Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Key numbers
- Possession 26% – 74%
- Shots 7 (1 on target) – 16 (1)
HT 0:0
Sam Heathcote 70' (OG)
Brentford won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.52–2.26).
Player of the matchLuis Lacey
Player of the match
Luis Lacey Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.9 (Strong)
Game state
Macclesfield ahead 0 min · level 70 min · Brentford ahead 20 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.
70'
Sam Heathcote
Own goal
−0.7
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Macclesfield is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
MacclesfieldBrentford
26%Possession74%
0.52Expected goals (xG)2.26
0.07xG per shot0.14
7Shots16
1Shots on target1
14%Shots on target %6%
5Shots in box14
165Passes480
43%Pass accuracy81%
2Corners9
1Saves1
7Fouls14
2Yellow cards2
2Offsides1
Compared with usual
Brentford
31 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 2.26 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 0.52 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 16 | 10.4 | |
| On target | 1 | 4.2 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 74% | 46.8% | high |
| Passes | 480 | 396.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 79.1% | |
| Corners | 9 | 4.6 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 10.9 |
Timeline
- 21' Yellow Vitaly Janelt
- 61' Sub Reiss Nelson → Keane Lewis-Potter
- 68' Sub I. Buckley → James Gale
- 70' Goal Sam Heathcote (OG)
- 71' Sub Lewis Fensome → Luke Matheson
- 71' Sub Kaye Furo → Dango Ouattara
- 75' Yellow James Edmondson
- 77' Yellow Yehor Yarmolyuk
- 84' Yellow Paul Dawson
- 85' Sub Elliot Osborne → J. Johnson
- 90+4' Sub Romelle Donovan → Luka Bentt
Category leaders
- Key passesAaron Hickey3
- Duels wonLuis Lacey16/21
- DribblesLuis Lacey5/5
- Defensive actionsLuis Lacey8
- Fouls wonLuis Lacey3
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.