KEY MOMENTS:
25’ - Richarlison scores his 6th Premier League Goal of the Season to make it 1-0.
43’ - Xavi Simons scored his first Tottenham goal to make it 2-0.
FT’ - Only our 2nd home win of the Premier League Season, (#1 was Burnley on August 16th)
xT (Expected Threat) TIMELINE:
Expected Threat (xT) quantifies how much a player's actions increase the probability of scoring by moving the ball into more dangerous areas of the pitch. Each pass or carry is assigned a value based on how much it raises the likelihood of a goal occurring in the next phase of possession. It captures off-ball danger creation beyond goals and assists.
2.24 Expected Threat (xT), higher than our season average of 1.95.
Mohammed Kudus was the highest performer of xT (0.53) out of any player. 33 completed passes is the 3rd most he has made in a game this season (highest is 41 vs Fulham).
ATTACK BREAKDOWN:
2.18 xG is our highest performing game since the 4-0 win against Copenhagen (3.3 xG)
11th time this season Tottenham have scored 2 or more goals (50% of all games).
1st Clean Sheet in the Premier League since the 3-0 win against Everton in October.
4 shots conceded is the fewest out of any game this season (previous lowest was 5 vs Manchester United).
Lowest xG conceded (0.29) this season - previous lowest was 0.32 vs Aston Villa.
ZONE CONTROL:
53% possession is the 3rd joint lowest home performance of the season.
Micky van de Ven completed 38 passes, the most out of any Tottenham player. For Brentford it was Nathan Collins with 59.
In the first half we completed 90 passes in the midfield 1/3 vs 62 in the second half.
PLAYER FOCUS: XAVI SIMONS
Xavi Simons vs Brentford:
1st Tottenham Hotspur Goal
1 Assist
#2 for Passes into the Attacking 1/3 (5)
#4 for Touches in the Attacking 1/3 (23)
Next match review will be the Slavia Prague game on Tuesday.