Wolves vs Brentford

15 April 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Diego Costa 27’
  • Hee-Chan Hwang 69’

Match summary

Wolves beat Brentford 2-0. Wolves led 1-0 at half-time.

Diego Costa put Wolves ahead in the 27th minute and Hee-Chan Hwang made it 2-0 in the 69th minute.

Brentford can feel hard done by, creating 1.58 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Wolves's 0.94 from 11.

Match stats

Wolves Brentford
11 Shots 10
9 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.94 xG 1.51
0.94 Non-penalty xG 1.51
3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Wolves Brentford
Kick-off
Diego Costa1-0 (Wolves)
27’
Half-time1-0
Hee-Chan Hwang2-0 (Wolves)
69’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Wolves
  • João Gomes
Brentford
  • Mathias Jensen

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 0.94 1.58 27’ Diego Costa (Wolves), 1-0 27’ 69’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), 2-0 69’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.94 1.58 27’ Diego Costa (Wolves), 1-0 Costa 27’ 69’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), 2-0 Hwang 69’
Wolves 0.94 xGBrentford 1.58 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Wolves attacking 
23’ Josh Dasilva (Brentford), open play, 0.70 xG, off target 69’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 90+4’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.32 xG, blocked 84’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), set piece, 0.12 xG, saved 27’ Diego Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 25’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 23’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 50’ Diego Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+3’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 66’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 14’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 3’ Pablo Sarabia (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 22’ Diego Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 41’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 3’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Mario Lemina (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 77’ Mario Lemina (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 88’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 57’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 23’ Josh Dasilva (Brentford), open play, 0.70 xG, off target 69’ Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 90+4’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.32 xG, blocked 84’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), set piece, 0.12 xG, saved 27’ Diego Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 25’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 23’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 50’ Diego Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90+3’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 66’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 14’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 3’ Pablo Sarabia (Wolves), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 22’ Diego Costa (Wolves), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 41’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 66’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 3’ Nélson Semedo (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 3’ Mario Lemina (Wolves), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Adama Traoré (Wolves), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 77’ Mario Lemina (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 88’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 57’ Matheus Cunha (Wolves), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
José Sá GK900 0.000.000
Nélson Semedo DEF901 0.030.000
Craig Dawson DEF900 0.000.000
Max Kilman DEF900 0.000.000
Toti DEF900 0.000.000
Matheus Nunes MID900 0.000.000
Mario Lemina MID902 0.040.000
João Gomes MID750 0.000.000
Pablo Sarabia MID661 0.060.062
Matheus Cunha FWD902 0.070.051
Diego Costa FWD7513 0.240.072
Hee-Chan Hwang Sub2411 0.480.000
João Moutinho Sub150 0.000.021
Adama Traoré Sub151 0.020.000
Pedro Neto Sub10 0.000.000
Hugo Bueno Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Wolves win 34% Avg odds 2.81
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.17
Brentford win 36% Avg odds 2.71

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

Form going into the game

Wolves WLLDW
Brentford WDDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 1-1 Wolves, 29 Oct 22 Next meeting: Brentford 1-4 Wolves, 27 Dec 23  All Wolves 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.