Match Centre: Manchester United vs Brentford
Player of the match Mark Flekken 8.8
GolVolt rating 9.5GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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0:1 → 2:1
Manchester United came from behind to win.
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13 → 10
Manchester United climb 3 places in the table. Brentford: 11 → 12.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Keeper Flekken: 9 saves, comeback from 0:1.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:1.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 7.9 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Keeper Flekken: 9 saves, Højlund scored the winner, Flekken: rated 8.8.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.8 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.1 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 9.5 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.5more watchable than 95% of Premier League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals6 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 45+5' Goal: Ethan Pinnockassist: Damsgaard0:1
- 45+5' Jonny Evansyellow card
- 45+6' Erik ten Hagyellow card
- 45+6' Diogo Dalotyellow card
- Half-time · 0:1
- 47' Goal: Alejandro Garnachoassist: Rashford1:1
- 54' Manchester Unitedyellow card
- 55' Kristoffer Ajeryellow card
- 62' Goal: Rasmus Højlundassist: Fernandes2:1
- 66' SubstitutionWissa for Lewis-Potter
- 73' Brentfordyellow card
- 74' SubstitutionCarvalho for Schade
- 74' SubstitutionZirkzee for Højlund
- 75' SubstitutionYarmolyuk for Janelt
- 87' SubstitutionRoerslev for Berg
- 88' SubstitutionUgarte for Casemiro
- 89' SubstitutionLindelöf for Evans
- 90+1' SubstitutionMazraoui for Garnacho
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Manchester United
Brentford
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Manchester United
- 1 Altay Bayındır GK —
- 2 Victor Lindelöf DEF on
- 3 Noussair Mazraoui DEF on
- 25 Manuel Ugarte MID on
- 11 Joshua Zirkzee ATT on
- 16 Amad Diallo ATT —
- 21 Antony ATT —
- 36 Ethan Wheatley ATT —
- 57 Jack Fletcher ATT —
Brentford
- 12 Hákon Valdimarsson GK —
- 16 Ben Mee DEF —
- 21 Jayden Meghoma DEF —
- 30 Mads Roerslev DEF on
- 11 Yoane Wissa MID on
- 14 Fábio Carvalho MID on
- 18 Yegor Yarmolyuk MID on
- 26 Yunus Konak MID —
- 28 Ryan Trevitt MID —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Old Trafford, Manchester
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Brentford Mark Flekken
- 2. place · Brentford Ethan Pinnock
- 3. place · Manchester United Alejandro Garnacho
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