Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Brentford vs Man Utd in the Premier League on Wednesday; kick-off 8pm.

Team news

Brentford have no new injury concerns ahead of the visit of Manchester United in the Premier League on Wednesday.

The Bees continue to be without a number of players, including David Raya (knee), Charlie Goode (hamstring), Mathias Jorgensen (thigh), Julian Jeanvier (knee) and Josh Dasilva (hip).

Manager Thomas Frank also has Frank Onyeka away on international duty with Nigeria at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Brentford provisional squad: Fernandez, Ajer, Jansson, Pinnock, Roerslev, Baptiste, Norgaard, Janelt, Henry, Mbeumo, Toney, Canos, Jensen, Forss, Wissa, Ghoddos, Bidstrup, Sorensen, Stevens, Lossl.

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford should be back for Manchester United.

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Ronaldo has missed two matches with a hip flexor complaint and Rashford was absent for Saturday's trip to Aston Villa due to a dead leg.

Luke Shaw and Scott McTominay are available after suspension, while Anthony Martial may be involved just days after interim manager Ralf Rangnick claimed he refused to be in the squad. Paul Pogba returned to training this week but is not ready to return, while Eric Bailly and Hannibal Mejbri are at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Manchester United provisional squad: De Gea, Henderson, Heaton, Wan-Bissaka, Dalot, Maguire, Varane, Jones, Lindelof, Shaw, Telles, Matic, Van De Beek, McTominay, Fred, Fernandes, Mata, Lingard, Elanga, Sancho, Diallo, Rashford, Greenwood, Martial, Cavani, Ronaldo.

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This is a tough period for Brentford, who are perhaps slipping towards the level many expected them to be performing at when assessing their pre-season chances. Thomas Frank's side have lost nine of their last 14 Premier League games having lost just one of their first seven. And, judging by what Manchester United produced for the majority of their 2-2 draw with Aston Villa, an away win looks the way to play this one at 4/5 with Sky Bet.

For those wanting to boost that price into an odds-against one, taking Manchester United to be winning at half-time and full time at 7/4 looks an interesting play. Brentford have an unfortunate habit of making slow starts and have conceded a Premier League high 21 goals in the first half of games this season, including seven in the opening 15 minutes of games.

We have yet to see the true Ralf Rangnick style of football at United but there has been an urgency to start games on the front-foot - as seen by them scoring inside nine minutes in three of their last four fixtures.

SCORE PREDICTION: 0-2

BETTING ANGLE: Manchester United to be winning at half time and full time (7/4 with Sky Bet)

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• This is the first league meeting between Brentford and Manchester United since April 1947, a goalless draw at Griffin Park in the top-flight.
• Manchester United won the last time they faced Brentford in any competition, winning a League Cup tie 2-1 at Old Trafford in September 1975 thanks to goals from Lou Macari and Sammy McIlroy.
• Only Liverpool (57) have won a Premier League game in more different stadia than Manchester United (54), with Brentford Community Stadium the 60th different ground at which the Red Devils will have played in the competition.
• Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 12 Premier League away games against London sides since a 2-0 loss at Arsenal in January 2020. It's their longest league run without defeat in the capital since a streak of 13 between December 2011 and December 2013.
• Starting with a 5-3 loss at Leicester in September 2014, Manchester United have lost seven of their last 22 Premier League away games against promoted sides. The Red Devils had only lost seven of their first 66 such games in the competition (W38 D21).
• Brentford have won three of their last four Premier League home games (L1), and have taken seven points from their four games played against the ever-present Premier League sides at the Brentford Community Stadium so far (wins against Arsenal and Everton, draw against Liverpool, loss against Chelsea).
• Manchester United have won 61% of their Premier League games played on Wednesdays (71/116), the highest win rate on this specific day of all teams to have played in more than one campaign in the competition.
• Manchester United have scored in all 10 of their Premier League away games this season, the best such 100% record in the competition this term. However, three of the last four times they've failed to find the net on the road in the league have been in games in London (all last season vs Arsenal in January, Chelsea in February and Crystal Palace in March).
• Brentford have lost three of their last four league games played on a Wednesday (W1), as many as they had in their previous 17 such matches (W10 D4).
• Brentford have scored 12 home goals in the Premier League this season, with these being scored by 11 different players - Yoane Wissa is the only player to score more than once for the Bees at the Brentford Community Stadium this season.