§ Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 34

Manchester United 2–1 Brentford

  • Casemiro 11'
  • Sesko 43'
  • Jensen 87'

27 April 2026

The match in data

Manchester United beat Brentford 2–1 on 27 April 2026, on matchday 34 of the 2025-26 Premier League.

Player of the match: Harry Maguire (Manchester United), rated 73, thanks above all to 9 duels won and 6 final-third passes. Maguire produced 1.5 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.

For Brentford, the highest-rated player was Mikkel Damsgaard, with 59.

73
Player of the match

Harry Maguire

Manchester United · 90'

Produced 1.52× and cost 0.33× their position's average

Added
  • 9 duels won 1.9×
  • 6 final-third passes 1.1×
  • 5 aerials won 2.5×
Took away
  • 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
  • 0.13 xG not converted 2.8×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

Manchester United
PlayerPositionMinRating
Harry Maguire ★ Defender 90 73
Benjamin Sesko Forward 88 67
Casemiro Midfielder 90 63
Bryan Mbeumo Forward 74 58
Kobbie Mainoo Midfielder 90 55
Bruno Fernandes Midfielder 90 54
Senne Lammens Goalkeeper 90 47
Luke Shaw Defender 73 42
Amad Diallo Forward 45 42
Diogo Dalot Defender 90 41
Noussair Mazraoui Defender 45 41
Ayden Heaven Defender 90 37
Leny Yoro Defender 17 no rating
Mason Mount Midfielder 16 no rating
Joshua Zirkzee Forward 8 no rating
Brentford
PlayerPositionMinRating
Mikkel Damsgaard Midfielder 90 59
Mathias Jensen Midfielder 90 58
Yegor Yarmolyuk Midfielder 90 46
Sepp van den Berg Defender 90 45
Igor Thiago Forward 90 42
Kevin Schade Forward 73 40
Keane Lewis-Potter Midfielder 90 35
Michael Kayode Defender 90 33
Caoimhín Kelleher Goalkeeper 90 31
Nathan Collins Defender 90 31
Dango Ouattara Forward 90 27
Reiss Nelson Forward 17 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Manchester United player made the most tackles?

Casemiro, with 10 tackles. Next: Luke Shaw 4, Kobbie Mainoo 4.

Casemiro recorded 10 tackles in Manchester United's 2–1 win over Brentford. Casemiro substantially exceeded the 4 tackles registered by Luke Shaw and Kobbie Mainoo.

Which Brentford player made the most tackles?

Yegor Yarmolyuk, with 4 tackles. Next: Igor Thiago 1, Dango Ouattara 1.

Yegor Yarmolyuk led Brentford's defensive efforts with 4 tackles in the 2–1 loss to Manchester United. No other teammate recorded more than a single tackle.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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Manchester United 2–1 Brentford, Premier League 2025-26. Player of the match: Harry Maguire, 73
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.