West Brom vs Brighton

27 February 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Lee Mason

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Kyle Bartley 11’

Match summary

West Brom beat Brighton 1-0. West Brom led 1-0 at half-time.

Kyle Bartley put West Brom ahead with a header in the 11th minute, set up by Conor Gallagher.

Brighton can feel hard done by, creating 3.15 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to West Brom's 0.69 from 6. Pascal Groß hit the woodwork from the penalty spot for Brighton. Danny Welbeck hit the woodwork from the penalty spot for Brighton.

Match stats

West Brom Brighton
6 Shots 15
2 Shots on Target 6
7 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.69 xG 3.12
0.69 Non-penalty xG 1.60
2 Deep Completions 10

Key events

West Brom Brighton
Kick-off
Kyle Bartley
Assist: Conor Gallagher1-0 (West Brom)
11’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.69 3.15 11’ Kyle Bartley (West Brom), 1-0 11’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.69 3.15 11’ Kyle Bartley (West Brom), 1-0 Bartley 11’
West Brom 0.69 xGBrighton 3.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brighton attacking West Brom attacking 
19’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 62’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), from a corner, 0.41 xG, off target 49’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (West Brom), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 26’ Mbaye Diagne (West Brom), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 11’ Kyle Bartley (West Brom), from a corner, 0.14 xG, goal 47’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 16’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 34’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 49’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 46’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 77’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 35’ Mbaye Diagne (West Brom), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Okay Yokuslu (West Brom), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 19’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 62’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), from a corner, 0.41 xG, off target 49’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (West Brom), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 26’ Mbaye Diagne (West Brom), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 11’ Kyle Bartley (West Brom), from a corner, 0.14 xG, goal 47’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 16’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 49’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 34’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 77’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Mbaye Diagne (West Brom), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+3’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Okay Yokuslu (West Brom), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Sam Johnstone GK900 0.000.000
Darnell Furlong DEF900 0.000.151
Dara O'Shea DEF900 0.000.000
Kyle Bartley DEF9011 0.140.000
Conor Townsend DEF900 0.000.000
Okay Yokuslu MID901 0.010.000
Matheus Pereira MID830 0.000.372
Ainsley Maitland-Niles MID901 0.340.000
Conor Gallagher MID9011 0.030.141
Matt Phillips MID760 0.000.000
Mbaye Diagne FWD872 0.170.000
Grady Diangana Sub140 0.000.000
Branislav Ivanovic Sub70 0.000.000
Hal Robson-Kanu Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Brom win 21% Avg odds 4.49
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54
Brighton win 52% Avg odds 1.85

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

Form going into the game

West Brom DLLDD
Brighton WWDDL

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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.