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Everton 2–4 Brentford · Premier League

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2–4Historical match

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

Match at a glance

Brentford won 2–4.

Shots
1411
Shots on target
67
Possession
45%55%

Full time

What the match recorded

Brentford beat Everton 4–2. Recorded in this match (Everton – Brentford): shots 14–11, shots on target 6–7, possession 45%–55%, corners 4–5. 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

moderate

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

2.2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.6 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

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

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for2.2 goals/match1.6 goals/match1.4 goals/match

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

Recent scheduling adds useful context

moderate

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Brentford.

4.81 days ▲Rest daysEverton · Brentford2.79 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricEvertonBrentfordBaseline
Rest days4.81 days2.79 days—
Matches last 14 days2 matches2 matches—

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots14 shots11 shotsEverton 14 shots, Brentford 11 shots
  • Shots on target6 shots7 shotsEverton 6 shots, Brentford 7 shots
  • Possession45%55%Everton 45%, Brentford 55%
  • Corners4 corners5 cornersEverton 4 corners, Brentford 5 corners
  • Fouls9 fouls8 foulsEverton 9 fouls, Brentford 8 fouls
  • Yellow cards0 cards2 cardsEverton 0 cards, Brentford 2 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3Everton
2Draws
0Brentford
Brentford — Everton · Premier League1–1
Everton — Brentford · Premier League0–0
Everton — Brentford · Premier League1–0
Brentford — Everton · Premier League1–3
Everton — Brentford · Premier League1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Everton favored in 3 of 9 directional metrics · Brentford in 5 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Everton20 matchesBrentford20 matches
1.1 goals/matchGoals scored20/20▲ 1.6 goals/match
1.2 goals/match ▲Goals allowed20/201.4 goals/match
10.8 shots/match ▲Shots20/209.9 shots/match
3.2 shots/matchShots on target20/20▲ 4.15 shots/match
42.9%Possession20/20● 46.1%
4.3 corners/matchCorners20/20● 4.8 corners/match
1.9 cards/matchCards20/201.95 cards/match
10.2 fouls/matchFouls20/2011.1 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready
Season samples20 / 20home / 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: Sun, 4 Jan 2026, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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