Premiership · Matchday 36

Manchester United v Brentford

3–0

HT 1–0

Monday 2nd May 2022 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,482

Manchester United beat Brentford 3–0 at Old Trafford on Monday 2nd May 2022 in the Premiership. Bruno Fernandes (9'), Cristiano Ronaldo (61') and Raphael Varane (72') scored for United. United were captained by Bruno Fernandes, and the referee was Chris Kavanagh.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
9' Bruno Fernandes Assist: Anthony Elanga 1–0
Half Time 1–0
54' Nemanja Matic
61' Cristiano Ronaldo pen 2–0
71' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues for Matic
72' Raphael Varane Assist: Alex Telles 3–0
75' Edinson Cavani for Elanga
75' Phil Jones for Mata
Full Time 3–0

Match Facts

63%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Chris Kavanagh

Referee

Bruno Fernandes

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

2 Victor Lindelof

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 61'

8 Juan Mata

18 Bruno Fernandes 9'

19 Raphael Varane 72'

Substitutes

Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

71' for Matic

Edinson Cavani

75' for Elanga

Phil Jones

75' for Mata

Brentford Lineup

5-3-2

Starting XI

1 David Raya G

3 Rico Henry LB

6 Christian Nørgaard CM

17 Ivan Toney CF-R

18 Pontus Jansson CD

19 Bryan Mbeumo CF-L

20 Kristoffer Ajer CD-R

21 Christian Eriksen CM-L

27 Vitaly Janelt CM-R

29 Mads Bech Sørensen CD-L

30 Mads Roerslev RB

Substitutes

8 Mathias Jensen on

10 Josh Dasilva on

11 Yoane Wissa on

23 Julian Jeanvier

24 Tarique Fosu-Henry

26 Shandon Baptiste

36 Fin Stevens

40 Álvaro Fernández

43 Nathan Young-Coombes

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ralf Rangnick

Manchester United

OPP

Thomas Frank

Brentford

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Brentford

5-3-2

Man Utd Brentford

63%

Possession

37%

2.0

Expected Goals (xG)

0.6

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.50

Avg Player Rating

6.18

United vs Brentford History

Meeting 15 of 23

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 14th January 1928. After this match United had played Brentford 15 times: 8W 2D 5L.

12 Apr 1947 D 0–0 D1 10 Sep 1975 W 2–1 LC 19 Jan 2022 W 3–1 PL

2 May 2022 W 3–0 This match

13 Aug 2022 L 0–4 PL 5 Apr 2023 W 1–0 PL 7 Oct 2023 W 2–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	12	9	1	2	28	12	75.0
Away	11	3	2	6	18	27	27.3

All 23 meetings with Brentford →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →