Brentford will be without three players for the visit of Manchester United to West London on Saturday.
United travel to the capital hoping to get off the mark following defeat to Brighton last time out. A Pascal Gross double gave the Seagulls a commanding lead at the break before an Alexis Mac Allister own goal brought the Reds back into it.
Erik ten Hag's side were unable to overturn the deficit but this weekend's opponents did manage to overcome their two-goal disadvantage in the East Midlands. Ivan Toney and Josh Dasilva both scored for the Bees as they rescued a point against Leicester City.
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Heading into the second matchday of the season and their first at home, Brentford boss Thomas Frank confirmed that Sergi Canos, Ethan Pinnock and Kristoffer Ajer, will all be absent. Frank told the assembled media: "They are not involved tomorrow. Sergi and Kristoffer are ahead of Ethan, so hopefully we are talking weeks." There was slightly better news for the Bees in terms of their new signing Mikkel Damsgaard."
Coming in as a replacement for his Danish international teammate Christian Eriksen who left the Brentford Community Stadium to join Ten Hag at Old Trafford, Damsgaard could feature in some capacity against United but he will not start.
"I’m definitely considering him for the squad tomorrow," Frank added. "We believe in him so we should get him involved. He hasn’t played or trained with the team for the last ten days. That’s not to say he can’t play ten, 15, or 20 minutes at a good level for this game. He is not ready to start. He had an absolutely perfect medical with nothing to worry about."
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