Manchester United travel to Brentford in search of back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time since Ruben Amorim took charge.
A tumultuous win over 10-man Chelsea appears to have given United some momentum, but they will need to back it up in a tough away trip to west London. The game will mark a homecoming for Bryan Mbeumo, who scored 20 league goals for Brentford last season. The Cameroon international has developed as United's main attacking threat and service to him could be key for the visitors.
Brentford, meanwhile, are having a poor start to the season after big changes over the summer where they lost Mbeumo, Yoanne Wissa and head coach Thomas Frank. Keith Andrews' team sit 17th in the league, with just one win in five (D1, L3) but will look to their more solid home form (2W, 1D in all competitions) and United's shaky away form to get them the kind of positive result that could kickstart their season.
Here is everything you need to know about Saturday's match:
How to watch:
The match will be available TNT Sports 1 and Discovery+ in the UK, NBC in the U.S., JioHotstar in India, Stan Sport in Australia. You can also follow ESPN's live updates.
Key Details:
Date: Saturday, September 27 at 12:30 p.m. BST (7:30 p.m. ET; 5:00 p.m. IST and 9:30 p.m. AEST).
Venue: Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford
Referee: Craig Pawson
VAR: Andy Madley
Team News:
Brentford
Gustavo Nunes, F: hamstring, DOUBT
Manchester United
Lisandro Martínez, D: ACL, OUT, est. return late Oct
Casemiro, M: suspended, OUT
Diogo Dalot, D: strain, DOUBT
Expected Lineups:
Brentford
GK: Caoimhín Kelleher
RWB: Michael Kayode | CB: Sepp van den Berg | CB: Nathan Collins | CB: Ethan Pinnock | LWB: Keane Lewis-Potter
CM: Yehor Yarmoliuk | CM: Jordan Henderson | CAM: Mikkel Damsgaard
ST: Igor Thiago | ST: Kevin Schade
Manchester United
GK: Senne Lammens
CB: Leny Yoro | CB: Matthijs De Ligt | CB: Luke Shaw
RWB: Noussair Mazraoui | CM: Bruno Fernandes | CM: Manuel Ugarte | LWB: Patrick Dorgu
AM: Bryan Mbuemo | AM: Matheus Cunha
CF: Benjamin Sesko
Stats:
Brentford are unbeaten in their last three home Premier League games against Manchester United (W2, D1).
This is a tie that's become increasingly skewed towards the home side: since United won 3-1 away at Brentford in January 2022, the home team has won six of the last seven Premier League meetings between the two sides (the outlier was a draw).
Since January 2022, United have lost 15 of their 24 trips to London clubs and have won only three of them.
United have not won any of their last seven away PL games (D2 L5)
United have had the most shots in the Premier League this season (81), while Brentford have had the fewest (41).
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