Crystal Palace vs Brentford

26 January 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Tony Harrington

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Romain Esse 85’
  • Bryan Mbeumo 66’ (pen)
  • Kevin Schade 80’

Match summary

Brentford beat Crystal Palace 2-1 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Bryan Mbeumo put Brentford ahead from the penalty spot in the 66th minute, Kevin Schade made it 0-2 with a header in the 80th minute, set up by Mikkel Damsgaard, and Romain Esse pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 85th minute, set up by Daniel Muñoz.

The chances backed that up: Brentford created 1.92 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Crystal Palace's 1.23 from 16.

Match stats

Crystal Palace Brentford
16 Shots 13
5 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.23 xG 1.92
1.23 Non-penalty xG 1.16
9 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Crystal Palace Brentford
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
66’
Bryan Mbeumo
Penalty
0-1 (Brentford)
80’
Kevin Schade
Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard
0-2 (Brentford)
Romain Esse
Assist: Daniel Muñoz
1-2 (Crystal Palace)
85’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Crystal Palace
  • Dean Henderson
  • Maxence Lacroix
Brentford
  • Keane Lewis-Potter
  • Vitaly Janelt

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.23 1.92 66’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 0-1 66’ 80’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), 0-2 80’ 85’ Romain Esse (Crystal Palace), 1-2 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.23 1.92 66’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 0-1 Mbeumo 66’ 80’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), 0-2 Schade 80’ 85’ Romain Esse (Crystal Palace), 1-2 Esse 85’
Crystal Palace 1.23 xGBrentford 1.92 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Crystal Palace attacking 
66’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.65 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Romain Esse (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 47’ Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 49’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 78’ Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 40’ Sepp van den Berg (Brentford), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 90+8’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 7’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 57’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 31’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 44’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 80’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 25’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 22’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 30’ Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 70’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 38’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 57’ Daniel Muñoz (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Chris Richards (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 1’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Will Hughes (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Will Hughes (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 36’ Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 66’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.65 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Romain Esse (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 47’ Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 49’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 78’ Eddie Nketiah (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 40’ Sepp van den Berg (Brentford), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 90+8’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 7’ Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 57’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 31’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 44’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 80’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 25’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 22’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 30’ Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 70’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 38’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Daniel Muñoz (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 1’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Chris Richards (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 75’ Will Hughes (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Will Hughes (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 36’ Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Dean Henderson GK900 0.000.000
Maxence Lacroix DEF902 0.140.000
Marc Guehi DEF900 0.000.000
Chris Richards DEF841 0.020.091
Daniel Muñoz MID9011 0.020.592
Tyrick Mitchell MID900 0.000.061
Jefferson Lerma MID902 0.030.000
Will Hughes MID832 0.030.021
Eberechi Eze MID905 0.250.135
Ismaila Sarr MID720 0.000.000
Jean-Philippe Mateta FWD901 0.070.000
Eddie Nketiah Sub181 0.090.000
Romain Esse Sub711 0.580.000
Daichi Kamada Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Crystal Palace win 49% Avg odds 1.97
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.76
Brentford win 26% Avg odds 3.70

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

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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.