Leeds vs Brentford — Premier League result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 30 August 2026

Premier League·Sunday, 30 August 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 5.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Leeds

37%

top pick

Draw

29%

result

Brentford

34%

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 28.5% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Leeds win. Expected goals 1.34–1.28 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals49%2 scored
Both teams score55%yes
Leeds clean sheet28%no
Brentford clean sheet26%no
Leeds score 2+39%no
Brentford score 2+37%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1279
1X2 Brier score0.7664
Probability on the result28.5%

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 (13.6%), 1–0 (8.8%), 2–1 (8.5%). It finished 1–1 — one of them.

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Leeds

22 AugAvs Nottm Forest1–0W
30 AugHvs Brentford1–1D
5 SeptAvs Brighton1–1D
14 SeptHvs Newcastle4–1W
20 SeptHvs Crystal Palace0–0D

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

StatLeeds
(Home · 3 matches)
Brentford
(Away · 2 matches)
BTTS rate66.7%100.0%
Over 2.5 rate33.3%50.0%
Clean sheet33.3%0.0%
Avg goals2.333.00

Home stats use Leeds'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.