Manchester United 2-1 Brentford: result and report

Premier League · Monday 27 April 2026

Result

Manchester United 2-1 Brentford

Premier League · Monday 27 April 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-1 Brentford: match report

Manchester United beat Brentford 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 27 April 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Casemiro opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Casemiro (11') and Benjamin Sesko (43'). Brentford scored through Mathias Jensen (87').

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

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 58 points from 33 and Brentford 9th on 48 points from 33. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Brentford 9th with 53.

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 Casemiro of Manchester United (8.5), ahead of Harry Maguire (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Brentford.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Luke ShawManchester United
  • 11'Goal · CasemiroManchester United · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Sepp van den BergBrentford
  • 43'Goal · Benjamin SeskoManchester United · 2-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Dango OuattaraBrentford
  • 76'Yellow card · Igor ThiagoBrentford
  • 87'Goal · Mathias JensenBrentford · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Joshua ZirkzeeManchester United
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Nathan CollinsBrentford

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 1, Brentford 3.

Team news

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

Senne Lammens, Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Ayden Heaven, Luke Shaw, Casemiro, Kobbie Mainoo, Bryan Mbeumo, Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo, Benjamin Sesko

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

Caoimhín Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Sepp van den Berg, Nathan Collins, Keane Lewis-Potter, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Mathias Jensen, Dango Ouattara, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago