Man United vs Brentford

19 October 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Samuel Barrott

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Alejandro Garnacho 47’
  • Rasmus Højlund 62’
  • Ethan Pinnock 45+5’

Match summary

Man United came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Brentford. Brentford led 1-0 at half-time.

Ethan Pinnock put Brentford ahead with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Mikkel Damsgaard, Alejandro Garnacho equalised in the 47th minute, set up by Marcus Rashford, and Rasmus Højlund won it in the 62nd minute, set up by Bruno Fernandes.

The chances backed that up: Man United created 1.77 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Brentford's 0.89 from 8.

Match stats

Man United Brentford
23 Shots 8
11 Shots on Target 2
9 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.77 xG 0.89
1.77 Non-penalty xG 0.89
12 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Man United Brentford
Kick-off
45+5’
Ethan Pinnock
Assist: Mikkel Damsgaard
0-1 (Brentford)
Half-time0-1
Alejandro Garnacho
Assist: Marcus Rashford
1-1 (Man United)
47’
Rasmus Højlund
Assist: Bruno Fernandes
2-1 (Man United)
62’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Man United
  • Diogo Dalot
  • Jonny Evans
Brentford
  • Kristoffer Ajer
  • Christian Nørgaard

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.77 0.89 45+5’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), 0-1 45+5’ 47’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), 1-1 47’ 62’ Rasmus Højlund (Man United), 2-1 62’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.77 0.89 45+5’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), 0-1 Pinnock 45+5’ 47’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), 1-1 Garnacho 47’ 62’ Rasmus Højlund (Man United), 2-1 Højlund 62’
Man United 1.77 xGBrentford 0.89 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Man United attacking 
50’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.50 xG, goal 62’ Rasmus Højlund (Man United), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 68’ Diogo Dalot (Man United), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 47’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 45’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 33’ Christian Eriksen (Man United), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 37’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 62’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 89’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 16’ Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 84’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+6’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 52’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+5’ Fabio Carvalho (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 14’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 85’ Fabio Carvalho (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 41’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 39’ Rasmus Højlund (Man United), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 84’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 20’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Casemiro (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 42’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Casemiro (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Casemiro (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ Lisandro Martínez (Man United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 60’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 50’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.50 xG, goal 62’ Rasmus Højlund (Man United), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 68’ Diogo Dalot (Man United), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 47’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.26 xG, goal 45’ Kevin Schade (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 33’ Christian Eriksen (Man United), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 37’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 62’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 89’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 16’ Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 84’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+6’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+5’ Fabio Carvalho (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 14’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 52’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 26’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 85’ Fabio Carvalho (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Rasmus Højlund (Man United), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 84’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 20’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Casemiro (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 78’ Casemiro (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 52’ Casemiro (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 36’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Lisandro Martínez (Man United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 60’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 51’ Alejandro Garnacho (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
André Onana GK900 0.000.311
Diogo Dalot DEF901 0.310.000
Matthijs de Ligt DEF900 0.000.031
Jonny Evans DEF900 0.000.000
Lisandro Martínez DEF901 0.020.011
Casemiro MID903 0.060.264
Christian Eriksen MID901 0.110.124
Marcus Rashford MID9012 0.130.393
Bruno Fernandes MID9015 0.240.352
Alejandro Garnacho MID9018 0.540.052
Rasmus Højlund FWD8112 0.350.031
Joshua Zirkzee Sub90 0.000.000
Noussair Mazraoui Sub10 0.000.000
Victor Lindelöf Sub10 0.000.000
Manuel Ugarte Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 57% Avg odds 1.69
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.27
Brentford win 20% Avg odds 4.72

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

Form going into the game

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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.