Bournemouth vs Brentford — Premier League result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 12 September 2026

Premier League·Saturday, 12 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 5.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Bournemouth

39%

top pick

Draw

26%

result

Brentford

34%

Final score

2–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 26.3% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Bournemouth win. Expected goals 1.42–1.32 against 2–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals52%4 scored
Both teams score56%yes
Bournemouth clean sheet27%no
Brentford clean sheet24%no
Bournemouth score 2+42%yes
Brentford score 2+38%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1364
1X2 Brier score0.8156
Probability on the result26.3%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (12.5%), 2–1 (8.9%), 1–0 (8.6%). It finished 2–2.

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Bournemouth

23 AugAvs Man City1–2L
29 AugHvs Everton1–1D
5 SeptAvs Newcastle2–2D
12 SeptHvs Brentford2–2D
20 SeptHvs Liverpool0–1L

Brentford

22 AugHvs Tottenham3–0W
30 AugAvs Leeds1–1D
5 SeptHvs Sunderland1–1D
12 SeptAvs Bournemouth2–2D
18 SeptHvs Chelsea3–0W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatBournemouth
(Home · 5 matches)
Brentford
(Away · 4 matches)
BTTS rate40.0%100.0%
Over 2.5 rate20.0%50.0%
Clean sheet40.0%0.0%
Avg goals2.203.00

Home stats use Bournemouth's home record; away stats use Brentford's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.