Brentford

Brentford's chances have been 0.41 goals a match better than its opponents' this season, 4th in the league; results have put it 4th in the table.

+0.41
expected-goals difference a match, 4th in the league
10
points from 6 matches, 4th in the table
8.8
points the chances deserved
1.29 / 1.25
rating now: creates / allows, expected goals a match as the rating counts them

Brentford's 10 points are about what its chances deserved (8.8). The rating, which remembers past seasons, puts it at +0.04 expected goals a match as the rating counts them, against an average opponent; it is +0.41 from this season's chances in full.

Performance match by match

-3.3-1.60+1.6+3.3Match 1, v Tottenham: +3.27 expected goalsMatch 2, at Leeds: +0.57 expected goalsMatch 3, v Sunderland: -0.31 expected goalsMatch 4, at Bournemouth: -1.19 expected goalsMatch 5, v Chelsea: +0.70 expected goalsMatch 6, at Aston Villa: -0.56 expected goalsMatch of the season; above the line the team created more than it allowed

Points and the points the chances deserved

02468100123456Match of the seasonAfter match 1: 3 pointsAfter match 2: 4 pointsAfter match 3: 5 pointsAfter match 4: 6 pointsAfter match 5: 9 pointsAfter match 6: 10 pointsAfter match 1: the chances deserved 3.0After match 2: the chances deserved 4.7After match 3: the chances deserved 5.3After match 4: the chances deserved 5.9After match 5: the chances deserved 7.8After match 6: the chances deserved 8.8PointsPoints the chances deserved

The rating through the season

Before each match: the expected goals a match as the rating counts them that the rating says the team creates and allows against an average opponent. It remembers past seasons with the recent matches counting most, and leans on what the squad is worth while the record is short.

0.000.501.000123456Match of the seasonBefore match 1: creates 1.25 a matchBefore match 2: creates 1.29 a matchBefore match 3: creates 1.29 a matchBefore match 4: creates 1.28 a matchBefore match 5: creates 1.28 a matchBefore match 6: creates 1.29 a matchBefore match 1: allows 1.27 a matchBefore match 2: allows 1.24 a matchBefore match 3: allows 1.23 a matchBefore match 4: allows 1.24 a matchBefore match 5: allows 1.25 a matchBefore match 6: allows 1.23 a matchAttack: expected goals created a matchDefence: allowed a match

How Brentford creates and concedes

Share of expected goalscreatedleagueallowedleague
Open play59%73% 73%73%
of which counter-attacks12%10% 4%10%
Set pieces34%22% 17%22%
Penalties8%5% 10%5%
Headers31%16% 7%16%
Inside the box85%82% 73%82%
Expected goals a shot0.110.110.100.11

Matches

DateOpponentResultxG forxG againstDiffPtsDeserved
2026-08-22v Tottenham 3–0 3.680.41+3.2733.0
2026-08-30at Leeds 1–1 1.731.16+0.5711.8
2026-09-05v Sunderland 1–1 1.061.38-0.3110.6
2026-09-12at Bournemouth 2–2 0.571.76-1.1910.5
2026-09-18v Chelsea 3–0 1.600.90+0.7031.9
2026-10-10at Aston Villa 2–2 1.381.93-0.5611.0

Expected goals here leave penalties out, as the rating does; the match pages count them. The squad the rating reads is worth about 583 million euros at its latest match.