Manchester United at Brentford FC, a big day for Bryan Mbeumo! The forward who switched teams this summer is coming back to his old stomping grounds. He should get a warm reception, from a crowd of supporters who could easily see their team get relegated this season.
Brentford had a very bad summer, losing more key players, in addition to Mbeumo, and the departure of manager Thomas Frank has hit hard.
Man United vs Brentford FYIs
Kick: Sat. Sept. 27, 12:30pm, GTech Community Stadium, London, UK
Man United Preview Material: Team News
PL Form, Standing: Manchester United LDWLW 11th, 7 pts Brentford LWLDL 17th 4 pts
Result Probability: Manchester United 47% Brentford 28% Draw 25%
It is early days, but right now the Bees sit in the final safety slot above the drop zone.
Moving on to the United first team prediction, some guys who might get the first team call here, but we predicted will not, include Mason Mount, Kobbie Mainoo, Noussair Mazraoui and maybe Senne Lammens.
We wonder when United manager Ruben Amorim will finally make the switch in between the sticks. Why even bother to go get Lammens, if you’re not going to use him above a guy like Bayindir, who isn’t high quality anyway?
At least he finally started Benjamin Sesko at the striker position, a move that took way too long to manifest.
Man United Starting XI Prediction at Brentford
Altay Bayindir; Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Luke Shaw; Patrick Dorgu, Manuel Ugarte, Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo; Matheus Cunha, Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo
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