Brighton vs Brentford

26 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Darren England

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Leandro Trossard 34’
  • Neal Maupay 42’

Match summary

Brighton won 2-0 at home to Brentford. Brighton led 2-0 at half-time.

Leandro Trossard put Brighton ahead in the 34th minute, set up by Enock Mwepu and Neal Maupay made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute, set up by Jakub Moder.

There was little between the sides on chances: Brighton created 0.94 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots, Brentford 1.10 from 16.

Match stats

Brighton Brentford
15 Shots 16
5 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 9
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.94 xG 1.10
0.94 Non-penalty xG 1.10
7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Brighton Brentford
Kick-off
Leandro Trossard
Assist: Enock Mwepu1-0 (Brighton)
34’
Neal Maupay
Assist: Jakub Moder2-0 (Brighton)
42’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Adam Webster
Brentford
  • Mads Bech Sørensen
  • Christian Nørgaard
  • Ivan Toney

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.94 1.10 34’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), 1-0 34’ 42’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), 2-0 42’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.94 1.10 34’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), 1-0 Trossard 34’ 42’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), 2-0 Maupay 42’
Brighton 0.94 xGBrentford 1.10 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Brighton attacking 
68’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), open play, 0.45 xG, blocked 34’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 10’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 88’ Steven Alzate (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 3’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 42’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 54’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 27’ Enock Mwepu (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 58’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 89’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 2’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 81’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 57’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 10’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 40’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 13’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Dominic Thompson (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Adam Lallana (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 66’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Dan Burn (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 51’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 89’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 68’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), open play, 0.45 xG, blocked 34’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.28 xG, goal 10’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 54’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 88’ Steven Alzate (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 3’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 42’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 27’ Enock Mwepu (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 89’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 58’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 2’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 81’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 48’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 57’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 79’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 39’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 10’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 78’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 40’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Dominic Thompson (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Adam Lallana (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 18’ Dan Burn (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+3’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 60’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 51’ Pontus Jansson (Brentford), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 89’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robert Sánchez GK900 0.000.000
Tariq Lamptey DEF900 0.000.000
Dan Burn DEF901 0.020.000
Adam Webster DEF900 0.000.000
Marc Cucurella DEF900 0.000.081
Adam Lallana MID891 0.020.051
Enock Mwepu MID9011 0.070.281
Alexis Mac Allister MID894 0.150.021
Jakub Moder MID9011 0.050.112
Neal Maupay FWD9012 0.160.152
Leandro Trossard FWD5012 0.340.000
Danny Welbeck Sub401 0.040.021
Steven Alzate Sub11 0.080.000
Pascal Groß Sub11 0.020.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 49% Avg odds 1.95
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.41
Brentford win 23% Avg odds 4.30

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

Form going into the game

Brighton LDDDL
Brentford DWLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 0-1 Brighton, 11 Sep 21 Next meeting: Brentford 2-0 Brighton, 14 Oct 22  All Brighton vs Brentford 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.