Brentford vs Wolves

27 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–3

Yoane Wissa 16’

Mario Lemina 13’
Hee-Chan Hwang 14’, 28’
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde 79’

Match summary

Wolves won comfortably, 4-1 away at Brentford. Wolves led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mario Lemina put Wolves ahead with a header in the 13th minute, set up by Pablo Sarabia, Hee-Chan Hwang made it 0-2 in the 14th minute, Yoane Wissa pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 16th minute, set up by Neal Maupay, and Hwang made it 1-3 in the 28th minute, set up by Toti. In the second half, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde made it 1-4 in the 79th minute, set up by Matheus Cunha.

Brentford can feel hard done by, creating 2.60 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Wolves's 1.90 from 11.

Match stats

14 Shots 11

4 Shots on Target 5

8 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.59 xG 1.89

2.59 Non-penalty xG 1.89

15 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Brentford Wolves

Kick-off

13’

Mario Lemina
Assist: Pablo Sarabia

0-1

14’

Hee-Chan Hwang

0-2

Yoane Wissa
Assist: Neal Maupay

1-2

16’

28’

Hee-Chan Hwang
Assist: Toti

1-3

Half-time1-3

79’

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Assist: Matheus Cunha

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Brentford

Christian Nørgaard

Wolves

Max Kilman

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 2.60 xGWolves 1.90 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

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mark Flekken	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mads Roerslev	DEF	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Collins	DEF	90			1	0.61	0.00	0
Ethan Pinnock	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.11	1
Saman Ghoddos	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.66	2
Christian Nørgaard	MID	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Vitaly Janelt	MID	90			2	0.52	0.08	1
Yehor Yarmolyuk	MID	54			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yoane Wissa	FWD	90	1		2	0.37	0.24	2
Neal Maupay	FWD	90		1	1	0.12	0.29	1
Keane Lewis-Potter	FWD	90			2	0.65	0.48	2
Mikkel Damsgaard	Sub	36			1	0.13	0.62	1
Mathias Jensen	Sub	15			1	0.01	0.00	0
Myles Peart-Harris	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.01	1
Michael Olakigbe	Sub	1			1	0.01	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
José Sá	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Toti	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.27	1
Santiago Bueno	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Kilman	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Nélson Semedo	MID	72			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rayan Ait Nouri	MID	88			0	0.00	0.08	1
João Gomes	MID	90			2	0.09	0.00	0
Mario Lemina	MID	90	1		1	0.40	0.00	0
Matheus Cunha	MID	90		1	3	0.11	0.39	2
Pablo Sarabia	MID	73		1	1	0.02	0.43	3
Hee-Chan Hwang	FWD	51	2		2	0.87	0.00	0
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde	Sub	39	1		2	0.41	0.00	0
Matt Doherty	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tommy Doyle	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Hugo Bueno	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.07	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 43% Avg odds 2.22

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41

Wolves win 29% Avg odds 3.39

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

Form going into the game

Brentford L W L L L

Wolves L W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolves 2-0 Brentford, 15 Apr 23 Next meeting: Wolves 0-2 Brentford, 10 Feb 24 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.