English Premier League

FT Monday, May 2, 2022
Brentford LWWWD 0
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Manchester United LWLLD 3
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Old Trafford · 73,482 att.

Match Report

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Manchester United beat Brentford to bolster spot in Europa League

Manchester United beat Brentford on a rainy Monday night at Old Trafford with Portugal internationals Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo scoring.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
4
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
4
35.9
Possession
64.1
12
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
309
Accurate Passes
651
376
Passes
714
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
1
29
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.1
41
Long Balls
44
21
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
5
Effective Tackles
8
9
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
11
5
Effective Clearances
35
5
Clearances
35

Head to Head

MAN leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

MAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 19Raphaël VaraneCD-L
  3. 2Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 27Alex TellesLB
  5. 20Diogo DalotRB
  6. 8Juan MataAM
  7. 31Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 39Scott McTominayRM
  9. 7Cristiano RonaldoF
  10. 18Bruno FernandesAM-L
  11. 36Anthony ElangaAM-R

BRE · 5-3-2

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 18Pontus JanssonCD
  3. 29Mads Bech SørensenCD-L
  4. 20Kristoffer AjerCD-R
  5. 3Rico HenryLB
  6. 30Mads RoerslevRB
  7. 6Christian NørgaardCM
  8. 21Christian EriksenCM-L
  9. 27Vitaly JaneltCM-R
  10. 19Bryan MbeumoCF-L
  11. 17Ivan ToneyCF-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Manchester United 1, Brentford 0. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Anthony Elanga.
  2. 54' Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 61' Goal! Manchester United 2, Brentford 0. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 71' Substitution, Brentford. Mathias Jensen replaces Christian Nørgaard.
  5. 71' Substitution, Brentford. Josh Dasilva replaces Vitaly Janelt.
  6. 71' Substitution, Manchester United. Fred replaces Nemanja Matic.
  7. 72' Goal! Manchester United 3, Brentford 0. Raphaël Varane (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Telles with a cross following a corner.
  8. 75' Substitution, Manchester United. Edinson Cavani replaces Anthony Elanga.
  9. 75' Substitution, Manchester United. Phil Jones replaces Juan Mata.
  10. 76' Substitution, Brentford. Yoane Wissa replaces Bryan Mbeumo.

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