Norwich vs Brentford

5 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Teemu Pukki 90+2’
  • Ivan Toney 32’, 52’ (pen), 58’ (pen)

Match summary

Brentford beat Norwich 3-1 on the road. Brentford led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ivan Toney put Brentford ahead from a corner in the 32nd minute, set up by Kristoffer Ajer. In the second half, Toney made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 52nd minute, Toney made it 0-3 from the penalty spot in the 58th minute, and Teemu Pukki pulled one back to make it 1-3 in stoppage time, set up by Jonathan Rowe.

The chances backed that up: Brentford created 2.22 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Norwich's 0.79 from 15.

Match stats

Norwich Brentford
15 Shots 10
7 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
0.77 xG 2.22
0.77 Non-penalty xG 0.70
5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Norwich Brentford
Kick-off
32’
Ivan Toney
Assist: Kristoffer Ajer0-1 (Brentford)
Half-time0-1
52’
Ivan Toney
Penalty0-2 (Brentford)
58’
Ivan Toney
Penalty0-3 (Brentford)
Teemu Pukki
Assist: Jonathan Rowe1-3 (Norwich)
90+2’
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Norwich
  • Ben Gibson
  • Grant Hanley
Brentford
  • Kristoffer Ajer
  • Pontus Jansson
  • Bryan Mbeumo
  • Christian Eriksen
  • Mads Roerslev

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.79 2.22 32’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 0-1 32’ 52’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 0-2 52’ 58’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 0-3 58’ 90+2’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), 1-3 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.79 2.22 32’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 0-1 Toney 32’ 52’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 0-2 Toney 52’ 58’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 0-3 Toney 58’ 90+2’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), 1-3 Pukki 90+2’
Norwich 0.79 xGBrentford 2.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Norwich attacking 
52’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 58’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 32’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.36 xG, goal 90+2’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 2’ Billy Gilmour (Norwich), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 2’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 31’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 29’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 35’ Kenny McLean (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 61’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 5’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 18’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ Christian Eriksen (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 17’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+4’ Sam Byram (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 44’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+8’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Sam Byram (Norwich), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 29’ Billy Gilmour (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 2’ Kenny McLean (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 85’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 52’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 58’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 32’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), from a corner, 0.36 xG, goal 90+2’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 2’ Billy Gilmour (Norwich), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 2’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 31’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 29’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 73’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 35’ Kenny McLean (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 61’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 5’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 18’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ Christian Eriksen (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 7’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 17’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+4’ Sam Byram (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 44’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+8’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 65’ Sam Byram (Norwich), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 29’ Billy Gilmour (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 2’ Kenny McLean (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 85’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Tim Krul GK900 0.000.000
Sam Byram DEF902 0.050.061
Ben Gibson DEF900 0.000.000
Grant Hanley DEF900 0.000.000
Brandon Williams DEF830 0.000.021
Kenny McLean MID902 0.070.000
Mathias Normann MID830 0.000.000
Billy Gilmour MID762 0.140.132
Joshua Sargent FWD902 0.070.011
Teemu Pukki FWD9014 0.260.061
Milot Rashica FWD902 0.170.062
Jonathan Rowe Sub1410 0.000.172
Pierre Lees-Melou Sub71 0.010.000
Max Aarons Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Norwich win 31% Avg odds 3.12
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.18
Brentford win 39% Avg odds 2.47

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

Form going into the game

Norwich WDLLL
Brentford LLDLL

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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.