Man United vs Brentford

7 October 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Scott McTominay 90+3’, 90+7’

Mathias Jensen 26’

Match summary

Man United came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Brentford, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Brentford led 1-0 at half-time.

Mathias Jensen put Brentford ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Yoane Wissa, Scott McTominay equalised in stoppage time, and McTominay won it with a header in stoppage time, set up by Harry Maguire.

There was little between the sides on chances: Man United created 1.30 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots, Brentford 1.03 from 11.

Match stats

21 Shots 11

8 Shots on Target 3

7 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 0

1.29 xG 1.03

1.29 Non-penalty xG 1.03

17 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Man United Brentford

Kick-off

26’

Mathias Jensen
Assist: Yoane Wissa

0-1

Half-time0-1

Scott McTominay

1-1

90+3’

Scott McTominay
Assist: Harry Maguire

2-1

90+7’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Brentford

Nathan Collins
Aaron Hickey
Christian Nørgaard
Vitaly Janelt
Neal Maupay

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.

Man United 1.30 xGBrentford 1.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brentford attacking Man United 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
André Onana	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	DEF	90			2	0.10	0.18	4
Harry Maguire	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.42	1
Jonny Evans	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	73			0	0.00	0.05	1
Sofyan Amrabat	MID	89			0	0.00	0.09	3
Casemiro	MID	48			1	0.05	0.02	1
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90			4	0.16	0.08	1
Mason Mount	MID	65			1	0.08	0.04	1
Marcus Rashford	MID	65			3	0.07	0.00	0
Rasmus Højlund	FWD	90			2	0.06	0.05	1
Christian Eriksen	Sub	42			1	0.01	0.01	1
Alejandro Garnacho	Sub	25			1	0.05	0.14	3
Antony	Sub	25			3	0.12	0.00	0
Anthony Martial	Sub	17			1	0.08	0.00	0
Scott McTominay	Sub	1	2		2	0.51	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thomas Strakosha	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Collins	DEF	90			1	0.38	0.00	0
Ethan Pinnock	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kristoffer Ajer	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.38	1
Mads Roerslev	MID	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Aaron Hickey	MID	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Christian Nørgaard	MID	90			2	0.31	0.00	0
Mathias Jensen	MID	85	1		1	0.07	0.04	2
Vitaly Janelt	MID	72			0	0.00	0.05	2
Bryan Mbeumo	FWD	90			2	0.10	0.25	2
Yoane Wissa	FWD	72		1	2	0.08	0.07	1
Neal Maupay	Sub	18			1	0.03	0.00	0
Frank Onyeka	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Saman Ghoddos	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.13	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 58% Avg odds 1.66

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.19

Brentford win 19% Avg odds 5.12

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

Form going into the game

Man United W L L W L

Brentford D D L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 1-0 Brentford, 05 Apr 23 Next meeting: Brentford 1-1 Man United, 30 Mar 24 All Man United vs Brentford 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.