Brentford 3-1 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2025
Result
Brentford 3-1 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Brentford 3-1 Manchester United: match report
Brentford beat Manchester United 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 September 2025. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Igor Thiago opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Brentford's goals came from Igor Thiago (8'), Igor Thiago (20') and Mathias Jensen (90+5'). Manchester United scored through Benjamin Sesko (26').
Discipline: Brentford received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 17th on 4 points from 5 and Manchester United 11th on 7 points from 5. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 71.
Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Igor Thiago of Brentford (8.4), ahead of Caoimhín Kelleher (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 5 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Igor Thiago
- 20'Goal · Igor Thiago
- 26'Goal · Benjamin Sesko
- 55'Yellow card · Bruno Fernandes
- 72'Yellow card · Nathan Collins
- 76'Missed penalty · Bruno Fernandes
- 80'Yellow card · Kevin Schade
- 84'Yellow card · Patrick Dorgu
- 90+5'Goal · Mathias Jensen
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Caoimhín Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Aaron Hickey, Jordan Henderson, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Dango Ouattara, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago
Manchester United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Altay Bayındır, Matthijs de Ligt, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Diogo Dalot, Manuel Ugarte, Bruno Fernandes, Patrick Dorgu, Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha, Benjamin Sesko