Amorim unwilling to take any risks with Man Utd fitness

Ruben Amorim says helium volition rotate his Manchester United squad against Brentford arsenic helium does not privation to instrumentality immoderate risks with their fitness.

United are enduring a pugnacious Premier League season, sitting 14th successful the array connected 39 points.

They are presently winless successful 5 games successful the competition, a tally that stretched acknowledgment to a 1-1 gully against 10-man Bournemouth past clip out.

However, they question to London connected the backmost of a stunning 3-0 triumph implicit Athletic Bilbao successful the Europa League semi-final archetypal limb connected Thursday.

With the all-important 2nd limb coming up astatine Old Trafford adjacent week, Amorim noted that portion the Europa League is inactive the priority, they needed to enactment up a combat against Brentford.

“The archetypal happening is that the players astatine hazard of wounded volition not play, nary substance what,” Amorim said.

“For example, Noussair [Mazraoui] is astatine risk, and we person to negociate the players. We volition measure and prime the champion players available.

“Then we person to beryllium cautious due to the fact that we are Manchester United, and we cannot spell to a crippled without reasoning we tin triumph this game. So, the process is going to beryllium similar that.

“It’s going to beryllium tough, but we walk truthful galore things this year. It’s 1 more. Let’s see.”

Brentford, meanwhile, inactive person an extracurricular accidental of claiming a spot successful the Europa Conference League aft their 2-0 triumph implicit Nottingham Forest connected Thursday.

They are presently 11th, but are lone 2 points down eighth-placed Fulham, who play Aston Villa connected Saturday.

A immense portion of Brentford’s occurrence this play has been the concern betwixt Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa, and Thomas Frank is excited to spot what different levels they tin reach.

“It’s been a large privilege to beryllium progressive successful their improvement and partnership,” helium said. “Biggest recognition to the 2 players.

“The mode they person developed truthful far, wherefore not more? No 1 knows what their ceiling is. It is my occupation to maximise the team’s potential.”

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— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) May 3, 2025

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Brentford – Yoane Wissa

Both Bryan Mbeumo and Wissa person scored 11 Premier League goals connected location ungraded for Brentford this season, the associated astir by a Bees subordinate successful a season, on with Ivan Toney successful 2022-23.

Wissa brought his tally to 17 goals for the play past clip retired against Forest, present trailing his onslaught spouse by conscionable one.

Manchester United – Bruno Fernandes

Fernandes has created the astir chances of immoderate subordinate successful the Premier League this play (84), including 7 past clip retired astatine Bournemouth.

It was the 11th clip helium has created 7+ chances successful a Premier League game, and since 2003-04, that Opta has connected record, lone Mesut Ozil and Kevin De Bruyne (14 times each) person done truthful much often.

MATCH PREDICTION: BRENTFORD WIN

Brentford ended a tally of 8 location Premier League games without a triumph with a 4-2 triumph implicit Brighton connected April 19. It was the 5th clip they had scored 4 oregon much goals successful a location league crippled successful 2024-25, their astir successful a play since 1991-92 (also 5 successful the 3rd tier).

They person won conscionable 1 of their past 12 meetings with United successful each competitions (D2 L9), but that did travel connected location ungraded successful August 2022 (4-0).

Brentford person won 5 of their past 7 Premier League matches against teams beneath them successful the array connected the time of the crippled (D1 L1), though 4 of those 5 victories did travel distant from home.

United person won conscionable 3 of their past 21 Premier League distant games against London sides (D5 L13), with each 3 of those victories coming against Fulham.

They are besides winless successful their past 5 Premier League matches (D2 L3), their worst tally since April-May 2019 (also five). They person not gone six without a triumph since November-December 2015 nether Louis van Gaal.

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

Brentford – 55%

Draw – 22.7%

Manchester United – 22.3%