Premier League

Brentford 2-0 Arsenal

Competition Premier League Season 2021/2022 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 13 Aug 2021, 19:00 Venue time 13 Aug 2021, 20:00 BST

Brentford vs Arsenal finished 2-0 in Premier League. Key event: 1' Kieran Tierney (assist Nicolas Pepe · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 71.5%, 53.2%). Head to head: No scored head-to-head meetings before 13 Aug 2021. Home form: W W L W W; Away form: W W W W W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match preview 2 facts

Form before this match (13 Aug 2021): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W W L W W Matches: 5 · 12 pts, goals 10-3, 2.00 scored/match, 0.60 conceded/match

Away form W W W W W Matches: 5 · 15 pts, goals 11-2, 2.20 scored/match, 0.40 conceded/match

Timeline 38 events

1' shot Kieran Tierney ARS assist Nicolas Pepe xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 71.5%, 53.2%

10' shot Frank Onyeka BRE xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 91.3%, 53.9%

11' shot Bryan Mbeumo BRE assist Ivan Toney xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.8%, 31.5%

15' shot Calum Chambers ARS assist Kieran Tierney xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.7%, 31.2%

21' shot Sergi Canos BRE assist Ethan Pinnock xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.4%, 69.8%

22' Goal Sergi Canós 1–0 BRE assist Ethan Pinnock

27' shot Sergi Canos BRE assist Frank Onyeka xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.2%, 47.8%

29' shot Bryan Mbeumo BRE assist Kristoffer Ajer xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.2%, 35.7%

30' shot Folarin Balogun ARS xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.6%, 51.5%

32' shot Nicolas Pepe ARS assist Gabriel Martinelli xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.9%, 27%

37' shot Folarin Balogun ARS xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.5%, 74.8%

41' shot Folarin Balogun ARS assist Kieran Tierney xG 0.04 · Open Play · location 90.5%, 51.8%

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45' shot Nicolas Pepe ARS assist Gabriel Martinelli xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 37.1%

50' shot Emile Smith-Rowe ARS assist Kieran Tierney xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.2%, 55%

59' shot Albert Sambi Lokonga ARS assist Nicolas Pepe xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.8%, 36.9%

59' Sub Bukayo Saka ARS on for Folarin Balogun

63' shot Kieran Tierney ARS assist Bukayo Saka xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 66.6%

64' shot Gabriel Martinelli ARS assist Nicolas Pepe xG 0.12 · From Corner · location 96.6%, 56.7%

65' shot Sergi Canos BRE assist Bryan Mbeumo xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.2%, 33.2%

66' shot Calum Chambers ARS assist Granit Xhaka xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.2%, 34.3%

69' shot Granit Xhaka ARS assist Calum Chambers xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.8%, 63.4%

71' Sub Reiss Nelson ARS on for Gabriel Martinelli

71' Sub Mads Bech Sørensen BRE on for Kristoffer Ajer · Injury substitution

72' shot Christian Nørgaard BRE xG 0.89 · Open Play · location 96.9%, 48.1%

73' Goal Christian Nørgaard 2–0 BRE Goal

75' shot Kieran Tierney ARS assist Emile Smith-Rowe xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.2%, 67%

76' shot Nicolas Pepe ARS xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 80.7%, 76.7%

79' shot Christian Nørgaard BRE assist Sergi Canos xG 0.56 · From Corner · location 97.3%, 52.8%

80' Sub Mads Bidstrup BRE on for Frank Onyeka

81' Sub Nuno Tavares ARS on for Calum Chambers

82' shot Nuno Tavares ARS assist Albert Sambi Lokonga xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.2%, 28.7%

85' shot Granit Xhaka ARS assist Albert Sambi Lokonga xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.8%, 42.9%

86' shot Nicolas Pepe ARS assist Kieran Tierney xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.5%, 59.9%

86' shot Pablo Marí ARS assist Emile Smith-Rowe xG 0.03 · From Corner · location 95.3%, 40.9%

86' Sub Marcus Forss BRE on for Bryan Mbeumo

90' shot Albert Sambi Lokonga ARS assist Kieran Tierney xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.6%, 54.9%

91' shot Reiss Nelson ARS assist Kieran Tierney xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.7%, 46.3%

91' shot Emile Smith-Rowe ARS assist Reiss Nelson xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 34.2%

Shot map 30 shots · 2 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Brentford 8 shots · 1.89 xG · 2 goals

Arsenal 22 shots · 1.02 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (13 Aug 2021). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

Showing 8 of 12 team results.

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