About Match
4 points for Manchester United (11th), 5 for Brentford (5th): a 1-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 2.33/2 for Manchester United and 1.67/0.67 for Brentford (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.42. Victory would move Manchester United to 7 points and up to 3rd, overtaking Brentford, with other results unchanged.
Brentford have not lost in 9 games, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Recent form is uneven: 5/15 points for Manchester United, 11/15 for Brentford.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 6 Manchester United wins, 3 for Brentford, 1 draw, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 80% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 80% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 70%.
Old Trafford in Manchester, capacity 74,879, hosts the game.