Liverpool 2–0 Brentford — Premier League 2024/25 Match Stats

Premier League · 2024Sun, 25 Aug 2024, 15:30 UTC

Liverpool

2–0Historical match

Brentford

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Liverpool won 2–0.

Shots: 198
Shots on target: 82
Expected goals: 2.650.55
Possession: 62%38%

Full time

What the match recorded

Liverpool beat Brentford 2–0. Recorded in this match (Liverpool – Brentford): shots 19–8, shots on target 8–2, expected goals 2.65–0.55, possession 62%–38%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots19 shots8 shotsLiverpool 19 shots, Brentford 8 shots
Shots on target8 shots2 shotsLiverpool 8 shots, Brentford 2 shots
Expected goals2.65 xG0.55 xGLiverpool 2.65 xG, Brentford 0.55 xG
Possession62%38%Liverpool 62%, Brentford 38%
Corners9 corners4 cornersLiverpool 9 corners, Brentford 4 corners
Fouls10 fouls7 foulsLiverpool 10 fouls, Brentford 7 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Liverpool: 19 shots, 8 on target, 2.63 xG. Brentford: 8 shots, 2 on target, 0.55 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: Liverpool 2.63 xG · Brentford 0.55 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

4Liverpool

0Draws

1Brentford

17 Feb 2024Brentford — Liverpool · Premier League1–4

12 Nov 2023Liverpool — Brentford · Premier League3–0

6 May 2023Liverpool — Brentford · Premier League1–0

2 Jan 2023Brentford — Liverpool · Premier League3–1

16 Jan 2022Liverpool — Brentford · Premier League3–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

8.17 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.1 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 25 Aug 2024, 19:30 UTC · analysis-v4