Brentford and Manchester United will play on Wednesday the 19th of January at 8:00 pm in the 17th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in London at the Brentford Community Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Andre Marriner.
Brentford sits in the 14th position in the league with 23 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against Liverpool in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 10 times.
Manchester United sits in the 7th place in the league with 32 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 9 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brentford
Brentford has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (19 times or 90.48%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (19 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Manchester United with the following players: Á. Fernández Llorente, E. Pinnock, P. Jansson, M. Roerslev Rasmussen, R. Henry, V. Janelt, C. Nørgaard, M. Jensen, S. Canós Tenes, I. Toney and B. Mbeumo.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Brentford would be 25.82.
D. Raya Martin, C. Goode, P. Dasilva, T. Fosu and O. Frank will definitely miss the match.
Manchester United
Manchester United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 55.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 4-2-2-2 (5 times), 4-3-3 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Ralf Rangnick is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: D. de Gea Quintana, L. Shaw, R. Varane, H. Maguire, S. McTominay, M. Rashford, B. Borges Fernandes and J. Sancho.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Manchester United would be 27.25.
There are doubts about the presence of A. Wan-Bissaka and C. Ronaldo.
Ralf Rangnick will probably not be able to employ J. Lingard because of injury.
E. Bailly, P. Pogba and A. Martial will definitely miss the match.
