MANCHESTER. Manchester United managed to find the solution against Brentford to win 2-1. S. McTominay was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Brentford to strike first with a goal of Mathias Jensen at the 26′. Then it was a goal in the 90′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Scott McTominay gave the win to Manchester United in the 90′ minute scoring a double. Manchester United was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Andy Madley with the support of Harry Lennard and Nicholas Hopton. The 4th official was Steve Martin. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.13 degrees Celsius or 68.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester United had a superior ball possession 64% while Brentford was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester United had a more offensive attitude with 87 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester United won the match​.

Manchester United shot 21 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brentford shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Manchester United didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Brentford received 5 yellow cards (Christian Nörgaard, Aaron Hickey, Nathan Collins, Neal Maupay and Vitaly Janelt).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Manchester United will have 12 points like Newcastle United and Crystal Palace to remain in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Brentford will stay with 7 points like Everton and Wolverhampton Wanderers to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester United will play away against Sheffield United on the 22nd of October with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester United (1 draw).

Brentford will host Burnley on the 21st of October with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Burnley (0 draws).

Manchester United – Formation

Manchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Erik ten Hag decided to play with the following team: Raphaël Varane, André Onana (7.0), Diogo Dalot (7.8), Harry Maguire (7.9), Jonny Evans (7.3), Victor Lindelöf (7.0), Casemiro (7.0), Sofyan Amrabat (7.7), Bruno Fernandes (8.1), Mason Mount (6.8), Marcus Rashford (7.7) and Rasmus Højlund (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Hannibal Mejbri, Altay Bayindir, Anthony Martial (6.7), Christian Eriksen (7.1), Alejandro Garnacho (7.3), Antony (7.0), Facundo Pellistri, Donny van de Beek and Scott McTominay (9.1).

Substitutions

Manchester United made 5 changes: Casemiro for Christian Eriksen (46′), Mason Mount for Antony (63′), Marcus Rashford for Alejandro Garnacho (63′), Victor Lindelöf for Anthony Martial (71′) and Sofyan Amrabat for Scott McTominay (87′).

Best player: Scott McTominay​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester United was Scott McTominay.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 2 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 87′.

Brentford – Formation

Brentford started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Thomas Frank played with: Mark Flekken, Keane Lewis-Potter, Thomas Strakosha (7.9), Kristoffer Ajer (7.1), Ethan Pinnock (7.7), Nathan Collins (6.7), Mads Roerslev (6.4), Mathias Jensen (8.1), Christian Nörgaard (7.0), Vitaly Janelt (7.3), Aaron Hickey (6.3) and Bryan Mbeumo (7.3), Yoane Wissa (7.3).

They had on the bench: Neal Maupay (6.8), Zanka, Saman Ghoddos (6.3), Frank Onyeka (6.4), Yegor Yarmolyuk, Kim Ji-Soo, Michael Olakigbe, Ethan Brierley and Ellery Balcombe.

Substitutions

Brentford made 3 changes: Yoane Wissa for Neal Maupay (70′), Vitaly Janelt for Frank Onyeka (70′) and Mathias Jensen for Saman Ghoddos (83′).

Best player: Mathias Jensen​

The player that probably impressed the most for Brentford was Mathias Jensen.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 27 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Manchester United – Brentford – 2-1
• Luton Town – Tottenham Hotspur – 0-1
• Fulham – Sheffield United – 3-1
• Everton – AFC Bournemouth – 3-0
• Crystal Palace – Nottingham Forest – 0-0
• Burnley – Chelsea – 1-4