Brighton vs Brentford

6 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Pascal Groß 31’
  • Jack Hinshelwood 52’
  • Bryan Mbeumo 27’ (pen)

Match summary

Brighton came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Brentford. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Bryan Mbeumo put Brentford ahead from the penalty spot in the 27th minute, Pascal Groß equalised in the 31st minute, set up by Kaoru Mitoma, and Jack Hinshelwood won it with a header in the 52nd minute, set up by Pascal Groß.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 1.54 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Brentford's 1.23 from 8.

Match stats

Brighton Brentford
18 Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.54 xG 1.22
1.54 Non-penalty xG 0.46
19 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Brighton Brentford
Kick-off
27’
Bryan Mbeumo
Penalty0-1 (Brentford)
Pascal Groß
Assist: Kaoru Mitoma1-1 (Brighton)
31’
Half-time1-1
Jack Hinshelwood
Assist: Pascal Groß2-1 (Brighton)
52’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Jan Paul van Hecke
  • Billy Gilmour
  • Facundo Buonanotte
Brentford
  • Yoane Wissa

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.54 1.23 27’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 0-1 27’ 31’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), 1-1 31’ 52’ Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton), 2-1 52’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.54 1.23 27’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 0-1 Mbeumo 27’ 31’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), 1-1 Groß 31’ 52’ Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton), 2-1 Hinshelwood 52’
Brighton 1.54 xGBrentford 1.23 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Brighton attacking 
27’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 20’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 48’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 51’ Neal Maupay (Brentford), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 54’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 64’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 52’ Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 41’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 83’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Igor Julio (Brighton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 18’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 35’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+5’ Ben Mee (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 73’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 74’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 22’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Billy Gilmour (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 27’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 20’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 48’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 51’ Neal Maupay (Brentford), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 54’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 64’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 52’ Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 41’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 83’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Igor Julio (Brighton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 18’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+5’ Ben Mee (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 35’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 31’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 73’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 74’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 22’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Billy Gilmour (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jason Steele GK900 0.000.000
Jack Hinshelwood DEF8011 0.090.541
Jan Paul van Hecke DEF902 0.160.000
Igor Julio DEF901 0.080.000
Pascal Groß DEF90113 0.600.091
Carlos Baleba MID900 0.000.052
Billy Gilmour MID901 0.020.243
Simon Adingra MID904 0.150.082
Facundo Buonanotte MID761 0.020.131
Kaoru Mitoma MID9011 0.020.223
João Pedro FWD764 0.390.000
Evan Ferguson Sub140 0.000.000
James Milner Sub140 0.000.000
Joël Veltman Sub100 0.000.000
Jakub Moder Sub10 0.000.000
Benicio Baker-Boaitey Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 54% Avg odds 1.77
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.05
Brentford win 22% Avg odds 4.45

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

Form going into the game

Brighton DDDWL
Brentford WWLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brighton 3-3 Brentford, 01 Apr 23 Next meeting: Brentford 0-0 Brighton, 03 Apr 24  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.