Manchester United and Brentford are going to face on Saturday the 7th of October at 3:00 pm in the 8th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Manchester at the Old Trafford. The appointed referee is Andy Madley.
Manchester United occupies the 10th position in the standings with 9 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 3 times and lost 4 times.
Brentford occupies the 14th position in the standings with 7 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest in its last match in the Premier League. So far, 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, Antony and Rasmus Højlund.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Manchester United would be 25.90.
Erik ten Hag will probably not be able to employ Donny van de Beek because of injury.
Tyrell Malacia, Lisandro Martínez, Sergio Reguilón, 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, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Christian Nörgaard, Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the 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.