Brentford -v- Manchester United
Premier League
Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford
Sunday 4 May 2024, KO 14:00 BST
Manchester United return to Premier League action on Sunday as they travel to Gtech Community Stadium where they will face Brentford. United are unlikely to better their position in the league this season and will be banking UEFA Champions League football on winning the UEFA Europa League this season.
United beat Athletic Club 3-0 at San Memés on Thursday evening with Casemiro opening the scoring and Bruno Fernandes scoring a brace, one goal from the penalty spot. This United side started badly in Spain but soon found a way to lead the game scoring all three goals in the first half of the match.
Brentford beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 on Thursday evening, stopping the Midlands side from reaching third place in the Premier League with four matches still to be played. Brentford sit in 11th place the season, ten points better off than United. Ruben Amorim should prioritise the Europa League now, blooding in youth in the league.
United – Form, Goals Scored & Assists
Bournemouth 1-1 D, Wolves 1-0 L, Lyon 5-4 W, Newcastle 4-1 L, Lyon 2-2 D, City 0-0 D
Goals: 19 – Bruno Fernandes, 10 – Alejandro Garnacho, 9 – Amad, Rasmus Hojlund, 8 – Marcus Rashford, 7 – Joshua Zirkzee, 4 – Casemiro, Diogo Dalot, Christian Eriksen, Harry Maguire, 2 – Matthijs de Ligt, Kobbie Mainoo, Lisandro Martinez, Manuel Ugarte, 1 – Antony, Jonny Evans, Leny Yoro
Assists: 16 – Bruno Fernandes, 9 – Alejandro Garnacho, 7 – Amad, 5 – Diogo Dalot, Manuel Ugarte, 4 – Christian Eriksen, 3 – Marcus Rashford, 2 – Casemiro, Rasmus Hojlund, Lisandro Martinez, Noussair Mazraoui, Joshua Zirkzee, 1 – Kobbie Mainoo, Harry Maguire
Brentford – Form, Goals Scored & Assists
Forest 3-0 W, Brighton 4-1 W, Arsenal 1-1 D, Chelsea 0-0 D, Newcastle 2-1 L, Bournemouth 2-1 W
Goals: 18 – Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa, 9 – Kevin Schade, 6 – Christian Nørgaard, 3 – Fábio Carvalho, Mikkel Damsgaard, 2 – Nathan Collins, Ethan Pinnock, Keane Lewis-Potter, 1 – Vitaly Janelt
Assists: 10 – Mikkel Damsgaard, 7 – Bryan Mbeumo, 5 – Nathan Collins, 4 – Keane Lewis-Potter, Yoane Wissa, 3 – Vitaly Janelt, Kevin Schade, 2 – Mark Flekken, Mathias Jensen, Christian Nørgaard, Mads Roerslev, 1 – Sepp van den Berg
Previous Meetings & Connections
United and Brentford have met seven times in the Premier League. United have won five times, drawn once with Brentford winning once. United have scored 12 goals in these matches, winning one penalty; scoring it. Brentford have scored eight goals, winning no penalties.
United have kept two clean sheets in these matches with Brentford keeping one. Discipline has been an issue in the matches against Brentford. United players have been shown 12 yellow cards and Brentford players have been shown 12 yellow cards. No red cards have been shown.
Christian Eriksen, Joshua Bohui and Max Haygarth are the only three players who have played for both United and Brentford. Eriksen is into his third season at United now and has won the Carabao Cup and the Emirates FA Cup with the club – this is set to be his final season at United.
Team News
United: The Red Devils welcomed back Matthijs de Ligt and Amad on Thursday evening, which looks good for the remainder of the season with rotation now able to happen so there is no reliance on the same players, especially in defence and attack. United still have five players out of action at this stage of the season.
Ruled Out: Lisandro Martinez (knee), Ayden Heaven (ankle/foot), Diogo Dalot (calf/shin/heel), Toby Collyer (other) and Joshua Zirkzee (thigh)
Doubts: None
Suspended: None
Brentford: Brentford have five players out of action for the visit of United this weekend which does not seem to be a problem for them as their results have largely been positive. United have more wins over Brentford than Brentford have over United, but United have been poor in the Premier League this season.
Ruled Out: Vitaly Janelt (ankle/foot), Joshua Dasilva (knee), Fabio Carvalho (shoulder), Aaron Hickey (other) and Igor Thiago (knee)
Doubts: None
Suspended: None
Predicted United Starting XI – 3-4-2-1
Onana;
De Ligt, Maguire, Yoro;
Mazraoui, Ugarte, Mainoo, Amass;
Fernandes, Garnacho;
Hojlund
Predicted Brentford Starting XI – 4-2-3-1
Flekken;
Kayode, Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter;
Nørgaard, Yarmoliuk;
Mbeumo, Damsgaard, Schade;
Wissa
History, training and the lead up to the big match
United and Brentford have met 20 times in all competitions during the history of both clubs. United have won 11 times, drawn three times and lost six times. United are undefeated in the last four matches – winning three and drawing once. United will be eager to keep that record alive. United beat Brentford 2-1 earlier this season.
Amorim’s side will need to keep their heads, as they did against Athletic Club in Spain on Thursday evening. United put on a show and were 3-0 up before half time, which was also the end result of the semi final first leg clash in the UEFA Europa League. United will need to do the same as Brentford can be a tough side.
United may not finish in the top ten of the Premier League this season based on their poor form which has seen them lost 15 matches so far this season, draw nine times, winning just ten matches so far with four matches remaining- including this one. The problems in the league need to be solved in the summer.
Brentford 1-3 Manchester United
Written by Paul
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2025-05-02 18:15:00
