Manchester United 2-1 Brentford
Key numbers
- Possession 45% – 55%
- Shots 11 (6 on target) – 12 (4)
- Decisive moment: 11' Casemiro, FN xPts +0.7
Casemiro 11'
Benjamin Šeško 43'
Benjamin Šeško 43'
HT 2:0
Mathias Jensen 87'
Manchester United 3rd · 61 pts|Brentford 9th · 48 pts
Manchester United won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.36–1.17).
Player of the matchCasemiroDecisive moment11' Casemiro+0.7
Player of the match
Casemiro Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.0 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester United ahead 79 min · level 11 min · Brentford ahead 0 min
- Reiss Nelson — off the bench 17 min · 0G 1A
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.
11'
Casemiro
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Harry Maguire +0.2
+0.7
43'
Benjamin Šeško
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Bruno Fernandes +0.2
+0.5
87'
Mathias Jensen
Goal · assist Reiss Nelson
+0.1
Manchester United
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +1.2Opponent moments −0.2Time effect +0.6→ League points won 3
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +0.1Opponent moments −1.1Time effect −0.3→ 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
Manchester UnitedBrentford
45%Possession55%
1.36Expected goals (xG)1.17
0.12xG per shot0.1
11Shots12
6Shots on target4
55%Shots on target %33%
7Shots in box9
414Passes497
82%Pass accuracy87%
7Corners8
5Saves3
6Fouls9
2Yellow cards4
1Offsides2
Compared with usual
Manchester United
35 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.36 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 1.17 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 11 | 16.1 | |
| On target | 6 | 5.9 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 11.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 45% | 53.5% | |
| Passes | 414 | 474.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 82% | 82.5% | |
| Corners | 7 | 4.7 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 9.8 |
Brentford
40 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 1.17 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 1.36 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 12 | 10.9 | |
| On target | 4 | 4 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.14 | |
| Possession | 55% | 48.3% | |
| Passes | 497 | 407.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 78.9% | |
| Corners | 8 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 10.7 |
Timeline
- 6' Yellow Luke Shaw
- 11' Goal Casemiro league goal #9 assist Harry Maguire
- 40' Yellow Sepp van den Berg
- 43' Goal Benjamin Šeško league goal #10 assist Bruno Fernandes
- 46' Sub Amad Diallo → Noussair Mazraoui
- 71' Yellow Dango Ouattara
- 73' Sub Luke Shaw → Leny Yoro
- 73' Sub Kevin Schade → Reiss Nelson
- 74' Sub Bryan Mbeumo → Mason Mount
- 76' Yellow Igor Thiago
- 87' Goal Mathias Jensen league goal #3 assist Reiss Nelson
- 88' Sub Benjamin Šeško → Joshua Zirkzee
- 90+2' Yellow Joshua Zirkzee
- 90+6' Yellow Nathan Collins
Category leaders
- Key passesBruno Fernandes6
- Duels wonCasemiro15/17
- DribblesKobbie Mainoo3/3
- Defensive actionsCasemiro13
- ShotsCasemiro3 (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.