Brentford vs Southampton

7 May 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Pontus Jansson 13’
  • Yoane Wissa 14’
  • Kristoffer Ajer 79’

Match summary

Brentford won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Southampton. Brentford led 2-0 at half-time.

Pontus Jansson put Brentford ahead from a corner in the 13th minute, set up by Ivan Toney, Yoane Wissa made it 2-0 in the 14th minute, set up by Christian Eriksen, and Kristoffer Ajer made it 3-0 in the 79th minute, set up by Christian Nørgaard.

The chances backed that up: Brentford created 3.70 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Southampton's 0.99 from 19.

Match stats

Brentford Southampton
18 Shots 19
5 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 7
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.68 xG 0.99
3.68 Non-penalty xG 0.99
11 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Brentford Southampton
Kick-off
Pontus Jansson
Assist: Ivan Toney1-0 (Brentford)
13’
Yoane Wissa
Assist: Christian Eriksen2-0 (Brentford)
14’
Half-time2-0
Kristoffer Ajer
Assist: Christian Nørgaard3-0 (Brentford)
79’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Ibrahima Diallo

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.70 0.99 13’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), 1-0 13’ 14’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 2-0 14’ 79’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), 3-0 79’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.70 0.99 13’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), 1-0 Jansson 13’ 14’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 2-0 Wissa 14’ 79’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), 3-0 Ajer 79’
Brentford 3.70 xGSouthampton 0.99 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Brentford attacking 
18’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), set piece, 0.83 xG, off target 79’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 8’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 13’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 31’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, blocked 77’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 31’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 77’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 27’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 31’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 59’ Armando Broja (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 79’ Josh Dasilva (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 10’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 62’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 42’ Armando Broja (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 22’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 14’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 52’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 16’ Armando Broja (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 36’ Armando Broja (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 48’ Christian Eriksen (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 24’ Armando Broja (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 75’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 4’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 43’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 82’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 77’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 10’ Christian Eriksen (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 2’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 18’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), set piece, 0.83 xG, off target 79’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 8’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 13’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 31’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, blocked 77’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 31’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 77’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 27’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 31’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 79’ Josh Dasilva (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 59’ Armando Broja (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 10’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 62’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 42’ Armando Broja (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 22’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 14’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 52’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 16’ Armando Broja (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 36’ Armando Broja (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 48’ Christian Eriksen (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 24’ Armando Broja (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 75’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 4’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 43’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 77’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 83’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 10’ Christian Eriksen (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 2’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+3’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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 DEF9011 0.650.141
Mads Bech Sørensen DEF900 0.000.000
Pontus Jansson DEF9012 0.640.000
Rico Henry DEF900 0.000.632
Christian Eriksen MID9012 0.080.395
Christian Nørgaard MID9011 0.060.873
Mathias Jensen MID892 0.630.000
Bryan Mbeumo FWD832 0.220.000
Ivan Toney FWD9013 0.271.423
Yoane Wissa FWD7014 1.060.000
Josh Dasilva Sub201 0.100.000
Shandon Baptiste Sub70 0.000.000
Nathan Young-Coombes Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 46% Avg odds 2.11
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54
Southampton win 27% Avg odds 3.54

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Southampton 4-1 Brentford, 11 Jan 22 Next meeting: Brentford 3-0 Southampton, 04 Feb 23  All Brentford vs Southampton 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.