Football background guide: Manchester United odds-on when Brentford arrive

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Wed 05.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

The table reveals that 7 points split the pair of two sets of gladiators in this Premier League match. Manchester United carry both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Manchester United have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Premier League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Manchester United and Brentford.

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Manchester United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Old Trafford as Manchester United have scored 24 goals to get 30 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 9-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Manchester United fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Old Trafford and will expect new points from this game. Manchester United has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

United haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 299 minutes ago. Sancho scored that one.

Manchester United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Newcastle United. Defender Martínez got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Martínez won 6 of 9 duels.

A home victory before that one, as anticipated. The team were solid favourites against Fulham and won 3-1.

A betting fact: This team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with only one (or none) team finding the net.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Everton in only three days. This game is also played here at Old Trafford.

A decent goal production from Manchester United in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Manchester United have conceded only 8 goals.

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Brentford form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Brentford have produced an overall stat of 3-7-4 so far.

Brentford are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Brighton & Hove Albion (placed 6th). A bonkers match with masses of goals last time out for Brentford, as mentioned above. 6 goals in total, will this game be as much fun? Goalkeeper Raya made a total of eleven saves, making him a hero against Brighton & Hove Albion. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Leicester City.

A quick return to home after this game, as Brentford are hosting Newcastle United in the Premier League only three days away.

The visiting Brentford have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 14 games. Brentford have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought before this season: Brentford - Manchester United 4-0. Head-to-head numbers (for the last four meetings): United won two games, one match ended with a tie and Brentford managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / zero.

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordI. Toney
I. Toney
17 goals
Manchester UnitedM. Rashford
M. Rashford
14 goals
Manchester UnitedB. Borges Fernandes
B. Borges Fernandes
5 goals

Manchester United missing players

Brentford missing players

Manchester United Brentford
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 4 14 28
15 9 2 Won W 1 3 10
5 3 0 Drew D 2 7 13
7 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
41 24 4 Scored S 7 18 46
37 8 2 Conceded C 10 23 37
93% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 89%
78% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 86%
59% 69% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 50%
26% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 39%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 21% 18%
48% 46% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 57%
41% 54% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 32%
19% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 21%
 
4.4 5.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.1 4.3
5.7 5.5 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 10 6.4 5.7
2.1 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.4
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.8 16.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.6 10.5
5.2 5.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 4.2
29% 32% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 33% 39%
 
13.2 12.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 25 16.8 15.4
4.2 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.2 5.9 5.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Manchester United have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in Premier League
  • Manchester United have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 29 23 3 3 70 27 15 12 2 1 42 18 14 11 1 2 28 9 43 72
2 Manchester City 28 20 4 4 71 26 14 12 1 1 47 14 14 8 3 3 24 12 45 64
3 Newcastle United 27 13 11 3 41 19 14 8 5 1 23 9 13 5 6 2 18 10 22 50
4 Manchester United 27 15 5 7 41 37 13 9 3 1 24 8 14 6 2 6 17 29 4 50
5 Tottenham Hotspur 28 15 4 9 52 40 14 10 0 4 29 16 14 5 4 5 23 24 12 49
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 12 7 7 49 34 14 7 3 4 25 14 12 5 4 3 24 20 15 43
7 Brentford 28 10 13 5 46 37 14 7 6 1 28 14 14 3 7 4 18 23 9 43
8 Liverpool 27 12 6 9 48 33 13 9 3 1 34 9 14 3 3 8 14 24 15 42
9 Aston Villa 28 12 5 11 37 39 14 7 2 5 23 19 14 5 3 6 14 20 -2 41
10 Fulham 28 11 6 11 39 39 14 6 4 4 21 20 14 5 2 7 18 19 0 39
11 Chelsea 28 10 8 10 29 30 14 6 4 4 16 12 14 4 4 6 13 18 -1 38
12 Crystal Palace 29 7 9 13 24 39 15 5 5 5 14 19 14 2 4 8 10 20 -15 30
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 7 7 15 23 42 14 5 2 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 11 23 -19 28
14 West Ham United 27 7 6 14 25 34 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 1 3 9 7 20 -9 27
15 Nottingham Forest 28 6 9 13 23 50 15 5 6 4 19 18 13 1 3 9 4 32 -27 27
16 AFC Bournemouth 28 7 6 15 27 55 14 5 4 5 15 17 14 2 2 10 12 38 -28 27
17 Leeds United 28 6 8 14 36 48 13 4 5 4 18 18 15 2 3 10 18 30 -12 26
18 Everton 28 6 8 14 22 40 14 5 2 7 12 16 14 1 6 7 10 24 -18 26
19 Leicester City 28 7 4 17 39 49 13 3 3 7 16 17 15 4 1 10 23 32 -10 25
20 Southampton 29 6 5 18 23 47 14 2 4 8 14 24 15 4 1 10 9 23 -24 23

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.