Brentford vs Brighton

11 September 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Leandro Trossard 90’

Match summary

Brighton won 1-0 away at Brentford, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Leandro Trossard put Brighton ahead in the 90th minute, set up by Alexis Mac Allister.

Brentford can feel hard done by, creating 0.73 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Brighton's 0.29 from 4.

Match stats

Brentford Brighton
7 Shots 4
1 Shots on Target 2
1 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.73 xG 0.29
0.73 Non-penalty xG 0.29
3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Brentford Brighton
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
90’
Leandro Trossard
Assist: Alexis Mac Allister
0-1 (Brighton)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Brentford
  • Kristoffer Ajer
  • Sergi Canos
  • Bryan Mbeumo
Brighton
  • Shane Duffy
  • Joël Veltman

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 0.73 0.29 90’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), 0-1 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.73 0.29 90’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), 0-1 Trossard 90’
Brentford 0.73 xGBrighton 0.29 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Brentford attacking 
24’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 51’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 14’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 48’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 24’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 78’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 70’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 10’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 51’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 14’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 48’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 24’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 70’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 10’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 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
Ethan Pinnock DEF900 0.000.000
Kristoffer Ajer DEF900 0.000.000
Pontus Jansson DEF900 0.000.000
Sergi Canos MID660 0.000.000
Rico Henry MID900 0.000.031
Christian Nørgaard MID900 0.000.000
Shandon Baptiste MID801 0.030.000
Vitaly Janelt MID731 0.270.051
Bryan Mbeumo FWD903 0.420.022
Ivan Toney FWD902 0.020.643
Mads Roerslev Sub240 0.000.000
Mathias Jensen Sub170 0.000.000
Frank Onyeka Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 32% Avg odds 3.01
Draw 32% Avg odds 3.01
Brighton win 36% Avg odds 2.67

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

Form going into the game

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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.