Brentford vs Arsenal

1 January 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Bryan Mbeumo 13’

Gabriel Jesus 29’
Mikel Merino 50’
Gabriel Martinelli 53’

Match summary

Arsenal came from behind to win 3-1 away at Brentford. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Bryan Mbeumo put Brentford ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Mikkel Damsgaard and Gabriel Jesus equalised with a header in the 29th minute. In the second half, Mikel Merino put Arsenal in front from a corner in the 50th minute and Gabriel Martinelli made it 1-3 in the 53rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.11 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Brentford's 0.28 from 5.

Match stats

5 Shots 14

2 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.27 xG 2.00

0.27 Non-penalty xG 2.00

2 Deep Completions 17

Key events

Brentford Arsenal

Kick-off

Bryan Mbeumo
Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard

1-0

13’

29’

Gabriel Jesus

1-1

Half-time1-1

50’

Mikel Merino

1-2

53’

Gabriel Martinelli

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Brentford

Christian Nørgaard

Arsenal

Jurriën Timber
Riccardo Calafiori

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.

Brentford 0.28 xGArsenal 2.11 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Brentford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mark Flekken	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mads Roerslev	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Collins	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sepp van den Berg	DEF	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Keane Lewis-Potter	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Vitaly Janelt	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yehor Yarmolyuk	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Nørgaard	MID	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mikkel Damsgaard	MID	79		1	0	0.00	0.09	1
Bryan Mbeumo	FWD	90	1		2	0.13	0.05	1
Yoane Wissa	FWD	79			2	0.06	0.08	1
Mathias Jensen	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Schade	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kim Ji-Soo	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paris Maghoma	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Raya	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jurriën Timber	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
Gabriel	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.11	1
William Saliba	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Calafiori	DEF	82		1	0.02	0.12	1
Thomas Partey	MID	90		2	0.10	0.00	0
Martin Odegaard	MID	90		1	0.02	0.03	1
Mikel Merino	MID	82	1	2	0.96	0.00	0
Ethan Nwaneri	FWD	82		1	0.06	0.04	2
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	90	1	3	0.69	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	90	1	4	0.26	0.31	4
Leandro Trossard	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0
Declan Rice	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0
Myles Lewis-Skelly	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jorginho	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 16% Avg odds 5.87

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.46

Arsenal win 62% Avg odds 1.54

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

Form going into the game

Brentford L W L L D

Arsenal W D D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 2-1 Brentford, 09 Mar 24 Next meeting: Arsenal 1-1 Brentford, 12 Apr 25 All Brentford vs Arsenal 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.