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Premier League · 2025Selhurst Park

Crystal Palace 2–0 Brentford · Premier League

2–0Historical match

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

Match at a glance

Crystal Palace won 2–0.

Shots
106
Shots on target
32
Possession
36%64%

Full time

What the match recorded

Crystal Palace beat Brentford 2–0. Recorded in this match (Crystal Palace – Brentford): shots 10–6, shots on target 3–2, possession 36%–64%, corners 6–5. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Brentford's recent record differs from the season

weak

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

12.2 shots/match ▲ShotsLast 5 · Season10.2 shots/match
Evidence and caveat

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

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Shots12.2 shots/match10.2 shots/match12 shots/match

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

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots10 shots6 shotsCrystal Palace 10 shots, Brentford 6 shots
  • Shots on target3 shots2 shotsCrystal Palace 3 shots, Brentford 2 shots
  • Possession36%64%Crystal Palace 36%, Brentford 64%
  • Corners6 corners5 cornersCrystal Palace 6 corners, Brentford 5 corners
  • Fouls7 fouls11 foulsCrystal Palace 7 fouls, Brentford 11 fouls
  • Yellow cards0 cards3 cardsCrystal Palace 0 cards, Brentford 3 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Crystal Palace
2Draws
2Brentford
Crystal Palace — Brentford · Premier League1–2
Brentford — Crystal Palace · Premier League2–1
Crystal Palace — Brentford · Premier League3–1
Brentford — Crystal Palace · Premier League1–1
Brentford — Crystal Palace · Premier League1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Crystal Palace favored in 6 of 9 directional metrics · Brentford in 2 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Crystal Palace10 matchesBrentford10 matches
1.4 goals/matchGoals scored10/101.4 goals/match
0.9 goals/match ▲Goals allowed10/101.6 goals/match
12.5 shots/match ▲Shots10/1010.2 shots/match
4.7 shots/match ▲Shots on target10/104.2 shots/match
41.7%Possession10/10● 42.5%
3.8 corners/matchCorners10/10● 5.3 corners/match
1.8 cards/matchCards10/102.1 cards/match
10.4 fouls/matchFouls10/1011.6 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready
Season samples10 / 10home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • 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: xg_for, xg_against.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 1 Nov 2025, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Premier League

Goals per match rankingShots per match rankingShots on target per match ranking
TeamsCrystal PalaceBrentford
CompetitionPremier LeaguePremier League 2025/26
Head-to-headCrystal Palace — Brentford
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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