With just 10 matches remaining in the Premier League season, Manchester United continue their desperate chase for a top-§four spot as they visit Brentford in the late kickoff timeslot on Saturday.
The Red Devils sit sixth in the standings, six points back of fifth-placed Tottenham and nine behind fourth-placed Aston Villa. Man United will have to be nearly perfect the rest of the way to catch those two clubs, but Villa and Spurs do appear vulnerable if the Red Devils can make a late-season run.
Defeats to Fulham and Man City bracketing the start of March hurt the cause, and matchups with Chelsea and Liverpool loom on the early-April horizon, making a three-point haul from this match an absolute must.
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Brentford sit 15th in the table, five points clear of the relegation zone now that Nottingham Forest have been docked points for financial irregularities. It feels dicey for the Bees as they have hit a recent slide, but don't appear to be one of those in true danger of the drop unless they fall further flat across the coming month.
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At this stage of the season, while the Red Devils have plenty of flaws, Erik ten Hag's side are better in both talent and form. Manchester United have performed well on the road this year, collecting 22 points away from Old Trafford, sixth-most in the league.
United were lucky to beat Brentford at home back in early October, with a dramatic pair of stoppage-time goals from Scott McTominay turning around a deficit at the death, but were deserving winners on the whole based on attacking third production.
Come late March, the Bees have gone six
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