Arsenal vs Brentford

12 April 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Thomas Partey 61’
  • Yoane Wissa 74’

Match summary

The points were shared as Arsenal and Brentford drew 1-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Thomas Partey put Arsenal ahead in the 61st minute, set up by Declan Rice and Yoane Wissa equalised from a corner in the 74th minute, set up by Nathan Collins.

There was little between the sides on chances: Arsenal created 0.77 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Brentford 0.59 from 3.

Match stats

Arsenal Brentford
14 Shots 3
3 Shots on Target 2
13 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.77 xG 0.59
0.77 Non-penalty xG 0.59
9 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Arsenal Brentford
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Thomas Partey
Assist: Declan Rice1-0 (Arsenal)
61’
74’
Yoane Wissa
Assist: Nathan Collins1-1 (Brentford)
Full-time1-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Arsenal
  • Martin Odegaard
Brentford
  • Christian Nørgaard
  • Kevin Schade
  • Yehor Yarmolyuk

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.77 0.59 61’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), 1-0 61’ 74’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 1-1 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.77 0.59 61’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), 1-0 Partey 61’ 74’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 1-1 Wissa 74’
Arsenal 0.77 xGBrentford 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Arsenal attacking 
74’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), from a corner, 0.46 xG, goal 61’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 35’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 31’ Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 9’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 22’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 80’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 23’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Mikel Merino (Arsenal), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 90+6’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Jorginho (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), from a corner, 0.46 xG, goal 61’ Thomas Partey (Arsenal), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 35’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 31’ Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 9’ Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 22’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 80’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 23’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Mikel Merino (Arsenal), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 90+6’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 44’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Jorginho (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Raya GK900 0.000.000
Thomas Partey DEF7111 0.300.000
William Saliba DEF900 0.000.133
Jakub Kiwior DEF901 0.020.031
Kieran Tierney DEF640 0.000.000
Jorginho MID901 0.020.000
Declan Rice MID7711 0.040.362
Oleksandr Zinchenko MID641 0.020.000
Ethan Nwaneri FWD651 0.060.011
Leandro Trossard FWD903 0.050.041
Gabriel Martinelli FWD902 0.130.021
Martin Odegaard Sub260 0.000.092
Myles Lewis-Skelly Sub260 0.000.000
Bukayo Saka Sub252 0.080.000
Jurriën Timber Sub190 0.000.000
Mikel Merino Sub131 0.030.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 59% Avg odds 1.63
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.15
Brentford win 18% Avg odds 5.21

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal DDWWD
Brentford DLWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 1-3 Arsenal, 01 Jan 25 Next meeting: Arsenal 2-0 Brentford, 03 Dec 25  All Arsenal vs Brentford meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.