Everton vs Brentford

11 March 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Dwight McNeil 1’

Match summary

Everton saw off Brentford 1-0. Everton led 1-0 at half-time.

Dwight McNeil put Everton ahead in the first minute, set up by Abdoulaye Doucouré.

There was little between the sides on chances: Everton created 1.78 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Brentford 1.95 from 12.

Match stats

Everton Brentford
13 Shots 12
6 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.72 xG 1.95
1.72 Non-penalty xG 1.95
0 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Everton Brentford
Kick-off
Dwight McNeil
Assist: Abdoulaye Doucouré1-0 (Everton)
1’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Everton
  • Seamus Coleman
  • Abdoulaye Doucouré
Brentford
  • Christian Nørgaard

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 1.78 1.95 1’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), 1-0 1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.78 1.95 1’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), 1-0 McNeil 1’
Everton 1.78 xGBrentford 1.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Everton attacking 
33’ Alex Iwobi (Everton), from a corner, 0.58 xG, saved 71’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.51 xG, blocked 47’ Rico Henry (Brentford), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 20’ Amadou Onana (Everton), open play, 0.44 xG, off target 25’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 15’ Michael Keane (Everton), set piece, 0.25 xG, off target 70’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.14 xG, blocked 33’ Demarai Gray (Everton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 34’ Amadou Onana (Everton), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 67’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 90+3’ David Raya (Brentford), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 59’ Demarai Gray (Everton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 77’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 1’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 83’ Ben Mee (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Demarai Gray (Everton), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 88’ Josh Dasilva (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 24’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Michael Keane (Everton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Idrissa Gueye (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 49’ Michael Keane (Everton), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Seamus Coleman (Everton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 33’ Alex Iwobi (Everton), from a corner, 0.58 xG, saved 71’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.51 xG, blocked 47’ Rico Henry (Brentford), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 20’ Amadou Onana (Everton), open play, 0.44 xG, off target 25’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 15’ Michael Keane (Everton), set piece, 0.25 xG, off target 70’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.14 xG, blocked 67’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 33’ Demarai Gray (Everton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 34’ Amadou Onana (Everton), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 90+3’ David Raya (Brentford), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 59’ Demarai Gray (Everton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 77’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 1’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 83’ Ben Mee (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 88’ Josh Dasilva (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 47’ Demarai Gray (Everton), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 24’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Michael Keane (Everton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Dwight McNeil (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Idrissa Gueye (Everton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 49’ Michael Keane (Everton), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Seamus Coleman (Everton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jordan Pickford GK900 0.000.000
Seamus Coleman DEF901 0.010.000
Michael Keane DEF903 0.290.000
James Tarkowski DEF900 0.000.000
Ben Godfrey DEF900 0.000.000
Alex Iwobi MID901 0.580.123
Abdoulaye Doucouré MID9010 0.000.071
Idrissa Gueye MID901 0.020.121
Amadou Onana MID842 0.560.000
Dwight McNeil MID9012 0.090.031
Demarai Gray FWD903 0.230.262
Tom Davies Sub60 0.000.000
Neal Maupay Sub10 0.000.000
Vitalii Mykolenko Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Everton win 36% Avg odds 2.68
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.07
Brentford win 33% Avg odds 2.91

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

Form going into the game

Everton LWLLD
Brentford DWDDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 1-1 Everton, 27 Aug 22 Next meeting: Brentford 1-3 Everton, 23 Sep 23  All Everton 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.