Brentford vs Manchester United Preview


Brentford vs Manchester United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Gtech Community Stadium

Date: 13th August 2022

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

Manchester United will look to bounce back from their disappointing opening day loss to Brighton when they travel to the west of London to face Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium.

The hosts enjoyed a remarkable opening day last weekend as they came from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 draw against Leicester City thanks to goals from Ivan Toney and Joshua Dasilva.

Brentford ended last season on a high note, especially at home, where they lost just one of their last five home league games, winning three times and drawing the other.

And so, they will come into this tie looking to continue their impressive home form. However, given that they struggled to get results against the top six sides, with eight losses out of their 12 EPL encounters with the top-six clubs during the 2021/22 season (W2, D2), they will expect to be in their best shape to get a result in this fixture.

Meanwhile, Manchester United endured a horrible start to their Premier League season as they were beaten 2-1 by a lively Brighton side last weekend.

The Red Devils trailed two goals down at the break thanks to a first-half brace by Pascal Gross. But to their credit, they came back in the second half and created more chances. However, a loss was what they deserved as Brighton made more attempts at goal than they did.

The loss means that Erik ten Hag becomes the first United Manchester United manager since Louis van Gaal to lose his debut league match. The former Ajax coach declared that the result was “a setback and a real disappointment”.

He will be desperate for his side to bounce back and give their travelling fans something positive to cheer about away from home given that his side lost their last six away games of the 2021/22 Premier League season, failing to score in four of these games.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

February 23, 2024
Chelsea 01:00 Tottenham Hotspur
March 30, 2024
Newcastle United 13:30 West Ham United
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Everton
Chelsea 16:00 Burnley
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Crystal Palace
Sheffield United 16:00 Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Luton Town
Aston Villa 18:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brentford 21:00 Manchester United
March 31, 2024
Liverpool 13:00 Brighton & Hov…
Manchester City 15:30 Arsenal
April 2, 2024
Newcastle United 18:30 Everton
Nottingham Forest 18:30 Fulham
AFC Bournemouth 18:45 Crystal Palace
Burnley 18:45 Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United 19:15 Tottenham Hotspur
April 3, 2024
Arsenal 18:30 Luton Town
Brentford 18:30 Brighton & Hov…
Manchester City 19:15 Aston Villa

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 28 20 4 4 70 24 +46 64
2 Liverpool 28 19 7 2 65 26 +39 64
3 Manchester City 28 19 6 3 63 28 +35 63
4 Aston Villa 29 17 5 7 60 42 +18 56
5 Tottenham Hotspur 28 16 5 7 59 42 +17 53
6 Manchester United 28 15 2 11 39 39 +0 47
7 West Ham United 29 12 8 9 46 50 -4 44
8 Brighton & Hov… 28 11 9 8 50 44 +6 42
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 12 5 11 42 44 -2 41
10 Newcastle United 28 12 4 12 59 48 +11 40
11 Chelsea 27 11 6 10 47 45 +2 39
12 Fulham 29 11 5 13 43 44 -1 38
13 AFC Bournemouth 28 9 8 11 41 52 -11 35
14 Crystal Palace 28 7 8 13 33 48 -15 29
15 Brentford 29 7 5 17 41 54 -13 26
16 Everton 28 8 7 13 29 39 -10 25
17 Luton Town 29 5 7 17 42 60 -18 22
18 Nottingham Forest 29 6 7 16 35 51 -16 21
19 Burnley 29 4 5 20 29 63 -34 17
20 Sheffield United 28 3 5 20 24 74 -50 14

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