Manchester United v Brentford result

Full-time · Manchester United 2–1 Brentford

Premier League · Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:00 BST · Old Trafford

Updated 8 May 2026, 04:56 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Manchester United · Brentford · Head-to-head

Manchester United 2–1 Brentford — Manchester United won this Premier League match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Manchester United beat Brentford 2–1 at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Saturday 19 October. Brentford have scored in eight consecutive matches in all competitions.

The goals

Manchester United came from behind: Brentford led 1–0 at half-time. The goals — Brentford: Ethan Pinnock (45’, assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard); Manchester United: A. Garnacho (47’, assisted by Marcus Rashford) and Rasmus Højlund (62’, assisted by Bruno Fernandes).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) agree with the result: Manchester United 1.33, Brentford 0.86, from 23 shots to 8 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

S. Barrott showed four yellow cards — against 3.4 yellows a game across the last 20 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Manchester United: J. Evans (45+6’) and Diogo Dalot (54’); Brentford: Christian Nørgaard (55’) and Kristoffer Ajer (73’).

What it changes

Manchester United are unbeaten in their last three matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, A. Garnacho (Manchester United) 10.7, Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) 9.4 and Casemiro (Manchester United) 7.8 led the match.

Next up

Manchester United next travel to Como on 21 October 2026.

Brentford next travel to Hull City on 25 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Manchester United: Como v Manchester United, Wednesday 21 October — the preview. Next for Brentford: Hull City v Brentford, Sunday 25 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Manchester United 2–1 Brentford · Premier League
Venue: Old Trafford · Manchester
Referee: S. Barrott
Head-to-head (last 6): Manchester United 4 · draws 1 · Brentford 1 · 2.83 goals/game
Recent form: Manchester United 0W 4D 1L · Brentford 2W 1D 2L

Manchester United 2–1 Brentford (Premier League): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 8 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

1.75 / 1.88

Goals

against 1.25 / 1.63 · 2 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.67 / 5.13

Corners

against 2.67 / 6.75 · 1 of the last 3 over 9.5

over 6 matches

6.33 / 5.75

Shots on target

against 3.67 / 5.75 · 2 of the last 3 over 8.5

over 6 matches

3.5 / 1.63

Cards

against 2.17 / 2.63 · 3 of the last 3 over 3.5

over 6 matches

3.35 yellows

Referee · S. Barrott

1.4 home / 1.95 away

over 20 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 6 October 2024. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 6 October 2024. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Manchester United for / against	Line	Brentford for / against
Goals scored	1.75 for · 1.25 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.88 for · 1.63 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.67 for · 2.67 against n 6 Last 5	9.5standard	5.13 for · 6.75 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	15 for · 10.67 against n 6 Last 5	19.5standard	11.75 for · 16.38 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	6.33 for · 3.67 against n 6 Last 5	8.5standard	5.75 for · 5.75 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	12.67 for · 10.33 against n 6 Last 5	21.5standard	7 for · 11.13 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	3.5 for · 2.17 against n 6 Last 5	3.5standard	1.63 for · 2.63 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: S. Barrott — 3.35 yellow cards a game, 0 red cards, 18.5 fouls over 20 matches (1.4 to the home side, 1.95 to the away side).

Home 1.4Away 1.95

Manchester United

Manchester United — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 October 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
M. Ugarte n 8	58	3.7 6/4	2.1 6/4	—
M. Mount n 8	37.1	1.8 5/1	1.5 4/1	—
K. Mainoo n 8	73.1	1.7 6/4	1.7 6/3	—
V. Lindelöf n 8	66.1	1.7 7/3	0.2 1/0	—
A. Diallo n 8	54.1	1.7 5/2	1 3/1	—

Manchester United — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 October 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Antony n 8	46.4	4.1 6/3	3.2 5/2
A. Garnacho n 8	63.5	2.7 7/4	1.4 5/3
Casemiro n 8	59.3	2.1 5/4	0.6 3/0
J. Zirkzee n 8	45.6	2 5/3	1.2 4/1
Bruno Fernandes n 8	75.1	1.9 6/5	0.4 2/1

Manchester United — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 October 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
C. Eriksen n 8	75.8	0.6 3/1	0.6 3/1
M. Rashford n 8	64.5	0.7 3/1	0.3 2/0
A. Garnacho n 8	63.5	0.5 2/1	0.4 1/1
Bruno Fernandes n 8	75.1	0 0/0	0.6 3/1
R. Højlund n 8	34.6	0.6 2/0	0 0/0

