Premiership · Matchday 08

Manchester United v Brentford

2–1

HT 0–1

Saturday 19th October 2024 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,738

Manchester United beat Brentford 2–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 19th October 2024 in the Premiership. Alejandro Garnacho (47') and Rasmus Hojlund (62') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
45' Jonny Evans
45' Unknown
45+5' Ethan Pinnock Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard 0–1
Half Time 0–1
47' Alejandro Garnacho Assist: Marcus Rashford 1–1
54' Diogo Dalot
55' Christian Nørgaard
62' Rasmus Hojlund 2–1
73' Kristoffer Ajer
73' Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer
74' Joshua Zirkzee for Hojlund
88' Manuel Ugarte for Casemiro
89' Victor Lindelof for Evans
90+1' Noussair Mazraoui for Garnacho
Full Time 2–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

9 Rasmus Hojlund 62'

17 Alejandro Garnacho 47'

Substitutes

74' for Hojlund

88' for Casemiro

89' for Evans

90+1' for Garnacho

Brentford Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

1 Mark Flekken G

4 Sepp van den Berg RB

5 Ethan Pinnock CD-L ⚽

6 Christian Nørgaard RM

7 Kevin Schade F

19 Bryan Mbeumo AM

20 Kristoffer Ajer LB

22 Nathan Collins CD-R

23 Keane Lewis-Potter AM-L

24 Mikkel Damsgaard AM-R

27 Vitaly Janelt LM

Substitutes

11 Yoane Wissa on

12 Hákon Valdimarsson

14 Fábio Carvalho on

16 Ben Mee

18 Yehor Yarmoliuk on

21 Jayden Meghoma

26 Yunus Konak

28 Ryan Trevitt

30 Mads Roerslev on

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

4-4-2

Man Utd Brentford

50%

Possession

50%

1.3

Expected Goals (xG)

0.9

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.60

Avg Player Rating

6.60

27.9

Avg Age

26.2

United vs Brentford History

Meeting 20 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 20 times: 11W 3D 6L.

5 Apr 2023 W 1–0 PL 7 Oct 2023 W 2–1 PL 30 Mar 2024 D 1–1 PL

19 Oct 2024 W 2–1 This match

4 May 2025 L 3–4 PL 27 Sep 2025 L 1–3 PL 27 Apr 2026 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 →