West Ham vs Brentford

26 February 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Jarrod Bowen 5’, 7’, 63’
Emerson 69’

Neal Maupay 13’
Yoane Wissa 82’

Match summary

West Ham saw off Brentford 4-2. West Ham led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jarrod Bowen put West Ham ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Emerson, Bowen made it 2-0 in the 7th minute, set up by Vladimir Coufal, and Neal Maupay pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 13th minute, set up by Keane Lewis-Potter. In the second half, Bowen made it 3-1 with a header in the 63rd minute, set up by Mohammed Kudus, Emerson made it 4-1 in the 69th minute, and Yoane Wissa made it 4-2 in the 82nd minute, set up by Mikkel Damsgaard.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 2.10 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Brentford's 1.36 from 14.

Match stats

17 Shots 14

6 Shots on Target 8

1 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.07 xG 1.34

2.07 Non-penalty xG 1.34

5 Deep Completions 11

Key events

West Ham Brentford

Kick-off

Jarrod Bowen
Assist: Emerson

1-0

5’

Jarrod Bowen
Assist: Vladimir Coufal

2-0

7’

13’

Neal Maupay
Assist: Keane Lewis-Potter

2-1

Half-time2-1

Jarrod Bowen
Assist: Mohammed Kudus

3-1

63’

Emerson

4-1

69’

82’

Yoane Wissa
Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

West Ham

Edson Álvarez

Brentford

Zanka
Sergio Reguilón

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.

West Ham 2.10 xGBrentford 1.36 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brentford attacking West Ham 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
Alphonse Areola	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.69	3
Kurt Zouma	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Konstantinos Mavropanos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emerson	DEF	90	1	1	1	0.02	0.13	4
Tomas Soucek	MID	90			2	0.47	0.00	0
Edson Álvarez	MID	90			0	0.00	0.09	2
Mohammed Kudus	MID	90		1	6	0.19	0.63	2
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90			2	0.09	0.48	2
Lucas Paquetá	MID	79			2	0.08	0.02	1
Jarrod Bowen	FWD	90	3		3	1.22	0.00	0
Michail Antonio	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Johnson	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mark Flekken	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Zanka	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Kristoffer Ajer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Ben Mee	DEF	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Keane Lewis-Potter	MID	90		1	2	0.03	0.38	3
Sergio Reguilón	MID	76			1	0.02	0.08	1
Christian Nørgaard	MID	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
Mathias Jensen	MID	80			1	0.02	0.00	0
Frank Onyeka	MID	76			1	0.08	0.04	2
Ivan Toney	FWD	90			3	0.45	0.12	1
Neal Maupay	FWD	76	1		1	0.31	0.00	0
Nathan Collins	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.05	1
Yoane Wissa	Sub	14	1		1	0.06	0.01	1
Mads Roerslev	Sub	14			1	0.14	0.00	0
Vitaly Janelt	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mikkel Damsgaard	Sub	10		1	1	0.05	0.15	2

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 41% Avg odds 2.36

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53

Brentford win 32% Avg odds 3.01

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

Form going into the game

West Ham D D L L L

Brentford L L W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brentford 3-2 West Ham, 04 Nov 23 Next meeting: Brentford 1-1 West Ham, 28 Sep 24 All West Ham 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.