Matchday 6 · Premier League 2025-26 · September 27, 2025
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Brentford 3–1 Man United: lucky or expected?
Brentford beat Man United 3–1, but the goals call it even: Brentford win 4 of 10, Man United 3, 3 end level. Rated on this season’s goals, Brentford were expected to score 1.6 here and Man United 1.6.
Full time
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
 Brentford | 3 |
 Manchester United | 1 |
What the goals say
Luck index +52 Brentford lucky · −52 Man United
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the season say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Brentford win 4, 3 end level, Man United win 3.
- 1 BRE 1 MUN 0
- 2 BRE 1 MUN 0
- 3 BRE 2 MUN 0
- 4 BRE 4 MUN 1
- 5 BRE 0 MUN 0
- 6 BRE 1 MUN 1
- 7 BRE 1 MUN 1
- 8 BRE 0 MUN 2
- 9 BRE 1 MUN 2
- 10 BRE 2 MUN 3
The goals
Brentford’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the goals, listed below.
| Minute | Goal | Score | Win chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 8' | Igor Thiago (Brentford) | 1–0 | +23% Brentford |
| 2. 20' | Igor Thiago (Brentford) | 2–0 | +13% Brentford |
| 3. 26' | Benjamin Sesko (Man United) | 2–1 | +13% Man United |
| 90+5' | Mathias Jensen (Brentford) | 3–1 |
Win chance: the scoring side’s chance of winning the moment before the goal against the moment after it, from the score and the minutes left. A draw counts half.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain). It has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the season’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say. Brentford win 48% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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