Manchester United have seen a first half goal in 76% of their Premier League games this season, a metric that rises to 81% when looking at their games at Old Trafford.
There were three first half goals when these sides met earlier in the season, with Sesko getting on the scoresheet for the away side after Igor Thiago had fired Brentford into a two goal lead after just 20 minutes.
The previous head to head meeting between the sides prior to that 3-1 win for Brentford produced seven goals with three of these coming in the first half - and United contributed to this tally with a strike from Mason Mount.
Brentford have drawn each of their last five Premier League matches, two of these have been 0-0 draws, but the other three games saw the Bees concede a first half goal.
I like the look of this boost, United have generally been an entertaining watch this season having netted 31 goals across their 16 Premier League matches at Old Trafford (1.93 per game), so taking Carrick’s side for a first half goal at 2.0 is a boost I can get behind.
