Man United vs Brentford: Bees out to achieve winning feat for first time in 89 years in Premier League clash

Brentford volition effort to extremity a 89-year hold for a league treble implicit Manchester United erstwhile the 2 sides look disconnected successful Monday’s Premier League fixture.

The Bees are unbeaten successful six Premier League games, though they person drawn each of their erstwhile 5 matches.

While wins person been hard to travel by successful caller times, Brentford are inactive dreaming of securing European qualification for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Keith Andrews’s broadside are sitting successful ninth spot successful the Premier League table, knowing that a triumph connected Monday would determination them up to sixth position.

Brentford retired to extremity agelong hold for Man United double

Brentford got the amended of Man United successful September’s reverse fixture, which saw Igor Thiago nett a brace successful a 3-1 occurrence astatine the Gtech Community Stadium.

They volition question to Old Trafford with hopes of completing a league treble implicit the Red Devils for the archetypal clip since the 1936-37 season.

That play saw Brentford tally retired 4-0 winners astatine location successful October 1936, earlier clinching a 3-1 triumph successful March 1937 successful a run that resulted successful Man United’s relegation to the 2nd division. 

Brentford shot-stopper Caoimhin Kelleher volition person the task of frustrating a Man United broadside that are the third-highest scorers successful the apical flight.

After signaling his ninth shutout of the play successful the recent goalless draw with Fulham, the erstwhile Liverpool antheral is connected the verge of becoming the archetypal Republic of Ireland goalkeeper to execute 10 cleanable sheets successful a Premier League run since Shay Given successful 2009-10.

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Andrews person confirmed that helium is inactive incapable to telephone upon Vitaly Janelt, Rico Henry and Jordan Henderson owed to injury.

"They're doing well,” Andrews told reporters successful the pre-match property conference. “I've conscionable walked past each 3 of them, they've been doing a league abstracted from the group.

"They're backmost connected the writer and making bully progress. They've each got somewhat antithetic timeframes arsenic to erstwhile they'll beryllium back, but they won't beryllium disposable for Monday."

The Bees are besides without semipermanent absentees Josh Dasilva, Fabio Carvalho and Antoni Milambo.