Everton 2-4 Brentford: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 4 January 2026

Result

Everton 2-4 Brentford

Premier League · Sunday 4 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Everton · Brentford · Premier League predictions

Everton 2-4 Brentford: match report

Everton lost to Brentford 2-4 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Igor Thiago opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Everton's goals came from Beto (66') and Thierno Barry (90+1'). Brentford scored through Igor Thiago (11'), Nathan Collins (50'), Igor Thiago (51') and Igor Thiago (88').

Discipline: Everton received no yellow cards; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 9th on 28 points from 19 and Brentford 10th on 27 points from 19. Everton went on to finish that season 13th with 49 points, and Brentford 9th with 53.

Everton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Igor Thiago of Brentford (9.5), ahead of Nathan Collins (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Everton wins, 3 draws and 2 for Brentford.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Igor ThiagoBrentford · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Yegor YarmolyukBrentford
  • 39'Yellow card · Michael KayodeBrentford
  • 50'Goal · Nathan CollinsBrentford · 0-2
  • 51'Goal · Igor ThiagoBrentford · 0-3
  • 66'Goal · BetoEverton · 1-3
  • 88'Goal · Igor ThiagoBrentford · 1-4
  • 90+1'Goal · Thierno BarryEverton · 2-4

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Everton 3, draws 3, Brentford 2.

Team news

Everton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jordan Pickford, Jake O'Brien, James Tarkowski, Michael Keane, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Tim Iroegbunam, James Garner, Tyler Dibling, Dwight McNeil, Jack Grealish, Thierno Barry

Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Caoimhín Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Aaron Hickey, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago