Brentford vs Liverpool

2 January 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Ibrahima Konaté 19’ (og)
Yoane Wissa 42’
Bryan Mbeumo 84’

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 50’

Match summary

Brentford beat Liverpool 3-1. Brentford led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Konaté's own goal put Brentford ahead from a corner in the 19th minute and Yoane Wissa made it 2-0 with a header in the 42nd minute, set up by Mathias Jensen. In the second half, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 50th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Bryan Mbeumo made it 3-1 in the 84th minute.

The chances backed that up: Brentford created 2.53 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Liverpool's 2.11 from 16.

Match stats

10 Shots 16

7 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 9

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.10 xG 2.10

2.10 Non-penalty xG 2.10

0 Deep Completions 19

Key events

Brentford Liverpool

Kick-off

Ibrahima Konaté
Own goal

1-0

19’

Yoane Wissa
Assist: Mathias Jensen

2-0

42’

Half-time2-0

50’

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

2-1

Bryan Mbeumo

3-1

84’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Brentford

Zanka

Liverpool

Thiago Alcántara
Harvey Elliott
Darwin Núñez

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 2.53 xGLiverpool 2.11 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	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Raya	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Zanka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ethan Pinnock	DEF	90			2	1.27	0.00	0
Ben Mee	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mads Roerslev	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rico Henry	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Christian Nørgaard	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Vitaly Janelt	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Mathias Jensen	MID	77		1	1	0.07	0.06	1
Bryan Mbeumo	FWD	90	1		3	1.02	0.08	2
Yoane Wissa	FWD	77	1		2	0.11	0.47	1
Josh Dasilva	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Keane Lewis-Potter	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mads Bech Sørensen	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Saman Ghoddos	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sergi Canos	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alisson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.38	2
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			2	0.18	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Konstantinos Tsimikas	DEF	49			3	0.44	0.15	2
Fabinho	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Thiago Alcántara	MID	90			2	0.08	0.02	1
Harvey Elliott	MID	49			0	0.00	0.08	2
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90			1	0.06	0.81	2
Darwin Núñez	FWD	90			3	0.87	0.00	0
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	FWD	86	1		3	0.38	0.37	2
Joel Matip	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Naby Keita	Sub	41			1	0.08	0.06	1
Andrew Robertson	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Curtis Jones	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 16% Avg odds 6.10

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.55

Liverpool win 63% Avg odds 1.53

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

Form going into the game

Brentford D D W D W

Liverpool L W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 3-0 Brentford, 16 Jan 22 Next meeting: Liverpool 1-0 Brentford, 06 May 23 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.