Newcastle vs Brentford

2 April 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Alexander Isak 45+2’
Sandro Tonali 74’

Bryan Mbeumo 66’ (pen)

Match summary

Newcastle saw off Brentford 2-1. Newcastle led 1-0 at half-time.

Alexander Isak put Newcastle ahead in first-half stoppage time, set up by Jacob Murphy, Bryan Mbeumo equalised from the penalty spot in the 66th minute, and Sandro Tonali won it in the 74th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 2.27 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Brentford's 1.54 from 12.

Match stats

21 Shots 12

4 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.27 xG 1.53

2.27 Non-penalty xG 0.77

7 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Newcastle Brentford

Kick-off

Alexander Isak
Assist: Jacob Murphy

1-0

45+2’

Half-time1-0

66’

Bryan Mbeumo
Penalty

1-1

Sandro Tonali
Assist: Harvey Barnes

2-1

74’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Newcastle

Fabian Schär

Brentford

Keane Lewis-Potter

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.

Newcastle 2.27 xGBrentford 1.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brentford attacking Newcastle attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Nick Pope	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Trippier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	2
Fabian Schär	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Dan Burn	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valentino Livramento	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.58	2
Joelinton	MID	90			2	0.18	0.13	1
Bruno Guimarães	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	2
Sandro Tonali	MID	90	1		2	0.05	0.02	1
Jacob Murphy	FWD	69		1	3	0.18	0.75	3
Alexander Isak	FWD	69	1		3	1.17	0.05	1
Harvey Barnes	FWD	90		1	7	0.38	0.19	3
Callum Wilson	Sub	21			2	0.18	0.11	1
Joe Willock	Sub	21			1	0.11	0.00	0
Emil Krafth	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Miley	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mark Flekken	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sepp van den Berg	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Collins	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ethan Pinnock	DEF	86		1	0.13	0.00	0
Keane Lewis-Potter	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Nørgaard	MID	90		2	0.12	0.00	0
Vitaly Janelt	MID	62		0	0.00	0.00	0
Bryan Mbeumo	MID	90	1	3	0.84	0.06	1
Yehor Yarmolyuk	MID	86		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Schade	MID	90		2	0.15	0.31	3
Yoane Wissa	FWD	90		3	0.24	0.10	1
Mikkel Damsgaard	Sub	28		1	0.07	0.17	3
Kristoffer Ajer	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.00	0
Paris Maghoma	Sub	4		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 57% Avg odds 1.67

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.32

Brentford win 21% Avg odds 4.68

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle L L W L W

Brentford W W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brentford 4-2 Newcastle, 07 Dec 24 Next meeting: Brentford 3-1 Newcastle, 09 Nov 25 All Newcastle 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.