Manchester United — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 October 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Tobias Christopher Collyer n 3	55.3	6 3/3
M. Ugarte n 8	58	4.8 8/7
N. Mazraoui n 8	74.5	3.6 7/5
Casemiro n 8	59.3	3.6 6/5
A. Diallo n 8	54.1	3.1 7/5

Brentford

Brentford — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 October 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Christian Nørgaard n 8	73.9	2 6/3	1.5 6/4	—
Y. Konak n 8	39.1	1.7 4/1	1.2 3/1	—
M. Jensen n 8	65	1.6 6/2	1.2 6/1	—
F. Onyeka n 8	69.4	1.5 8/1	2.1 6/3	—
M. Peart-Harris n 8	34.6	1.3 2/1	1.3 2/1	—

Brentford — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 October 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Y. Wissa n 8	55.5	2 5/2	1.2 5/1
B. Mbeumo n 8	80.4	1.8 6/4	1.4 6/2
K. Lewis-Potter n 8	68.1	1.5 7/2	1.2 7/0
K. Schade n 8	57.5	1.4 5/2	1 4/1
R. Trevitt n 8	68.6	1.3 4/3	0.3 2/0

Brentford — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 October 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Y. Wissa n 8	55.5	1 5/0	0.6 3/0
Fábio Carvalho n 8	51.1	0.4 2/0	0.7 2/1
B. Mbeumo n 8	80.4	0.8 5/1	0 0/0
M. Damsgaard n 8	75.1	0.1 1/0	0.3 1/1
K. Lewis-Potter n 8	68.1	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0

Brentford — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 October 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
M. Damsgaard n 8	75.1	3.6 6/5
Y. Konak n 8	39.1	3.2 5/4
R. Trevitt n 8	68.6	3.1 8/4
Christian Nørgaard n 8	73.9	2.6 6/6
E. Pinnock n 8	90	2.4 7/6

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Manchester United		Brentford
50%	Possession	50%
1.33	Expected goals (xG)	0.86
23	Shots	8
11	Shots on target	2
6	Shots off target	4
6	Blocked shots	2
13	Shots inside the box	6
9	Corners	2
1	Offsides	3
4	Fouls	5
2	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
1	Saves	9
488	Passes	484
84%	Pass accuracy	85%

Manchester United player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
A. Onana	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7
Diogo Dalot	90	0	0	1	1	0	0	Y	6.6
M. de Ligt	90	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	7.3
Lisandro Martínez	90	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	7.3
C. Eriksen	90	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	7.3
M. Rashford	90	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	7.5
Bruno Fernandes	90	0	1	5	2	2	4	0	7.9
J. Evans	89	0	0	0	0	0	2	Y	6.9
A. Garnacho	89	1	0	6	5	2	3	0	8.3
Casemiro	88	0	0	2	1	4	5	0	8
R. Højlund	74	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	7.3
J. Zirkzee sub	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
M. Ugarte sub	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
V. Lindelöf sub	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
N. Mazraoui sub	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–

Brentford player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
M. Flekken	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.9
N. Collins	90	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.3
E. Pinnock	90	1	0	1	1	1	4	0	8.3
K. Ajer	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	Y	6.3
Christian Nørgaard	90	0	0	1	1	0	3	Y	7.2
M. Damsgaard	90	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.3
B. Mbeumo	90	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	7.2
S. van den Berg	87	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.9
V. Janelt	75	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.9
K. Schade	74	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6.2
K. Lewis-Potter	66	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
Y. Wissa sub	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
Fábio Carvalho sub	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.3
Y. Yarmolyuk sub	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
M. Roerslev sub	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Manchester United v Brentford — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Manchester UnitedDDLDD

Last 5: 0W 4D 1L · 0.8 scored / 1.4 conceded per game

BrentfordLWLDW

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 2.2 scored / 2 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Manchester United 4 · 1 draw · Brentford 1 · 2.83 goals/game

2024-03-30 Brentford 1–1 Manchester United
2023-10-07 Manchester United 2–1 Brentford
2023-04-05 Manchester United 1–0 Brentford
2022-08-13 Brentford 4–0 Manchester United
2022-05-02 Manchester United 3–0 Brentford
2022-01-19 Brentford 1–3 Manchester United

League standing · 2024/25

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Manchester United#15 pos42 pts38 pl-10 GD

Brentford#10 pos56 pts38 pl+9 GD

Goals per game

Manchester United scored1.16

Brentford scored1.74

Manchester United conceded1.42

Brentford conceded1.5

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What is the head-to-head record between Manchester United and Brentford?: In their last 6 meetings, Manchester United won 4, Brentford won 1 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Manchester United and Brentford?: Recent form — Manchester United 0W 4D 1L; Brentford 2W 1D 2L.

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