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Manchester United
FT
2–1
HT 2–0
Brentford
Premier League Mon 27 Apr, 20:00London Old Trafford, Manchester Chris Kavanagh 73,773 attendance

Timeline

  1. 6' Luke Shaw Yellow Card
  2. 11' Casemiro assist Harry Maguire
  3. 40' Sepp van den Berg Yellow Card
  4. 43' Benjamin Sesko assist Bruno Fernandes
  5. 45' Noussair Mazraoui for Amad Diallo
  6. 71' Dango Ouattara Yellow Card
  7. 73' Reiss Nelson for Kevin Schade
  8. 73' Leny Yoro for Luke Shaw
  9. 74' Mason Mount for Bryan Mbeumo
  10. 76' Igor Thiago Yellow Card
  11. 87' Mathias Jensen assist Reiss Nelson
  12. 88' Joshua Zirkzee for Benjamin Sesko
  13. 90'+2' Joshua Zirkzee Yellow Card
  14. 90'+6' Nathan Collins Yellow Card

Match stats

44.8% Possession 55.2%
11 Shots 12
6 On target 4
6 Fouls 9
2 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 2
5 Saves 3
340 Accurate passes 433

Lineups

Manchester United 4-2-3-1
31 Lammens
23 Shaw 26 Heaven 5 Maguire 2 Dalot
37 Mainoo 18 Casemiro
16 Diallo 8 Fernandes 19 Mbeumo
30 Sesko
Brentford 4-2-3-1
1 Kelleher
23 Lewis-Potter 22 Collins 4 den Berg 33 Kayode
8 Jensen 18 Yarmoliuk
7 Schade 24 Damsgaard 19 Ouattara
9 Thiago
Manchester United 4-2-3-1
  1. 31 Senne Lammens G
  2. 26 Ayden Heaven CD-L
  3. 5 Harry Maguire CD-R
  4. 23 Luke Shaw ▼ LB
  5. 2 Diogo Dalot RB
  6. 8 Bruno Fernandes AM
  7. 37 Kobbie Mainoo LM
  8. 18 Casemiro RM
  9. 30 Benjamin Sesko ▼ F
  10. 16 Amad Diallo ▼ AM-L
  11. 19 Bryan Mbeumo ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 15 Leny Yoro ▲ SUB
  2. 7 Mason Mount ▲ SUB
  3. 3 Noussair Mazraoui ▲ SUB
  4. 11 Joshua Zirkzee ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 1 Altay Bayindir SUB
  2. 25 Manuel Ugarte SUB
  3. 12 Tyrell Malacia SUB
  4. 13 Patrick Dorgu SUB
  5. 61 Shea Lacey SUB
Brentford 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Caoimhín Kelleher G
  2. 22 Nathan Collins CD-L
  3. 4 Sepp van den Berg CD-R
  4. 23 Keane Lewis-Potter LB
  5. 33 Michael Kayode RB
  6. 24 Mikkel Damsgaard AM
  7. 8 Mathias Jensen LM
  8. 18 Yehor Yarmoliuk RM
  9. 9 Igor Thiago F
  10. 7 Kevin Schade ▼ AM-L
  11. 19 Dango Ouattara AM-R

