Manchester United 2-1 Brentford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 October 2024

Result

Manchester United 2-1 Brentford

Premier League · Saturday 19 October 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester United 2-1 Brentford: match report

Manchester United defeated Brentford 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 October 2024. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ethan Pinnock opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Alejandro Garnacho (47') and Rasmus Højlund (62'). Brentford scored through Ethan Pinnock (45+5').

Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 13th on 8 points from 7 and Brentford 11th on 10 points from 7. Manchester United went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Brentford 10th with 56.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mark Flekken of Brentford (8.8), ahead of Alejandro Garnacho (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Brentford.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+5'Goal · Ethan PinnockBrentford · 0-1
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Jonny EvansManchester United
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Erik ten HagManchester United
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Diogo DalotManchester United
  • 47'Goal · Alejandro GarnachoManchester United · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow cardManchester United
  • 55'Yellow card · Kristoffer AjerBrentford
  • 62'Goal · Rasmus HøjlundManchester United · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow cardBrentford

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 1, Brentford 1.

Team news

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

André Onana, Diogo Dalot, Matthijs de Ligt, Jonny Evans, Lisandro Martínez, Christian Eriksen, Casemiro, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho, Rasmus Højlund

Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mark Flekken, Sepp van den Berg, Nathan Collins, Ethan Pinnock, Kristoffer Ajer, Christian Nørgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Mikkel Damsgaard, Bryan Mbeumo, Keane Lewis-Potter, Kevin Schade