Manchester United and Brentford are going to take on on Saturday the 7th of October at 3:00 pm in the 8th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Manchester at the Old Trafford. The appointed referee is Andy Madley.
Manchester United sits in the 10th position in the league with 9 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 3 times and lost 4 times.
Brentford is in the 14th position in the table with 7 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has draw 5 times and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Manchester United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times).
Erik ten Hag is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: André Onana, Sofyan Amrabat, Raphaël Varane, Victor Lindelöf, Diogo Dalot, Mason Mount, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Facundo Pellistri and Rasmus Højlund.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Manchester United would be 25.80.
Erik ten Hag will probably not be able to employ Sergio Reguilón and Donny van de Beek because of injury.
Tyrell Malacia, Lisandro Martínez, Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Kobbie Mainoo and Amad Diallo will definitely miss the match.
Erik ten Hag will not be able to have the presence of Jadon Sancho who is suspended.
Brentford
Brentford has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 71.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (5 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 5-3-2 (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: Mark Flekken, Aaron Hickey, Nathan Collins, Ethan Pinnock, Kristoffer Ajer, Mads Roerslev, Christian Nörgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Brentford would be 25.82.
Rico Henry, Ben Mee, Shandon Baptiste, Mikkel Damsgaard, Josh Dasilva and Kevin Schade will definitely miss the match.
Thomas Frank will not be able to have the presence of Ivan Toney who is suspended.