Brentford vs Brighton

19 April 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Tim Robinson

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Bryan Mbeumo 9’, 48’
  • Yoane Wissa 58’
  • Christian Nørgaard 90+5’
  • Danny Welbeck 45+3’
  • Kaoru Mitoma 81’

Match summary

Brentford beat Brighton 4-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Bryan Mbeumo put Brentford ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Keane Lewis-Potter and Danny Welbeck equalised with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Mats Wieffer. In the second half, Mbeumo put Brentford back in front in the 48th minute, set up by Yoane Wissa, Yoane Wissa made it 3-1 in the 58th minute, set up by Bryan Mbeumo, Kaoru Mitoma pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 81st minute, set up by Jack Hinshelwood, and Christian Nørgaard made it 4-2 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Mathias Jensen.

The chances backed that up: Brentford created 2.96 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Brighton's 1.24 from 12. Brighton had a player sent off.

Match stats

Brentford Brighton
16 Shots 12
8 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 8
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
2.96 xG 1.24
2.96 Non-penalty xG 1.24
14 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Brentford Brighton
Kick-off
Bryan Mbeumo
Assist: Keane Lewis-Potter1-0 (Brentford)
9’
45+3’
Danny Welbeck
Assist: Mats Wieffer1-1 (Brighton)
Half-time1-1
Bryan Mbeumo
Assist: Yoane Wissa2-1 (Brentford)
48’
Yoane Wissa
Assist: Bryan Mbeumo3-1 (Brentford)
58’
81’
Kaoru Mitoma
Assist: Jack Hinshelwood3-2 (Brighton)
Christian Nørgaard
Assist: Mathias Jensen4-2 (Brentford)
90+5’
Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Brentford
  • Michael Kayode
  • Nathan Collins
  • Mathias Jensen
Brighton
  • João Pedro
  • Jan Paul van Hecke
  • Estupiñán
  • Danny Welbeck

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 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.96 1.24 9’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 1-0 9’ 45+3’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), 1-1 45+3’ 48’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 2-1 48’ 58’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 3-1 58’ 81’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), 3-2 81’ 90+5’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), 4-2 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.96 1.24 9’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 1-0 Mbeumo 9’ 45+3’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), 1-1 Welbeck 45+3’ 48’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 2-1 Mbeumo 48’ 58’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 3-1 Wissa 58’ 81’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), 3-2 Mitoma 81’ 90+5’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), 4-2 Nørgaard 90+5’
Brentford 2.96 xGBrighton 1.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking Brentford attacking 
65’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.53 xG, off target 56’ Nathan Collins (Brentford), from a corner, 0.41 xG, saved 90+5’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), set piece, 0.41 xG, goal 54’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), from a corner, 0.38 xG, saved 79’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 9’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 81’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 3’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 58’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 54’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 48’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 29’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+10’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 12’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 18’ Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 19’ Matt O'Riley (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 2’ Matt O'Riley (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+9’ Diego Gómez (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 90+11’ Sepp van den Berg (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 46’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 24’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 34’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Diego Gómez (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 65’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.53 xG, off target 56’ Nathan Collins (Brentford), from a corner, 0.41 xG, saved 90+5’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), set piece, 0.41 xG, goal 54’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), from a corner, 0.38 xG, saved 79’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 9’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 81’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 3’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 58’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 54’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 48’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 29’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+10’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 12’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 18’ Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 19’ Matt O'Riley (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 2’ Matt O'Riley (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+9’ Diego Gómez (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 90+11’ Sepp van den Berg (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 46’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 24’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 3’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Diego Gómez (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mark Flekken GK900 0.000.000
Michael Kayode DEF700 0.000.000
Nathan Collins DEF901 0.410.071
Sepp van den Berg DEF901 0.060.000
Keane Lewis-Potter DEF8010 0.000.321
Christian Nørgaard MID9013 0.550.000
Yehor Yarmolyuk MID800 0.000.000
Bryan Mbeumo MID90214 0.471.067
Mikkel Damsgaard MID900 0.000.000
Kevin Schade MID903 0.590.291
Yoane Wissa FWD90114 0.870.051
Kristoffer Ajer Sub200 0.000.021
Mathias Jensen Sub1010 0.000.411
Rico Henry Sub100 0.000.000
Vitaly Janelt Sub10 0.000.091
Gustavo Nunes Sub10 0.000.000
Yunus Konak Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 36% Avg odds 2.64
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.58
Brighton win 37% Avg odds 2.59

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

Form going into the game

Brentford LWLDD
Brighton WDLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 0-0 Brentford, 27 Dec 24 Next meeting: Brighton 2-1 Brentford, 22 Nov 25  All Brentford vs Brighton 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.