Manchester United vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head
Manchester United have lost their last two league games against Brentford, more than they had in their previous 11 (W8 D2 L1).
Brentford are looking to complete the league double over Manchester United for just the second time, previously doing so in the 1936-37 top-flight campaign that saw the Red Devils relegated.
This is Manchester United’s sixth Premier League game played on a Monday this season. It’s their most in a single campaign since 1995-96 (also 6), while they last played more in 1992-93 (7).
Since losing 1-0 to Everton in November, Manchester United have scored in 21 consecutive Premier League matches. It’s their longest scoring run since Alex Ferguson retired – they last scored in that many in a row between November 2012 and April 2013 (23).
Brentford have drawn their last five Premier League matches. The last team to have a longer run of draws in the division were Manchester City in October/November 2009 (7).
Manchester United lost 2-1 to Leeds United in their last home Premier league match, but they haven’t suffered consecutive home league defeats since May 2025.
Since losing 2-0 to Brighton and Hove Albion in February, Brentford haven’t trailed for a single minute in the Premier League across six matches. They last went seven in a row without falling behind between November and February in the 2022-23 season.
Manchester United faced 17 more shots than they had themselves in their 1-0 win over Chelsea (4 shots, 21 faced), their biggest shot deficit in a Premier League game since April 2024 against Liverpool (19). It was their biggest in a win since December 2017 against Arsenal (25 – 8 shots, 33 faced).
Bruno Fernandes has 18 Premier League assists this season for Man Utd, with only three players ever creating more goals in a single season: Thierry Henry in 2002-03 for Arsenal (20), Kevin De Bruyne in 2019-20 for Man City (20), and Mesut Özil in 2015-16 for Arsenal (19).
Caoimhín Kelleher has kept nine Premier League clean sheets for Brentford this season. The last Republic of Ireland goalkeeper to hit double figures for clean sheets in a season was Shay Given in 2009-10 for Man City (10).
