Premiership · Matchday 21

Brentford v Manchester United

1–3

HT 0–0

Wednesday 19th January 2022 · Brentford Community Stadium · Att: 17,094

Manchester United beat Brentford 3–1 at Brentford Community Stadium on Wednesday 19th January 2022 in the Premiership. Anthony Elanga (55'), Mason Greenwood (62') and Marcus Rashford (77') scored for United. United were captained by Bruno Fernandes, and the referee was Andre Marriner.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
Half Time 0–0
55' Anthony Elanga Assist: Fred 0–1
62' Mason Greenwood Assist: Bruno Fernandes 0–2
71' Marcus Rashford for Greenwood
71' Harry Maguire for Ronaldo
77' Marcus Rashford Assist: Bruno Fernandes 0–3
84' Nemanja Matic for McTominay
85' Ivan Toney Assist: Christian Nørgaard 1–3
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

56%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Andre Marriner

Referee

Bruno Fernandes

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

2 Victor Lindelof

7 Cristiano Ronaldo

11 Mason Greenwood 62'

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

36 Anthony Elanga 55'

39 Scott McTominay

Substitutes

Marcus Rashford

71' for Greenwood

77'

Harry Maguire

71' for Ronaldo

Nemanja Matic

84' for McTominay

Brentford Lineup

3-5-2

Starting XI

5 Ethan Pinnock CD-R

6 Christian Nørgaard AM

7 Sergi Canós LM

8 Mathias Jensen CM-R

17 Ivan Toney CF-L ⚽

18 Pontus Jansson CD

19 Bryan Mbeumo CF-R

27 Vitaly Janelt CM-L

29 Mads Bech Sørensen CD-L

30 Mads Roerslev RM

49 Jonas Lössl G

Substitutes

3 Rico Henry on

9 Marcus Forss

11 Yoane Wissa on

14 Saman Ghoddos

20 Kristoffer Ajer

26 Shandon Baptiste on

28 Mads Bidstrup

36 Fin Stevens

40 Álvaro Fernández

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

Managers

MUFC

Ralf Rangnick

Manchester United

OPP

Thomas Frank

Brentford

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Brentford

3-5-2

Man Utd Brentford

56%

Possession

44%

2.3

Expected Goals (xG)

2.5

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.70

Avg Player Rating

6.50

27.1

Avg Age

26.3

United vs Brentford History

Meeting 14 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 14 times: 7W 2D 5L.

7 Dec 1946 W 4–1 D1 12 Apr 1947 D 0–0 D1 10 Sep 1975 W 2–1 LC

19 Jan 2022 W 3–1 This match

2 May 2022 W 3–0 PL 13 Aug 2022 L 0–4 PL 5 Apr 2023 W 1–0 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 →