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How much will Wissa's injury affect Brentford?

17 Sep 2024
Yoane Wissa

We look at how Brentford perform with and without their striker

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Brentford head coach Thomas Frank has revealed the ankle injury sustained by Yoane Wissa against Manchester City is "not good news" and he will be sidelined for the next "couple of months".

The 28-year-old put Brentford ahead at the Etihad Stadium after only 22 seconds last Saturday with his third goal in four Premier League matches.

However, a challenge from Mateo Kovacic forced DR Congo international Wissa off just before the break, as Brentford suffered a 2-1 defeat.

"Wissa is, unfortunately, not good news: it looks like an injury that will be a couple of months," Frank told the club's official website. "It’s very frustrating. We talked about our many injuries last year, I hope I don't have to talk too much about it this year. I maybe already have."

The news will come as a blow to Frank, who is already without summer signing Igor Thiago, who has been ruled out until late 2024 after undergoing knee surgery, while Ivan Toney departed for Saudi club Al Ahli on Transfer Deadline Day.

What does this mean for Brentford?

Only on three previous occasions have Brentford been without both Wissa AND Toney in their starting XI for a Premier League match, and their next fixture will be their first without the pair since December 2023.

Worryingly for Frank, his team have been winless in those three encounters, drawing one and losing the other two.

Key metrics underline Wissa's importance to the Bees.

Since August 2021, Brentford's win percentage when Wissa starts has been 39.3 per cent, but when he doesn't start it drops significantly to 26.8 per cent.

The Bees also score more when Wissa starts, averaging 1.6 goals per match with him in the line-up, compared with 1.3 when he is on the bench or absent from the squad.

Brentford with/without Wissa starting since 2021/22
With Wissa   Without Wissa
61 Matches 56
24 Wins 15
15 Draws 15
22 Losses  26
96 Goals for 70
1.6 Avg. goals for 1.3
81 Goals against 92
1.3 Avg. goals against 1.6
39.3% Win percentage 26.8%
1.4 Points/match 1.1
12.5 Shots/match 10.6
14 Shots conceded/match 14.3

Since Brentford were promoted to the Premier League in 2021, Wissa has the second-most goals in the team, with 29, only behind Toney's 36.

Wissa has also played the second-most matches for Brentford in the competition, appearing 106 times.

Where Wissa ranks for Brentford
  Total Brentford Rank
Matches played 106 2nd
Matches started 61 8th
Mins played 5,672 8th
Goals 29 2nd
Expected Goals 21.85 3rd
Total shots (inc. blocks) 140 3rd
Shots on target 58 3rd
Chances created (inc. assists) 56 6th
Shot conversion rate (inc. blocks) 20.71% 2nd
Assists 8 =4th
Goals+assists 37 3rd
Big chance total 35 3rd
Big chance scored 17 3rd
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