Leicester vs Brentford

21 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Tony Harrington

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

  • Yoane Wissa 17’
  • Bryan Mbeumo 27’
  • Christian Nørgaard 32’
  • Fabio Carvalho 89’

Match summary

Brentford won comfortably, 4-0 away at Leicester. Brentford led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Yoane Wissa put Brentford ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Mikkel Damsgaard, Bryan Mbeumo made it 0-2 in the 27th minute, set up by Mikkel Damsgaard, and Christian Nørgaard made it 0-3 with a header in the 32nd minute, set up by Bryan Mbeumo. In the second half, Fabio Carvalho made it 0-4 in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Brentford created 2.07 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Leicester's 0.73 from 8.

Match stats

Leicester Brentford
8 Shots 14
3 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 6
4 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.73 xG 2.03
0.73 Non-penalty xG 2.03
9 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Leicester Brentford
Kick-off
17’
Yoane Wissa
Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard0-1 (Brentford)
27’
Bryan Mbeumo
Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard0-2 (Brentford)
32’
Christian Nørgaard
Assist: Bryan Mbeumo0-3 (Brentford)
Half-time0-3
89’
Fabio Carvalho0-4 (Brentford)
Full-time0-4

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Woyo Coulibaly
  • Caleb Okoli
  • Bobby Reid
  • Facundo Buonanotte

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 0.73 2.07 17’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 0-1 17’ 27’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 0-2 27’ 32’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), 0-3 32’ 89’ Fabio Carvalho (Brentford), 0-4 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.73 2.07 17’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 0-1 Wissa 17’ 27’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), 0-2 Mbeumo 27’ 32’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), 0-3 Nørgaard 32’ 89’ Fabio Carvalho (Brentford), 0-4 Carvalho 89’
Leicester 0.73 xGBrentford 2.07 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Leicester attacking 
32’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), set piece, 0.55 xG, goal 4’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 17’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 89’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 38’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 89’ Fabio Carvalho (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 69’ Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 77’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 46’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), set piece, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 13’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 65’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 27’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 86’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 3’ Woyo Coulibaly (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 19’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 36’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+2’ Paris Maghoma (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 70’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Woyo Coulibaly (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 32’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), set piece, 0.55 xG, goal 17’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 4’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 89’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 38’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 89’ Fabio Carvalho (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 69’ Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 77’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 46’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), set piece, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 13’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 65’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 27’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 86’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 3’ Woyo Coulibaly (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 19’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 36’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+2’ Paris Maghoma (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 70’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Woyo Coulibaly (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mads Hermansen GK900 0.000.000
Woyo Coulibaly DEF502 0.070.000
Wout Faes DEF900 0.000.000
Caleb Okoli DEF870 0.000.000
Victor Kristiansen DEF900 0.000.000
Boubakary Soumare MID900 0.000.082
Wilfred Ndidi MID810 0.000.000
Bobby Reid MID500 0.000.000
Bilal El Khannouss MID900 0.000.533
Jordan Ayew MID590 0.000.041
Jamie Vardy FWD903 0.490.000
Jannik Vestergaard Sub400 0.000.000
Stephy Mavididi Sub400 0.000.000
Facundo Buonanotte Sub313 0.170.000
Oliver Skipp Sub90 0.000.000
Conor Coady Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 26% Avg odds 3.66
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.84
Brentford win 49% Avg odds 1.98

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

Form going into the game

Leicester LLWLL
Brentford DLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

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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.