Brentford vs Man Utd LIVE: Premier League latest score and updates

A soft foul from Yoanne Wissa on the halfway line gives Manchester United a chance to settle a bit.

It’s all Brentford in these opening skirmishes. Thomas Frank’s side are zipping the ball about with purpose and precision with this young Manchester United side struggling to deal with them. Altay Bayindir helps them out by claiming a poor cross from Yehor Yarmolyuk.

So nearly an own goal! Luke Shaw gets himself in a tangle and almost heads into his own net with Altay Bayindir totally stranded!

Another Brentford corner, played short initially and then headed away by the visitors. But back come Brentford, and that’s a glorious chance for Kevin Schade, just unable to get enough purchase on the ball to turn it into the net.

Not the best start from Altay Bayindir, lumping his first kick long and right the way through to Mark Flekken in the Brentford goal. Bryan Mbeumo appears to have begun as the forward-most of the front three for the hosts, though he, Kevin Schade and Yoanne Wissa may swap about.

Up and running at the Gtech Community Stadium.

This line-up today is the youngest ever named by Manchester United in the Premier League, with an average age of 22 years and 270 days, according to Opta. Chido Obi is the youngest player to start for the club in the Premier League.

Things look, perhaps, a touch tougher for Manchester United, even if the Premier League is far from their focus:

It’s a fun finish for Brentford, with relegated Ipswich, a London derby against Fulham and a revived Wolves their business for the rest of the season after today. That Fulham clash could be pivotal with a congested group of clubs just out of the chase for Champions League places:

Brentford remaining fixtures

Today: Manchester United (h)

So it will be a bench role today for the man insufferably dubbed ‘Harrydinho’ after his pivotal role in Manchester United’s Europa League win over Athletic Bilbao.

Edwin Van der Sar experienced Europa League heartbreak as chief executive of Ajax in 2017 when Manchester United triumphed in the final.

Now, he hopes his former club can find similar success in the competition eight years later.

Jose Mourinho’s first campaign at Old Trafford ended by winning Europe’s second-tier competition, which took precedence over the Premier League towards the end of the campaign that the Red Devils stumbled home in sixth.

The Portuguese’s decision paid off as United lifted the Europa League and sealed Champions League qualification by winning the Stockholm showpiece 2-0 against Ajax.

The ex-United goalkeeper sees similarities to the current situation under Ruben Amorim, whose side entered the weekend 14th.