Premiership · Matchday 28

Manchester United v Brentford

1–0

HT 1–0

Wednesday 5th April 2023 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,309

Manchester United beat Brentford 1–0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday 5th April 2023 in the Premiership. Marcus Rashford (27') scored for United. United were captained by Bruno Fernandes, and the referee was John Brooks.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
24' Luke Shaw
27' Marcus Rashford Assist: Marcel Sabitzer 1–0
37' Tyrell Malacia for Shaw
42' Scott McTominay
Half Time 1–0
50' Mikkel Damsgaard
59' Bruno Fernandes
61' Christian Nørgaard
71' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues for Sabitzer
71' Anthony Martial for Sancho
86' Victor Lindelof for Antony
Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

64%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

John Brooks

Referee

Bruno Fernandes

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

6 Lisandro Martinez

8 Bruno Fernandes

10 Marcus Rashford 27'

Substitutes

37' for Shaw

Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

71' for Sabitzer

Anthony Martial

71' for Sancho

Victor Lindelof

86' for Antony

Brentford Lineup

5-3-2

Starting XI

1 David Raya G

3 Rico Henry LB

5 Ethan Pinnock CD

6 Christian Nørgaard CM

8 Mathias Jensen CM-L

16 Ben Mee CD-L

17 Ivan Toney CF-L

18 Pontus Jansson CD-R

19 Bryan Mbeumo CF-R

24 Mikkel Damsgaard CM-R

30 Mads Roerslev RB

Substitutes

2 Aaron Hickey on

9 Kevin Schade on

10 Josh Dasilva on

11 Yoane Wissa on

13 Mathias Jørgensen

14 Saman Ghoddos

22 Thomas Strakosha

26 Shandon Baptiste on

33 Fin Stevens

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Erik ten Hag

Manchester United

OPP

Thomas Frank

Brentford

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Brentford

5-3-2

Man Utd Brentford

64%

Possession

36%

1.2

Expected Goals (xG)

0.7

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.30

Avg Player Rating

6.40

26.8

Avg Age

27.5

United vs Brentford History

Meeting 17 of 23

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 14th January 1928. After this match United had played Brentford 17 times: 9W 2D 6L.

19 Jan 2022 W 3–1 PL 2 May 2022 W 3–0 PL 13 Aug 2022 L 0–4 PL

5 Apr 2023 W 1–0 This match

7 Oct 2023 W 2–1 PL 30 Mar 2024 D 1–1 PL 19 Oct 2024 W 2–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	12	9	1	2	28	12	75.0
Away	11	3	2	6	18	27	27.3

All 23 meetings with Brentford →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →