Brentford — Liverpool 1:2, 17 October: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 7 Saturday 17 October · 14:00 UTC

Brentford 5th · 10 pts LDWDD

1 : 2 1st half 1:0

Liverpool 9th · 9 pts WLWDW

venue to be confirmed · referee John Brooks, England

Match predictionValue

Liverpool +1.5

87% · Liverpool games average 2.4 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Liverpool +1.5”, and the match finished 1:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Brentford 38% draw 25% Liverpool 37%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Brentford win, and the match finished 1:2. Fans backed Brentford win — they got it wrong.

fans 49 votes

Brentford 49% draw 14% Liverpool 37%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

B. Barcola 31'

T. Nyoni for D. Szoboszlai 32'

K. Lewis-Potter assist: I. Thiago 1-0 44'

Y. Yarmolyuk 45+8'

I. Thiago 46'

M. Sangare for M. Jensen 46'

K. Schade for D. Ouattara 46'

J. Frimpong for R. Araujo 46'

J. Jacquet 49'

R. Ngumoha for J. Frimpong 52'

A. Mac Allister 53'

K. Schade 60'

V. Munoz assist: F. Wirtz 1-1 62'

V. Janelt 63'

A. Isak assist: B. Barcola 1-2 70'

A. Hickey for S. van den Berg 71'

M. Damsgaard for J. Anthony 77'

M. Diouf for K. Lewis-Potter 77'

J. Gomez for V. Munoz 79'

L. Koumas for A. Isak 79'

V. Janelt 90+2'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Brentford 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Liverpool

Caoimhin Kelleher  
Michael Kayode  4 Sepp van den Berg  20 Kristoffer Ajer  23 Keane Lewis-Potter  
Yehor Yarmoliuk  27 Vitaly Janelt  
Dango Ouattara  8 Mathias Jensen  19 Jaidon Anthony  
Igor Thiago  

Alexander Isak  
Víctor Muñoz  7 Florian Wirtz  29 Bradley Barcola  
Alexis Mac Allister  8 Dominik Szoboszlai  
Ronald Araújo  5 Jérémy Jacquet  4 Virgil van Dijk  6 Miloš Kerkez  
Alisson  

Brentford bench

2Aaron Hickey
13Callum Wilson
25El Hadji Malick Diouf
14Fabio Carvalho
12Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson
7Kevin Schade
18Mamadou Sangare
24Mikkel Damsgaard
22Nathan Collins

Liverpool bench

18Cody Gakpo
25Giorgi Mamardashvili
30Jeremie Frimpong
2Joe Gomez
21Kostas Tsimikas
67Lewis Koumas
73Rio Ngumoha
42Trey Nyoni
3Wataru Endo

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

40%Possession60%

10Shots21

2Shots on target5

4Shots off target12

4Blocked shots4

9Shots inside box10

1Shots outside box11

92Attacks112

49Dangerous attacks72

3Corners9

1Offsides2

7Fouls13

4Yellow cards3

2Red cards0

3Saves1

329Passes499

244Accurate passes412

15Free kicks8

13Throw-ins24

14Goal kicks10

0Penalties0

Brentford

LiverpoolThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Brentford and Liverpool met on matchday 7 of the Premier League on 17 October. Final score — 1:2.

Brentford sit 5th on 10 points after 7 matches (2 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss). Liverpool sit 9th on 9 points after 7 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss), 3 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Brentford won 1, Liverpool won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 4:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Brentford last five Liverpool

LDWDD form WLWDW

7 Matches 7

2 — 4 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 3 — 3 — 1

13 — 8 Scored — conceded 9 — 8

1.43 Points per game 1.71

1.86 Goals scored per game 1.29

2 Clean sheets 3

0 Failed to score 2

winless in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Brentford at home: 4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 8—3, 1.75 points per match.

Liverpool away: 4 matches, 3 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 7—3, 2.5 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Brentford win 1 draw 0 Liverpool wins goals 4:3 Brentford — Liverpool

24/05/2026	Liverpool — Brentford	1:1	Premier League
25/10/2025	Brentford — Liverpool	3:2	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
4	Chelsea	7	4	1	2	17—13	13
5	Brentford	6	2	4	0	12—6	10
6	Everton	7	2	4	1	8—7	10
7	Leeds United	6	2	3	1	8—5	9
8	Hull City	6	2	3	1	8—6	9
9	Liverpool	6	2	3	1	7—7	9

Full Premier League table