Premier League · 2024Sat, 10 May 2025, 14:00 UTCFull timeFull-time recap

Ipswich Town

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Brentford

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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Ipswich Town	Brentford
Shots	11 shots/match	15 shots/match▲
Shots on target	4 shots/match	5 shots/match▲
Expected goals	0.93 xG/match	1.41 xG/match▲
Possession	50%	50%
Corners	5 corners/match	6 corners/match●
Fouls	6 fouls/match	12 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
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Ipswich Town: 11 shots, 4 on target, 0.93 xG. Brentford: 15 shots, 5 on target, 1.39 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Ipswich Town 0.93 xG · Brentford 1.39 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Brentford's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Brentford's recent record differs from the season

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Brentford's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2.4 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.75 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	2.4 goals/match	1.75 goals/match	1.54 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

0Ipswich Town

0Draws

1Brentford

26 Oct 2024Brentford — Ipswich Town · Premier League4–3

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Ipswich Town favored in 0 of 13 directional metrics · Brentford in 10 · 3 too close

0.97 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 36/36▲1.75 goals/match

2.14 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 36/36▲1.47 goals/match

0.9 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 36/36▲1.56 xG/match

2.01 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 36/36▲1.48 xG/match

9.5 shots/matchShotsseason · 36/36▲11.5 shots/match

16.3 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 36/3616.9 shots/match

3.36 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 36/36▲4.72 shots/match

5.75 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 36/36▲5.39 shots/match

40%Possessionseason · 36/36●47.6%

3.86 corners/matchCornersseason · 36/36●4.58 corners/match

6.86 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 36/36▲6.42 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

11.3 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 36/368.31 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

6%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 36/36▲22%

64%Scoring frequencyseason · 36/36▲78%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Ipswich Town2.5

Brentford32.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Ipswich Town12.5

Brentford52.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Ipswich Town14.2

Brentford20.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Ipswich Town17.5

Brentford22.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Ipswich Town47.5

Brentford7.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Ipswich Town12.5

Brentford37.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Ipswich Town21.2

Brentford33.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Ipswich Town36 matchesBrentford36 matches

0.97 goals/matchGoals scored36/36▲1.75 goals/match

2.14 goals/matchGoals allowed36/36▲1.47 goals/match

0.9 xG/matchExpected goals36/36▲1.56 xG/match

9.5 shots/matchShots36/36▲11.5 shots/match

3.36 shots/matchShots on target36/36▲4.72 shots/match

40%Possession36/36●47.6%

3.86 corners/matchCorners36/36●4.58 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

11.3 fouls/matchFouls36/368.31 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Ipswich Town18 matchesBrentford18 matches

0.72 goals/matchGoals scored18/18▲1.39 goals/match

2.28 goals/matchGoals allowed18/18▲1.17 goals/match

0.89 xG/matchExpected goals18/18▲1.27 xG/match

10.8 shots/match▲Shots18/1810.1 shots/match

3.56 shots/matchShots on target18/18▲4 shots/match

43.5%Possession18/18●44.9%

4.11 corners/matchCorners18/184.11 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

10.2 fouls/matchFouls18/189.33 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.04 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples36 / 36home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 10 May 2025, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4