Brentford vs Liverpool

17 February 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–1

Ivan Toney 75’

Darwin Núñez 35’
Alexis Mac Allister 55’
Mohamed Salah 68’
Cody Gakpo 86’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 4-1 away at Brentford. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Darwin Núñez put Liverpool ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Diogo Jota. In the second half, Alexis Mac Allister made it 0-2 in the 55th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, Mohamed Salah made it 0-3 in the 68th minute, set up by Cody Gakpo, Ivan Toney pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 75th minute, and Cody Gakpo made it 1-4 in the 86th minute, set up by Luis Díaz.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.17 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Brentford's 1.94 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 15

6 Shots on Target 8

1 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.70 xG 3.09

1.70 Non-penalty xG 3.09

10 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Brentford Liverpool

Kick-off

35’

Darwin Núñez
Assist: Diogo Jota

0-1

Half-time0-1

55’

Alexis Mac Allister
Assist: Mohamed Salah

0-2

68’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Cody Gakpo

0-3

Ivan Toney

1-3

75’

86’

Cody Gakpo
Assist: Luis Díaz

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Brentford

Sergio Reguilón
Frank Onyeka

Liverpool

Wataru Endo

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 1.94 xGLiverpool 3.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking Brentford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mark Flekken	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Collins	DEF	90		1	0.03	0.00	0
Kristoffer Ajer	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Mee	DEF	90		1	0.50	0.00	0
Mads Roerslev	MID	71		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergio Reguilón	MID	90		1	0.11	0.00	0
Vitaly Janelt	MID	90		1	0.04	0.00	0
Mathias Jensen	MID	82		1	0.01	0.05	2
Christian Nørgaard	MID	71		1	0.04	0.06	3
Ivan Toney	FWD	90	1	8	1.21	0.00	0
Neal Maupay	FWD	71		1	0.02	0.20	2
Yoane Wissa	Sub	19		0	0.00	0.11	1
Frank Onyeka	Sub	19		0	0.00	0.00	0
Keane Lewis-Potter	Sub	19		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mikkel Damsgaard	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.41	1
Saman Ghoddos	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Caoimhin Kelleher	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Bradley	DEF	90			2	0.27	0.00	0
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.32	1
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.13	2
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	90	1		1	0.46	0.06	2
Wataru Endo	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Curtis Jones	MID	33			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Jota	FWD	43		1	2	0.33	0.48	1
Darwin Núñez	FWD	54	1		1	0.48	0.00	0
Luis Díaz	FWD	90		1	2	0.17	0.68	3
Ryan Gravenberch	Sub	57			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	Sub	47	1	1	2	0.74	0.59	2
Cody Gakpo	Sub	36	1	1	2	0.43	0.42	1
Joseph Gomez	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harvey Elliott	Sub	1			1	0.13	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 20% Avg odds 4.82

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.40

Liverpool win 58% Avg odds 1.65

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

Form going into the game

Brentford L W L L W

Liverpool W W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 3-0 Brentford, 12 Nov 23 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-0 Brentford, 25 Aug 24 All Brentford vs Liverpool 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.