.8% | |
| Corners | 1 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 5 | 11.4 | low |
Timeline
- 16' Yellow Abdukodir Khusanov
- 19' Sub Oscar Bobb → Phil Foden
- 32' Goal Rayan Cherki competition goal #2
- 65' Sub Nico O'Reilly → Joško Gvardiol
- 66' Sub Rayan Cherki → Bernardo Silva
- 66' Sub Nico González → Matheus Nunes
- 67' Goal Savinho competition goal #2 assist Tijjani Reijnders
- 75' Sub Michael Kayode → Aaron Hickey
- 76' Sub Rico Henry → Keane Lewis-Potter
- 81' Sub Mathias Jensen → Romelle Donovan
- 82' Sub → Charlie Gray
- 86' Yellow Matheus Nunes
- 88' Sub Yehor Yarmolyuk → Yunus Konak
- 88' Sub Kevin Schade → Gustavo Nunes
Category leaders
- Key passesTijjani Reijnders3
- Duels wonSavinho11/21
- DribblesSavinho7/12
- Defensive actionsVitaly Janelt5
- ShotsRayan Cherki3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonKevin Schade4
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.