Manchester United 1-0 Brentford: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 5 April 2023

Result

Manchester United 1-0 Brentford

Premier League · Wednesday 5 April 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-0 Brentford: match report

Manchester United beat Brentford 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 5 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Marcus Rashford of Manchester United in the 27th minute.

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 5th on 50 points from 27 and Brentford 9th on 43 points from 28. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Brentford 9th with 59.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (7.9), ahead of Lisandro Martínez (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Brentford.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-D-L-W-W and Brentford's D-D-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Luke ShawManchester United
  • 27'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Scott McTominayManchester United
  • 50'Yellow card · Mikkel DamsgaardBrentford
  • 59'Yellow card · Bruno FernandesManchester United
  • 61'Yellow card · Christian NørgaardBrentford

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 0, Brentford 1.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Diogo Dalot, Raphaël Varane, Lisandro Martínez, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes, Antony, Marcel Sabitzer, Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford

Brentford line-up (5-3-2)

David Raya, Mads Roerslev, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Rico Henry, Mikkel Damsgaard, Christian Nørgaard, Mathias Jensen, Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney