Brentford 0-2 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 52% – 48%
- Shots 13 (3 on target) – 11 (7)
- Decisive moment: 30' Diego Gómez, FN xPts +0.8
HT 0:2
Diego Gómez 30'
Danny Welbeck 45'
Danny Welbeck 45'
Brentford 7th · 40 pts|Brighton 14th → 12th · 34 pts
Brentford edged xG (1.6–1.09) but Brighton took the win.
Player of the matchBart VerbruggenDecisive moment30' Diego Gómez+0.8
Player of the match
Bart Verbruggen Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.5 (Strong)
Game state
Brentford ahead 0 min · level 30 min · Brighton ahead 60 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.
30'
Diego Gómez
Goal
+0.8
45'
Danny Welbeck
Goal
+0.6
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −1.2Time effect −0.5→ League points won 0
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 1.1Own moments +1.4Opponent 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
BrentfordBrighton
52%Possession48%
1.6Expected goals (xG)1.09
0.12xG per shot0.1
13Shots11
3Shots on target7
23%Shots on target %64%
9Shots in box6
439Passes416
78%Pass accuracy77%
6Corners4
5Saves4
9Fouls14
1Yellow cards2
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Brentford
32 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 1.6 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 1.09 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 13 | 10.6 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.1 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 12.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 52% | 47.6% | |
| Passes | 439 | 398.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 78% | 79.2% | |
| Corners | 6 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 11 |
Brighton
31 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.09 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 1.6 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 11 | 13.5 | |
| On target | 7 | 4.6 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 12.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 48% | 52.9% | |
| Passes | 416 | 471 | |
| Pass accuracy | 77% | 84.1% | |
| Corners | 4 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 12.6 |
Timeline
- 12' Yellow Mats Wieffer
- 30' Goal Diego Gómez league goal #4
- 45' Sub Aaron Hickey → Nathan Collins
- 45' Goal Danny Welbeck league goal #9
- 46' Sub Keane Lewis-Potter → Kevin Schade
- 46' Sub Vitaly Janelt → Yehor Yarmolyuk
- 54' Yellow Ferdi Kadıoğlu
- 65' Sub Mats Wieffer → Joël Veltman
- 67' Sub Jordan Henderson → Mikkel Damsgaard
- 76' Sub Diego Gómez → Maxim De Cuyper
- 81' Sub Kristoffer Ajer → Romelle Donovan
- 90' Sub James Milner → Carlos Baleba
- 90+2' Yellow Yehor Yarmolyuk
Category leaders
- Key passesJordan Henderson2
- Duels wonDiego Gómez10/19
- Defensive actionsSepp van den Berg7
- Fouls wonAaron Hickey3
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.