Bees draw with Everton, 1-1
It was a slippery evening on the grass, with several Brentford and Everton players falling unexpectedly. Fortunately for the Bees, Yoane Wissa took to the air to head home a first half goal, and Mark Flekken's footing was solid as he stopped three great scoring chances for Beto.
Let's check the pre-game Correlation FC prediction:
Correlation FC pre-game prediction
Yehor Yarmoliuk will start and B Team members Iwan Morgan and Ethan Brierley will take the final two positions on the substitute bench.
Close, but not quite right. Yarmoliuk did start and was great throughout (did you see his footwork around the 70th minute)? Iwan Morgan was on the bench, but Ethan Brierley was not – Benjamin Arthur took the spot, for the fourth time this season. I should have seen that coming. This means the Correlation FC prediction was wrong.
Game summary
The Bees controlled the first 30 minutes of the game. After a painful looking clash of heads toward the end of the first half between Bryan Mbeumo and Everton's Carlos Alcaraz, the Bees scored an injury time goal. Kevin Schade's long throw bounced in the box. Bryan Mbeumo headed it into the bar with Wissa reacting first to head in the rebound. Beto was dangerous throughout the night, but it was Jake O'Brien who scored the equaliser for Everton in the 77th minute. The game finished 1-1, a fair result for both sides.
Trends that continued
Winless without Norgaard
Christian Norgaard missed the game due to a concussion suffered against Leicester City. This is the fourth time that Norgaard has been unavailable this season due to injury. The Bees have not yet won without their captain, suffering two losses and two draws. Get well soon, Christian.
First half injury time domination
Wissa's first half injury time goal was the Bees' fifth this season. They have not conceded a goal in first half injury time. Long may this trend continue. The Bees have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1 when scoring in first half injury time.
Scoring first at home and earning points
The Bees have scored first in half of their home games this season, including against Everton. They have only lost once when scoring first at home.
Undefeated at home when conceding 1 goal
While the Bees still haven't kept at clean sheet at home (they've done it five times away from home), they've done the next best thing five times – they haven't lost yet when they limit the opposition to a single goal, picking up 3 wins and 2 draws.
Throw it (indirectly) to Wissa
Wissa's goal was his third this season from a throw in. The first two came when Nathan Collins headed on throws from Mathias Jensen. The most recent goal, as mentioned above came via Mbeumo and Schade. Based on how far Michael Kayode can throw it, it won't be long until he's getting involved.
19:30 draws
The Bees have now drawn all 3 of their games that started at 19:30 (Brighton 0-1, Everton 1-1, Manchester City 2-2).
Accurate launches
Both Brentford (Flekken) and Everton (Jordan Pickford) are near the top of the Premier League for launch completion rates – those are passes beyond 40 yards – with both having completion rates just under 40%. Pickford managed a 44% success rate in this game while Flekken reached an impressive 60%.
Trends that stopped
Why on Wednesday?
The Bees picked up their first point in three attempts from a Wednesday match.
What was different
Two substitutes
This was only the third time that Thomas Frank has made exactly two substitutions. The Bees have picked up two draws in those three games.
This story was published on 28 February 2025. It was written by Dennis Flood. The image at the top of this story was generated using AI.
