Brentford vs Man United

4 May 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 4 – 3

Half-time: 2–1

Luke Shaw 27’ (og)
Kevin Schade 33’, 70’
Yoane Wissa 74’

Mason Mount 14’
Alejandro Garnacho 82’
Amad Diallo Traore 90+5’

Match summary

Brentford came from behind to win 4-3 at home to Man United. Brentford led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mason Mount put Man United ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Alejandro Garnacho, Shaw's own goal equalised in the 27th minute, and Kevin Schade put Brentford in front with a header in the 33rd minute, set up by Christian Nørgaard. In the second half, Schade made it 3-1 with a header in the 70th minute, Yoane Wissa made it 4-1 in the 74th minute, set up by Michael Kayode, Alejandro Garnacho pulled one back to make it 4-2 in the 82nd minute, set up by Christian Eriksen, and Amad Diallo Traore made it 4-3 in stoppage time, set up by Manuel Ugarte.

The chances backed that up: Brentford created 3.65 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Man United's 1.15 from 14.

Match stats

12 Shots 14

6 Shots on Target 5

7 Corners 4

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.59 xG 1.13

3.59 Non-penalty xG 1.13

4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Brentford Man United

Kick-off

14’

Mason Mount
Assist: Alejandro Garnacho

0-1

Luke Shaw
Own goal

1-1

27’

Kevin Schade
Assist: Christian Nørgaard

2-1

33’

Half-time2-1

Kevin Schade

3-1

70’

Yoane Wissa
Assist: Michael Kayode

4-1

74’

82’

Alejandro Garnacho
Assist: Christian Eriksen

4-2

90+5’

Amad Diallo Traore
Assist: Manuel Ugarte

4-3

Full-time4-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Manuel Ugarte
Alejandro Garnacho

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 3.65 xGMan United 1.15 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
Mark Flekken	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Kayode	DEF	84		1	0	0.00	0.68	2
Nathan Collins	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sepp van den Berg	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.61	1
Keane Lewis-Potter	DEF	84			0	0.00	0.08	1
Christian Nørgaard	MID	90		1	1	0.56	0.50	1
Yehor Yarmolyuk	MID	71			0	0.00	0.44	1
Bryan Mbeumo	MID	90			2	0.11	0.06	1
Mikkel Damsgaard	MID	84			0	0.00	0.61	2
Kevin Schade	MID	75	2		4	1.54	0.00	0
Yoane Wissa	FWD	90	1		4	1.38	0.00	0
Mathias Jensen	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rico Henry	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kristoffer Ajer	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thiago	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gustavo Nunes	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Altay Bayindir	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyler Fredricson	DEF	80			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthijs de Ligt	DEF	34			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick Dorgu	MID	49			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Amass	MID	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Manuel Ugarte	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.04	1
Kobbie Mainoo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alejandro Garnacho	MID	90	1	1	2	0.11	0.62	5
Mason Mount	MID	60	1		3	0.47	0.00	0
Chido Obi-Martin	FWD	90			2	0.28	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	Sub	56			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leny Yoro	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.02	1
Amad Diallo Traore	Sub	41	1		3	0.09	0.08	1
Christian Eriksen	Sub	30		1	2	0.07	0.26	4
Victor Lindelöf	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brentford win 58% Avg odds 1.65

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.36

Man United win 20% Avg odds 4.79

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

Form going into the game

Brentford L D D W W

Man United L D L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 2-1 Brentford, 19 Oct 24 Next meeting: Brentford 3-1 Man United, 27 Sep 25 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.