Man City vs Brentford

14 September 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Darren Bond

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Erling Haaland 20’, 32’
  • Yoane Wissa 1’

Match summary

Man City came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Brentford. Man City led 2-1 at half-time.

Yoane Wissa put Brentford ahead with a header in the first minute, Erling Haaland equalised in the 20th minute, and Haaland won it in the 32nd minute, set up by Ederson.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 1.55 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Brentford's 1.05 from 8.

Match stats

Man City Brentford
18 Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 5
12 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.55 xG 1.05
1.55 Non-penalty xG 1.05
22 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Man City Brentford
Kick-off
1’
Yoane Wissa0-1 (Brentford)
Erling Haaland1-1 (Man City)
20’
Erling Haaland
Assist: Ederson2-1 (Man City)
32’
Half-time2-1
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Man City
  • John Stones
  • Mateo Kovacic
  • Sávio
Brentford
  • Nathan Collins

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 1.55 1.05 1’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 0-1 1’ 20’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 1-1 20’ 32’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-1 32’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.55 1.05 1’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), 0-1 Wissa 1’ 20’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 1-1 Haaland 20’ 32’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-1 Haaland 32’
Man City 1.55 xGBrentford 1.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Man City attacking 
1’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 76’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 32’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.20 xG, goal 81’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, hit the woodwork 9’ Nathan Collins (Brentford), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 28’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 4’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 69’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 81’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 81’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 78’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 20’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 74’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 65’ Sávio (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 67’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+1’ Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 41’ Jack Grealish (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 34’ Sávio (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 70’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 72’ Kyle Walker (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 1’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 76’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 32’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.20 xG, goal 81’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, hit the woodwork 9’ Nathan Collins (Brentford), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 28’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 4’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 69’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 81’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 81’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 78’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 20’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 74’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 65’ Sávio (Man City), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 67’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 41’ Jack Grealish (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 34’ Sávio (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ Sávio (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 13’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Kyle Walker (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 47’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK9010 0.000.201
Kyle Walker DEF901 0.030.081
Manuel Akanji DEF900 0.000.000
John Stones DEF890 0.000.000
Rico Lewis DEF510 0.000.021
Ilkay Gündogan MID902 0.050.224
Mateo Kovacic MID510 0.000.000
Sávio MID905 0.590.031
Kevin De Bruyne MID902 0.070.345
Jack Grealish MID892 0.080.101
Erling Haaland FWD9026 0.730.000
Josko Gvardiol Sub390 0.000.401
Rodri Sub390 0.000.051
Bernardo Silva Sub10 0.000.000
Matheus Nunes Sub10 0.000.000
Rúben Dias Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 80% Avg odds 1.19
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.64
Brentford win 7% Avg odds 13.85

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

Form going into the game

Man City WWWWW
Brentford WLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Man City 1-0 Brentford, 20 Feb 24 Next meeting: Brentford 2-2 Man City, 14 Jan 25  All Man City 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.