Brentford vs Norwich

6 November 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jarred Gillett

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Rico Henry 60’
  • Mathias Normann 6’
  • Teemu Pukki 29’ (pen)

Match summary

Norwich beat Brentford 2-1 on the road. Norwich led 2-0 at half-time.

Mathias Normann put Norwich ahead in the 6th minute, Teemu Pukki made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 29th minute, and Rico Henry pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 60th minute, set up by Saman Ghoddos.

Brentford can feel hard done by, creating 2.84 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Norwich's 1.16 from 9.

Match stats

Brentford Norwich
19 Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.79 xG 1.16
2.79 Non-penalty xG 0.40
11 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Brentford Norwich
Kick-off
6’
Mathias Normann0-1 (Norwich)
29’
Teemu Pukki
Penalty0-2 (Norwich)
Half-time0-2
Rico Henry
Assist: Saman Ghoddos1-2 (Brentford)
60’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Brentford
  • Ivan Toney
  • Charlie Goode
Norwich
  • Max Aarons
  • Andrew Omobamidele
  • Mathias Normann

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 2.84 1.16 6’ Mathias Normann (Norwich), 0-1 6’ 29’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), 0-2 29’ 60’ Rico Henry (Brentford), 1-2 60’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.84 1.16 6’ Mathias Normann (Norwich), 0-1 Normann 6’ 29’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), 0-2 Pukki 29’ 60’ Rico Henry (Brentford), 1-2 Henry 60’
Brentford 2.84 xGNorwich 1.16 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Norwich attacking Brentford attacking 
29’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 56’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.70 xG, saved 14’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 60’ Rico Henry (Brentford), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 88’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 2’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 48’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 14’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 90+6’ Kenny McLean (Norwich), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 76’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 56’ Charlie Goode (Brentford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 6’ Mathias Normann (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 17’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 20’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 69’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 82’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 20’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 56’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 12’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 62’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 34’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Norwich), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 34’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Charlie Goode (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 51’ Mathias Normann (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 29’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 56’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.70 xG, saved 14’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 60’ Rico Henry (Brentford), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 88’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 48’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 2’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 14’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 90+6’ Kenny McLean (Norwich), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 76’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 56’ Charlie Goode (Brentford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 6’ Mathias Normann (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 17’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 20’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 82’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 56’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 20’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 12’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 62’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 34’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Norwich), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 34’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+4’ Charlie Goode (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Mathias Normann (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 53’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Álvaro Fernández GK900 0.000.000
Ethan Pinnock DEF903 0.140.601
Pontus Jansson DEF902 0.090.000
Zanka DEF110 0.000.000
Sergi Canos MID905 0.490.000
Rico Henry MID7211 0.490.000
Christian Nørgaard MID902 1.300.000
Mathias Jensen MID901 0.050.467
Vitaly Janelt MID490 0.000.000
Bryan Mbeumo FWD901 0.050.403
Ivan Toney FWD902 0.140.000
Charlie Goode Sub792 0.090.793
Saman Ghoddos Sub4110 0.000.491
Marcus Forss Sub180 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 59% Avg odds 1.64
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.97
Norwich win 17% Avg odds 5.53

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

Form going into the game

Brentford DWLLL
Norwich LDDLL

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Previous and next meeting

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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.