Brentford vs Burnley

12 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ivan Toney 85’, 90+4’ (pen)

Match summary

Brentford beat Burnley 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Ivan Toney put Brentford ahead with a header in the 85th minute, set up by Christian Eriksen and Toney made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Brentford created 1.82 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Burnley's 0.83 from 7. Burnley had a player sent off.

Match stats

Brentford Burnley
13 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 1
2 Corners 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
1.82 xG 0.83
1.06 Non-penalty xG 0.83
4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Brentford Burnley
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Ivan Toney
Assist: Christian Eriksen1-0 (Brentford)
85’
Ivan Toney
Penalty2-0 (Brentford)
90+4’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Brentford
  • Ivan Toney
Burnley
  • Nathan Collins
  • James Tarkowski

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.82 0.83 85’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 1-0 85’ 90+4’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 2-0 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.82 0.83 85’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 1-0 Toney 85’ 90+4’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 2-0 Toney 90+4’
Brentford 1.82 xGBurnley 0.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Burnley attacking Brentford attacking 
90+4’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 85’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 70’ Maxwel Cornet (Burnley), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 34’ Dwight McNeil (Burnley), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 53’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 7’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 7’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 23’ Maxwel Cornet (Burnley), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 29’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Dwight McNeil (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 5’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 16’ Christian Eriksen (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 45’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 64’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 69’ Charlie Taylor (Burnley), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Christian Eriksen (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 63’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 65’ Rico Henry (Brentford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 75’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 90+4’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 85’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 70’ Maxwel Cornet (Burnley), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 34’ Dwight McNeil (Burnley), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 53’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 7’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 23’ Maxwel Cornet (Burnley), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 7’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 29’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Dwight McNeil (Burnley), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 5’ Josh Brownhill (Burnley), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 16’ Christian Eriksen (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 45’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Charlie Taylor (Burnley), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Christian Eriksen (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 63’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 65’ Rico Henry (Brentford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 75’ Jay Rodriguez (Burnley), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Raya GK900 0.000.000
Kristoffer Ajer DEF900 0.000.000
Ethan Pinnock DEF900 0.000.000
Pontus Jansson DEF900 0.000.000
Rico Henry DEF901 0.010.000
Bryan Mbeumo MID903 0.200.021
Christian Eriksen MID9012 0.080.572
Vitaly Janelt MID902 0.140.000
Christian Nørgaard MID821 0.010.052
Sergi Canos MID762 0.100.213
Ivan Toney FWD9022 1.270.111
Yoane Wissa Sub140 0.000.000
Mathias Jensen Sub80 0.000.000
Frank Onyeka Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 46% Avg odds 2.11
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.30
Burnley win 25% Avg odds 3.82

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

Form going into the game

Brentford LDLLW
Burnley WWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Burnley 3-1 Brentford, 30 Oct 21 Next meeting: Brentford 3-0 Burnley, 21 Oct 23  All Brentford vs Burnley 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.