Aston Villa 0-1 Brentford
Key numbers
- Possession 72% – 28%
- Shots 27 (5 on target) – 6 (2)
- Decisive moment: 45' Dango Ouattara, FN xPts +0.9
HT 0:1
Dango Ouattara 45'
Aston Villa 3rd · 46 pts|Brentford 9th → 7th · 36 pts
Aston Villa edged xG (2.4–0.38) but Brentford took the win.
Player of the matchIan MaatsenDecisive moment45' Dango Ouattara+0.9
Player of the match
Ian Maatsen Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.8 (Strong)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 0 min · level 45 min · Brentford ahead 45 min
- Brentford: Red card 42' → ~48 min a player down
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.
42'
Kevin Schade
Red card
−0.4
45'
Dango Ouattara
Goal
+0.9
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.5Time effect −1.2→ League points won 0
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 1.1Own moments +0.5Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +1.4→ 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
Aston VillaBrentford
72%Possession28%
2.4Expected goals (xG)0.38
0.09xG per shot0.06
27Shots6
5Shots on target2
19%Shots on target %33%
17Shots in box5
636Passes256
88%Pass accuracy72%
12Corners1
0Saves5
8Fouls8
1Yellow cards3
1Offsides6
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
33 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| xG | 2.4 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 0.38 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 27 | 12.4 | high |
| On target | 5 | 5 | |
| Shots faced | 6 | 12.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 72% | 54.2% | |
| Passes | 636 | 460.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 84.9% | |
| Corners | 12 | 5.1 | high |
| Fouls | 8 | 10.1 |
Brentford
28 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 0.38 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 2.4 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 6 | 10.5 | |
| On target | 2 | 4.3 | |
| Shots faced | 27 | 11.9 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.14 | |
| Possession | 28% | 47.7% | |
| Passes | 256 | 404.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 72% | 79.6% | |
| Corners | 1 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10.7 |
Timeline
- 35' Yellow Kristoffer Ajer
- 42' Red Kevin Schade
- 45' Goal Dango Ouattara league goal #4
- 45+5' Yellow Michael Kayode
- 46' Sub Lamare Bogarde → Leon Bailey
- 52' VAR Tammy Abraham
- 60' Sub Jordan Henderson → Nathan Collins
- 60' Sub Dango Ouattara → Yehor Yarmolyuk
- 76' Sub Mathias Jensen → Keane Lewis-Potter
- 77' Sub Jadon Sancho → Harvey Elliott
- 84' Sub Rico Henry → Aaron Hickey
- 90+1' Yellow Vitaly Janelt
Category leaders
- Key passesDouglas Luiz5
- Duels wonIan Maatsen8/12
- DribblesDouglas Luiz2/2
- Defensive actionsIan Maatsen6
- ShotsMatty Cash4 (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.