Brentford vs Tottenham

26 December 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee David Coote

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

  • Vitaly Janelt 15’
  • Ivan Toney 54’
  • Harry Kane 65’
  • Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 71’

Match summary

Brentford and Tottenham shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Brentford led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Vitaly Janelt put Brentford ahead in the 15th minute. In the second half, Ivan Toney made it 2-0 from a corner in the 54th minute, set up by Christian Nørgaard, Harry Kane pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 65th minute, set up by Clement Lenglet, and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg equalised in the 71st minute.

Brentford had the better of the chances, with 2.36 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Tottenham's 0.88 from 16.

Match stats

Brentford Tottenham
9 Shots 16
5 Shots on Target 8
6 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.25 xG 0.88
2.25 Non-penalty xG 0.88
7 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Brentford Tottenham
Kick-off
Vitaly Janelt1-0 (Brentford)
15’
Half-time1-0
Ivan Toney
Assist: Christian Nørgaard2-0 (Brentford)
54’
65’
Harry Kane
Assist: Clement Lenglet2-1 (Tottenham)
71’
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg2-2 (Tottenham)
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Brentford
  • Mathias Jensen
  • Bryan Mbeumo
  • Ivan Toney
Tottenham
  • Yves Bissouma

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.36 0.88 15’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), 1-0 15’ 54’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 2-0 54’ 65’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), 2-1 65’ 71’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham), 2-2 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.36 0.88 15’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), 1-0 Janelt 15’ 54’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 2-0 Toney 54’ 65’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), 2-1 Kane 65’ 71’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham), 2-2 Højbjerg 71’
Brentford 2.36 xGTottenham 0.88 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Tottenham attacking Brentford attacking 
15’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.68 xG, goal 85’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 80’ Matt Doherty (Tottenham), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 15’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 77’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 73’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 71’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 67’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 84’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 12’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+6’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 66’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 18’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 65’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 90+2’ Eric Dier (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 34’ Zanka (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 54’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Clement Lenglet (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 15’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.68 xG, goal 85’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 80’ Matt Doherty (Tottenham), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 15’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 77’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 73’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 71’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 67’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 84’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 12’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+6’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 66’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 18’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 65’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 90+2’ Eric Dier (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 34’ Zanka (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 54’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 30’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Clement Lenglet (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 87’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Raya GK900 0.000.000
Zanka DEF901 0.040.000
Ethan Pinnock DEF901 0.040.000
Ben Mee DEF900 0.000.041
Mads Roerslev MID900 0.000.561
Rico Henry MID900 0.000.081
Vitaly Janelt MID9011 0.760.051
Christian Nørgaard MID8611 0.030.681
Mathias Jensen MID711 0.120.000
Ivan Toney FWD9013 1.300.000
Bryan Mbeumo FWD861 0.080.152
Saman Ghoddos Sub190 0.000.000
Yoane Wissa Sub40 0.000.000
Josh Dasilva Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 28% Avg odds 3.46
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.66
Tottenham win 46% Avg odds 2.10

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

Form going into the game

Brentford DLDDW
Tottenham LLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 0-0 Tottenham, 23 Apr 22 Next meeting: Tottenham 1-3 Brentford, 20 May 23  All Brentford vs Tottenham 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.