Came on

  1. 11 Reiss Nelson ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (8)
  1. 12 Hákon Valdimarsson SUB
  2. 49 Ollie Shield SUB
  3. 45 Romelle Donovan SUB
  4. 47 Kaye Furo SUB
  5. 10 Josh Dasilva SUB
  6. 20 Kristoffer Ajer SUB
  7. 2 Aaron Hickey SUB
  8. 5 Ethan Pinnock SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Manchester United 2, Brentford 1.
  2. 90'+6' Second Half ends, Manchester United 2, Brentford 1.
  3. 90'+6' Nathan Collins (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 90'+6' Casemiro (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 90'+6' Foul by Nathan Collins (Brentford).
  6. 90'+3' Casemiro (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  7. 90'+3' Foul by Nathan Collins (Brentford).
  8. 90'+2' Joshua Zirkzee (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 90'+1' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Casemiro.
  10. 90' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  11. 90' Attempt saved. Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Senne Lammens (Manchester United). Assisted by Dango Ouattara with a cross.
  12. 89' Dango Ouattara (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80 earlier entries
  1. 89' Foul by Mason Mount (Manchester United).
  2. 88' Substitution, Manchester United. Joshua Zirkzee replaces Benjamin Sesko.
  3. 87' Goal! Manchester United 2, Brentford 1. Mathias Jensen (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Reiss Nelson following a corner.
  4. 87' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Casemiro.
  5. 80' Foul by Diogo Dalot (Manchester United).
  6. 80' Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  7. 77' Attempt missed. Casemiro (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
  8. 76' Igor Thiago (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Ayden Heaven (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  10. 76' Foul by Igor Thiago (Brentford).
  11. 74' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  12. 74' Substitution, Manchester United. Mason Mount replaces Bryan Mbeumo.
  13. 73' Substitution, Manchester United. Leny Yoro replaces Luke Shaw because of an injury.
  14. 73' Substitution, Brentford. Reiss Nelson replaces Kevin Schade.
  15. 72' Delay in match because of an injury Luke Shaw (Manchester United).
  16. 71' Dango Ouattara (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.
  17. 71' Foul by Dango Ouattara (Brentford).
  18. 71' Harry Maguire (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  19. 71' Attempt blocked. Dango Ouattara (Brentford) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
  20. 71' Dango Ouattara (Brentford) hits the right post with a header from the right side of the six yard box following a corner.
  21. 70' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Noussair Mazraoui.
  22. 69' Attempt blocked. Dango Ouattara (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Igor Thiago.
  23. 65' Harry Maguire (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  24. 65' Foul by Igor Thiago (Brentford).
  25. 64' Foul by Mathias Jensen (Brentford).
  26. 64' Bryan Mbeumo (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  27. 61' Foul by Benjamin Sesko (Manchester United).
  28. 61' Sepp van den Berg (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  29. 60' Attempt missed. Dango Ouattara (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Igor Thiago.
  30. 57' Offside, Brentford. Igor Thiago is caught offside.
  31. 52' Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Sepp van den Berg.
  32. 50' Attempt saved. Harry Maguire (Manchester United) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by Caoimhín Kelleher (Brentford). Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a cross.
  33. 50' Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Sepp van den Berg.
  34. 48' Attempt missed. Luke Shaw (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Sesko.
  35. 46' Mathias Jensen (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  36. 46' Foul by Diogo Dalot (Manchester United).
  37. 45' Substitution, Manchester United. Noussair Mazraoui replaces Amad Diallo.
  38. 45' Second Half begins Manchester United 2, Brentford 0.
  39. 45'+3' First Half ends, Manchester United 2, Brentford 0.
  40. 45'+1' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  41. 45'+1' Attempt missed. Mathias Jensen (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard.
  42. 44' Offside, Brentford. Igor Thiago is caught offside.
  43. 43' Goal! Manchester United 2, Brentford 0. Benjamin Sesko (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes following a fast break.
  44. 41' Offside, Manchester United. Amad Diallo is caught offside.
  45. 40' Sepp van den Berg (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  46. 40' Foul by Sepp van den Berg (Brentford).
  47. 40' Benjamin Sesko (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  48. 40' Attempt missed. Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
  49. 39' Attempt blocked. Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  50. 39' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Senne Lammens.
  51. 37' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Luke Shaw.
  52. 31' Attempt saved. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Caoimhín Kelleher (Brentford). Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
  53. 29' Foul by Igor Thiago (Brentford).
  54. 29' Luke Shaw (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  55. 29' Attempt blocked. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  56. 28' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Diogo Dalot.
  57. 26' Foul by Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United).
  58. 26' Michael Kayode (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  59. 24' Attempt missed. Casemiro (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo.
  60. 23' Attempt missed. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
  61. 23' Foul by Mathias Jensen (Brentford).
  62. 23' Benjamin Sesko (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  63. 20' Attempt saved. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Senne Lammens (Manchester United). Assisted by Mathias Jensen.
  64. 17' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Senne Lammens.
  65. 17' Attempt saved. Michael Kayode (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Senne Lammens (Manchester United). Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard with a through ball.
  66. 14' Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Harry Maguire.
  67. 11' Goal! Manchester United 1, Brentford 0. Casemiro (Manchester United) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Harry Maguire with a headed pass following a corner.
  68. 10' Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Nathan Collins.
  69. 8' Attempt saved. Harry Maguire (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Caoimhín Kelleher (Brentford). Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross.
  70. 8' Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Nathan Collins.
  71. 6' Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  72. 6' Kevin Schade (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  73. 6' Foul by Luke Shaw (Manchester United).
  74. 4' Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Yehor Yarmoliuk.
  75. 4' Attempt missed. Luke Shaw (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  76. 3' Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Dango Ouattara.
  77. 2' Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Sepp van den Berg.
  78. 2' Attempt blocked. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kobbie Mainoo.
  79. First Half begins.
  80. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Manchester United W L D W L

  • L at Newcastle United 2-1 Premier League
  • W Aston Villa 3-1 Premier League
  • D at AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Premier League
  • L Leeds United 2-1 Premier League
  • W at Chelsea 1-0 Premier League

Brentford D D D D L

  • L at West Ham United 2-2 English FA Cup
  • D Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 Premier League
  • D at Leeds United 0-0 Premier League
  • D Everton 2-2 Premier League
  • D Fulham 0-0 Premier League

Head to head

Series tied 2-2-1

  • 27 Sep 2025 Brentford 3–1 Manchester United 2025-26 English Premier League
  • 4 May 2025 Brentford 4–3 Manchester United 2024-25 English Premier League
  • 19 Oct 2024 Manchester United 2–1 Brentford 2024-25 English Premier League
  • 30 Mar 2024 Brentford 1–1 Manchester United 2023-24 English Premier League
  • 7 Oct 2023 Manchester United 2–1 Brentford 2023-24 English Premier League

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