Manchester United vs Brentford, 2022-23 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueMarcus Rashford nets winner vs. Brentford, Manchester United back into top four
Marcus Rashford extended his scoring streak in the 1-0 win against Brentford to get Manchester United back to fourth place in the Premier League.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt blocked. Diogo Dalot (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
- 2': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Mathias Jensen.
- 3': Attempt missed. Luke Shaw (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Raphaël Varane.
- 4': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ethan Pinnock.
- 6': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Christian Nørgaard (Brentford).
- 10': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Rico Henry.
- 10': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ivan Toney.
- 11': Foul by Luke Shaw (Manchester United).
- 11': Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Christian Nørgaard (Brentford).
- 14': Marcel Sabitzer (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Diogo Dalot (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
- 18': Foul by Ethan Pinnock (Brentford).
- 18': Marcel Sabitzer (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Marcel Sabitzer (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 19': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ivan Toney.
- 21': Attempt missed. Scott McTominay (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 22': Foul by Marcus Rashford (Manchester United).
- 22': Rico Henry (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Attempt missed. Antony (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Diogo Dalot.
- 24': Foul by Luke Shaw (Manchester United).
- 24': Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 26': Delay in match (Manchester United).
- 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 27': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ethan Pinnock.
- 27': Goal! Manchester United 1, Brentford 0. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcel Sabitzer with a headed pass following a corner.
- 36': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.
- 37': Substitution, Manchester United. Tyrell Malacia replaces Luke Shaw because of an injury.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Scott McTominay (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a cross.
- 37': Attempt missed. Antony (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marcus Rashford following a corner.
- 39': Attempt missed. Antony (Manchester United) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jadon Sancho.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
- 40': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ethan Pinnock.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Antony (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes.
- 41': Foul by Scott McTominay (Manchester United).
- 41': Mathias Jensen (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Scott McTominay (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 43': Delay in match because of an injury Scott McTominay (Manchester United).
- 43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 44': Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antony.
- 45': Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mathias Jensen with a cross.
- 45'+1': Foul by Raphaël Varane (Manchester United).
- 45'+1': Ivan Toney (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Ivan Toney (Brentford).
- 45'+2': Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Manchester United 1, Brentford 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Manchester United 1, Brentford 0.
- 47': Foul by Mathias Jensen (Brentford).
- 47': Scott McTominay (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Offside, Manchester United. Diogo Dalot tries a through ball, but Jadon Sancho is caught offside.
- 50': Foul by Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford).
- 50': Scott McTominay (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Jadon Sancho (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 53': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.
- 56': Antony (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Mathias Jensen (Brentford).
- 57': Foul by Christian Nørgaard (Brentford).
- 57': Scott McTominay (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 58': Attempt saved. Marcel Sabitzer (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 59': Foul by Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United).
- 59': Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 59': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 61': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Antony.
- 61': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Christian Nørgaard (Brentford).
- 61': Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
- 62': Substitution, Brentford. Shandon Baptiste replaces Mathias Jensen.
- 62': Substitution, Brentford. Josh Dasilva replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
- 62': Substitution, Brentford. Kevin Schade replaces Bryan Mbeumo.
- 66': Attempt blocked. Shandon Baptiste (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Schade.
- 66': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Scott McTominay.
- 66': Attempt missed. Christian Nørgaard (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Shandon Baptiste with a cross following a corner.
- 67': Attempt saved. Kevin Schade (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Toney.
- 67': Delay in match because of an injury David de Gea (Manchester United).
- 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 70': Foul by Antony (Manchester United).
- 70': Rico Henry (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Substitution, Manchester United. Fred replaces Marcel Sabitzer.
- 71': Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Martial replaces Jadon Sancho.
- 75': Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Tyrell Malacia.
- 75': Substitution, Brentford. Yoane Wissa replaces Christian Nørgaard.
- 75': Substitution, Brentford. Aaron Hickey replaces Mads Roerslev.
- 75': Foul by Aaron Hickey (Brentford).
- 75': Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Foul by Diogo Dalot (Manchester United).
- 76': Rico Henry (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Offside, Brentford. David Raya tries a through ball, but Kevin Schade is caught offside.
- 78': Attempt missed. Antony (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Tyrell Malacia.
- 79': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ethan Pinnock.
- 80': Attempt missed. Fred (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
- 81': Foul by Kevin Schade (Brentford).
- 81': Tyrell Malacia (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Bruno Fernandes.
- 86': Substitution, Manchester United. Victor Lindelöf replaces Antony.
- 88': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Rico Henry.
- 89': Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Ethan Pinnock.
- 90': Ben Mee (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Fred (Manchester United).
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Aaron Hickey (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josh Dasilva.
- 90'+1': Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Pontus Jansson (Brentford).
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
- 90'+4': Offside, Manchester United. Fred tries a through ball, but Tyrell Malacia is caught offside.
- 90'+4': Foul by Ivan Toney (Brentford).
- 90'+4': Scott McTominay (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Manchester United 1, Brentford 0.
- 0': Match ends, Manchester United 1, Brentford 0.
Statistics
 BRE |
MAN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 9 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 12 |
| 2 | Saves | 1 |
| 35.3 | Possession | 64.7 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 18 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 249 | Accurate Passes | 528 |
| 327 | Passes | 616 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 15 | Crosses | 18 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 58 | Long Balls | 63 |
| 26 | Accurate Long Balls | 39 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 18 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 26 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 26 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Old Trafford
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 73,309
Venue: Old Trafford
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 73,309
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 34 | +48 | 82 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 34 | +34 | 67 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 34 | +21 | 62 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 34 | +23 | 61 |
Line-Ups
Manchester United (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | David de Gea (GK) |
| 6 | Lisandro Martínez |
| 19 | Raphaël Varane |
| 23 | Luke Shaw  |
| 20 | Diogo Dalot |
| 15 | Marcel Sabitzer |
| 8 | Bruno Fernandes |
| 39 | Scott McTominay |
| 10 | Marcus Rashford |
| 25 | Jadon Sancho |
| 21 | Antony |
Brentford (5-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | David Raya (GK) |
| 5 | Ethan Pinnock |
| 16 | Ben Mee |
| 18 | Pontus Jansson |
| 3 | Rico Henry |
| 30 | Mads Roerslev |
| 6 | Christian Nørgaard |
| 8 | Mathias Jensen |
| 24 | Mikkel Damsgaard |
| 17 | Ivan Toney |
| 19 | Bryan Mbeumo |
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