Manchester United vs Brentford LIVE commentary: Red Devils desperate to avoid three defeats in a week

Manchester United will look to avoid three defeats in a week when they host Brentford this Saturday, live on talkSPORT 2.

The Red Devils are also looking to avoid three consecutive home Premier League losses for the first time in their history.

Erik ten Hag's men were beaten 1-0 by Crystal Palace last weekend before Galatasaray secured an incredible 3-2 win at Old Trafford in the Champions League.

The pressure is mounting on Ten Hag and he needs a win this weekend.

Meanwhile, Brentford haven't had the greatest start to the season.

The Bees have won just one league game, so will look to change that against a fragile United team.

Manchester United vs Brentford: Date and how to follow

This Premier League clash is set to take place on Saturday, October 7.

Kick-off at Old Trafford is scheduled for 3pm.

talkSPORT will have live commentary from the red side of Manchester, with Faye Carruthers serving as your presenter.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

Manchester United vs Brentford: Team news

The hosts have a swathe of injury concerns, with Amad Diallo, Lisandro Martinez and Aaron Wan-Bissaka among a large number of long-term absentees.

Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia and Sergio Reguilon are also likely to miss out, meaning Sofyan Amrabat will probably continue at left-back.

Rasmus Hojlund should lead the line after grabbing two goals in midweek.

Meanwhile, Brentford remain without Ivan Toney, who is banned until January for gambling offences.

Rico Henry's season looks to be over after picking up an ACL.

Ben Mee, Shandon Baptiste, Kevin Schade, Mikkel Damsgaard and Josh Dasilva are all out, leaving Thomas Frank with little options.

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Manchester United vs Brentford: What has been said?

United fan and talkSPORT host Mark Goldbridge believes that Ten Hag isn't to blame for Man United's poor start to the season.

He told talkSPORT.com: "Erik ten Hag’s future is safe at Manchester United and I’m not surprised by that at all.

"Any talk of wanting him out is wrong because there are bigger issues at the club right now.

"United fans are not going after the manager and people outside of our supporters might not understand that.

"I think the job's too big for any manager right now. If you put Carlo Ancelotti, Diego Simeone, Pep Guardiola or Jurgen Klopp in there, then they'd sink because it's such a mess.

"If you go after the manager, like we did with Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick, then who do you get in?"

Manchester United vs Brentford: Match facts

• Manchester United have won three of their four Premier League meetings with Brentford (L1), beating them in both home games without conceding (3-0 in 2021-22, 1-0 in 2022-23).
• Brentford have lost their last five away games against Man Utd in all competitions, a run that spans between 1939 and 2023. Their last win there was in February 1937, a 3-1 victory.
• Manchester United have lost back-to-back home Premier League games, as many defeats as in their previous 34 at Old Trafford (W25 D7). They’ve not lost three on the bounce on home soil in league competition since February 1979.
• Having lost each of their first four Premier League games against the two Manchester clubs combined, Brentford have since won three of their four league matches against the two (W1 L1 vs Man Utd and W2 vs Man City).
• Manchester United have lost all three of their Premier League games against London based clubs this season (v Tottenham, Arsenal and Crystal Palace). They’ve not lost four consecutive league matches against such opposition since September 1986, while they last lost as many as four league games in a single season against sides from the capital back in 2006-07 (4).
• Brentford have won just one of the five Premier League games in which they’ve taken the lead this season (D4), drawing each of their last three such matches. Indeed, no side has dropped more points from winning positions in the Premier League this term than the Bees (8).
• Manchester United have conceded first in each of their last three home Premier League games (W1 L2). Only twice previously have they conceded the opening goal in four consecutive Premier League matches at Old Trafford, doing so in February/March 2014 (W1 D1 L2) and July/September 2020 (W1 D2 L1).
• Each of Marcus Rashford’s last four Premier League goals for Manchester United have come against London based clubs in separate games, a run which started with him netting the winner (1-0) in this exact fixture last season (followed by goals against Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal).
• Brentford duo Yoane Wissa (71) and Bryan Mbeumo (64) rank second and fourth respectively for the longest ongoing runs without missing a Premier League game, with Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka on the longest run of consecutive appearances in the division (87), and Newcastle’s Dan Burn in third (69).
• Each of Yoane Wissa’s last nine Premier League goals for Brentford have alternated between coming away from home (5) and at the Brentford Community Stadium (4). He has, however, failed to find the back of the net in any of his last five league appearances, since scoring away at Fulham on MD2.

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