Brentford vs Man United

19 January 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

Ivan Toney 85’

Anthony Elanga 55’
Mason Greenwood 62’
Marcus Rashford 77’

Match summary

Man United won 3-1 away at Brentford. It was goalless at half-time.

Anthony Elanga put Man United ahead with a header in the 55th minute, set up by Fred, Mason Greenwood made it 0-2 in the 62nd minute, set up by Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford made it 0-3 in the 77th minute, set up by Bruno Fernandes, and Ivan Toney pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 85th minute, set up by Christian Nørgaard.

There was little between the sides on chances: Brentford created 2.08 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots, Man United 2.06 from 13.

Match stats

18 Shots 13

8 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 9

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.08 xG 2.06

2.08 Non-penalty xG 2.06

8 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Brentford Man United

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

55’

Anthony Elanga
Assist: Fred

0-1

62’

Mason Greenwood
Assist: Bruno Fernandes

0-2

77’

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Bruno Fernandes

0-3

Ivan Toney
Assist: Christian Nørgaard

1-3

85’

Full-time1-3

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Brentford 2.08 xGMan United 2.06 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Man United attacking Brentford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jonas Lössl	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mads Bech Sørensen	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.03	1
Ethan Pinnock	DEF	90			3	0.11	0.00	0
Pontus Jansson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mads Roerslev	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Sergi Canos	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Nørgaard	MID	90		1	1	0.36	0.51	2
Mathias Jensen	MID	69			5	1.00	0.51	3
Vitaly Janelt	MID	66			3	0.18	0.00	0
Bryan Mbeumo	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.08	2
Ivan Toney	FWD	90	1		4	0.35	0.60	3
Shandon Baptiste	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.07	1
Rico Henry	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yoane Wissa	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Raphael Varane	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Telles	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fred	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.98	2
Scott McTominay	MID	86			1	0.01	0.02	1
Mason Greenwood	MID	73	1		2	0.66	0.06	1
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90		2	2	0.43	0.86	4
Anthony Elanga	MID	90	1		1	0.57	0.07	1
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	73			3	0.19	0.00	0
Marcus Rashford	Sub	17	1		1	0.09	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nemanja Matic	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 21% Avg odds 4.59

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.71

Man United win 53% Avg odds 1.81

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brentford L L W L L

Man United W D W L D

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Man United 3-0 Brentford, 02 May 22 All Brentford vs Man United meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.