Brentford vs Wolves

5 October 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 5 – 3

Half-time: 4–2

Nathan Collins 2’
Bryan Mbeumo 20’ (pen)
Christian Nørgaard 28’
Ethan Pinnock 45+2’
Fabio Carvalho 90’

Matheus Cunha 4’
Jørgen Strand Larsen 26’
Rayan Ait Nouri 90+3’

Match summary

Brentford beat Wolves 5-3. Brentford led 4-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Nathan Collins put Brentford ahead with a header in the 2nd minute, set up by Mikkel Damsgaard, Matheus Cunha equalised in the 4th minute, set up by Nélson Semedo, Bryan Mbeumo put Brentford back in front from the penalty spot in the 20th minute, Jørgen Strand Larsen equalised in the 26th minute, set up by Rayan Ait Nouri, Christian Nørgaard put Brentford back in front in the 28th minute, set up by Vitaly Janelt, and Ethan Pinnock made it 4-2 with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Mikkel Damsgaard. In the second half, Fabio Carvalho made it 5-2 in the 90th minute and Rayan Ait Nouri pulled one back to make it 5-3 in stoppage time, set up by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.

The chances backed that up: Brentford created 4.14 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Wolves's 0.70 from 17.

Match stats

19 Shots 17

12 Shots on Target 6

10 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

4.14 xG 0.70

3.37 Non-penalty xG 0.70

9 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Brentford Wolves

Kick-off

Nathan Collins
Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard

1-0

2’

4’

Matheus Cunha
Assist: Nélson Semedo

1-1

Bryan Mbeumo
Penalty

2-1

20’

26’

Jørgen Strand Larsen
Assist: Rayan Ait Nouri

2-2

Christian Nørgaard
Assist: Vitaly Janelt

3-2

28’

Ethan Pinnock
Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard

4-2

45+2’

Half-time4-2

Fabio Carvalho

5-2

90’

90+3’

Rayan Ait Nouri
Assist: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde

5-3

Full-time5-3

Bookings

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

Brentford

Kristoffer Ajer
Vitaly Janelt

Wolves

Nélson Semedo
Craig Dawson
Carlos Forbs

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 4.14 xGWolves 0.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Wolves 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
Mark Flekken	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sepp van den Berg	DEF	90			2	0.33	0.02	1
Nathan Collins	DEF	90	1		2	0.71	0.00	0
Ethan Pinnock	DEF	90	1		3	0.13	0.00	0
Kristoffer Ajer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vitaly Janelt	MID	90		1	2	0.07	0.55	2
Christian Nørgaard	MID	81	1		3	0.35	0.00	0
Bryan Mbeumo	MID	90	1		2	0.83	0.45	3
Mikkel Damsgaard	MID	90		2	0	0.00	1.28	6
Keane Lewis-Potter	MID	90			1	0.35	0.26	2
Kevin Schade	FWD	81			2	0.59	0.00	0
Fabio Carvalho	Sub	9	1		1	0.67	0.00	0
Yehor Yarmolyuk	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mads Roerslev	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yunus Konak	Sub	1			1	0.11	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Sam Johnstone	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nélson Semedo	DEF	90		1	1	0.04	0.10	1
Toti	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Craig Dawson	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Rayan Ait Nouri	DEF	90	1	1	1	0.05	0.23	4
André	MID	61			1	0.01	0.03	2
Carlos Forbs	MID	72			0	0.00	0.04	1
Mario Lemina	MID	90			4	0.10	0.02	1
João Gomes	MID	81			1	0.02	0.04	1
Matheus Cunha	MID	90	1		5	0.27	0.05	1
Jørgen Strand Larsen	FWD	90	1		1	0.11	0.00	0
Hee-Chan Hwang	Sub	29			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gonçalo Guedes	Sub	18			1	0.02	0.10	2
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	Sub	9		1	0	0.00	0.05	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 47% Avg odds 2.05

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.60

Wolves win 27% Avg odds 3.57

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

Form going into the game

Brentford L W L L D

Wolves L D L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolves 0-2 Brentford, 10 Feb 24 Next meeting: Wolves 1-1 Brentford, 25 May 25 All Brentford vs Wolves 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.