Manchester City 3-0 Brentford
Key numbers
- Possession 59% – 41%
- Shots 25 (10 on target) – 4 (2)
- Decisive moment: 60' Jérémy Doku, FN xPts +1.0
Jérémy Doku 60'
Erling Haaland 75'
Omar Marmoush 90'
Erling Haaland 75'
Omar Marmoush 90'
HT 0:0
Manchester City 2nd · 74 pts|Brentford 8th · 51 pts
Manchester City won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.98–0.24).
Player of the matchJérémy DokuDecisive moment60' Jérémy Doku+1.0
Player of the match
Jérémy Doku Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.0 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 30 min · level 60 min · Brentford ahead 0 min
- Omar Marmoush — off the bench 30 min · 1G 0A
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.
60'
Jérémy Doku
Goal
+1.0
75'
Erling Haaland
Goal
+0.3
90'
Omar Marmoush
Goal · assist Erling Haaland
0.0
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +1.3Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.3→ League points won 3
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 0.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.9Time effect +0.1→ 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 CityBrentford
59%Possession41%
2.98Expected goals (xG)0.24
0.12xG per shot0.06
25Shots4
10Shots on target2
40%Shots on target %50%
15Shots in box2
463Passes320
86%Pass accuracy76%
10Corners2
2Saves7
8Fouls14
4Yellow cards2
0Offsides2
Compared with usual
Manchester City
55 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.93 | |
| xG | 2.98 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.24 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 25 | 15.9 | |
| On target | 10 | 5.8 | |
| Shots faced | 4 | 9.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 59% | 61.3% | |
| Passes | 463 | 601.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 88.8% | |
| Corners | 10 | 6.2 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10 |
Brentford
42 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 0.24 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 2.98 | 1.2 | high |
| Shots | 4 | 11 | |
| On target | 2 | 4.1 | |
| Shots faced | 25 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.14 | |
| Possession | 41% | 48.5% | |
| Passes | 320 | 407.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 76% | 79.1% | |
| Corners | 2 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 10.6 |
Timeline
- 36' Yellow Bernardo Silva
- 60' Sub Tijjani Reijnders → Phil Foden
- 60' Sub Rayan Cherki → Omar Marmoush
- 60' Goal Jérémy Doku league goal #5
- 61' Sub Aaron Hickey → Vitaly Janelt
- 68' Sub Mikkel Damsgaard → Dango Ouattara
- 74' Yellow Nico O'Reilly
- 75' Goal Erling Haaland league goal #26
- 79' Sub Yehor Yarmoliuk → Jordan Henderson
- 80' Yellow Kristoffer Ajer
- 88' Yellow Matheus Nunes
- 88' Yellow Jordan Henderson
- 90' Sub Jérémy Doku → Savinho
- 90' Goal Omar Marmoush league goal #2 assist Erling Haaland
- 90+5' Yellow Omar Marmoush
Category leaders
- Key passesJérémy Doku6
- Duels wonMarc Guéhi11/13
- DribblesJérémy Doku6/9
- Defensive actionsMikkel Damsgaard9
- ShotsErling Haaland5 (on target 4)
- Fouls wonMarc Guéhi3
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.