Head to head [recent → old]: (MNC-BRE): 1-0, 3-1, 0-1, 1-2, 2-0
Lineups
Manchester City 4-2-3-1:
Ederson(31) - Manuel Akanji(25) - John Stones(5)🟨 ⇆ Rúben Dias(3) - Rico Lewis(82) ⇆ Josko Gvardiol(24) - Kyle Walker(2) - Kevin De Bruyne(17) - Ilkay Gündogan(19) - Mateo Kovacic(8)🟨 ⇆ Rodri(16) - Erling Haaland(9)⚽️⚽️ - Jack Grealish(10) ⇆ Bernardo Silva(20) - Sávio(26)🟨 ⇆ Matheus Nunes(27)
Bench: James McAtee - Stefan Ortega - Phil Foden - Jérémy Doku - Rúben Dias - Rodri - Bernardo Silva - Matheus Nunes - Josko Gvardiol
Brentford 5-3-2:
Mark Flekken(1) - Ethan Pinnock(5) - Nathan Collins(22)🟨 - Sepp van den Berg(4) - Keane Lewis-Potter(23) - Kristoffer Ajer(20) ⇆ Mads Roerslev(30) - Christian Nørgaard(6) - Vitaly Janelt(27) ⇆ Fábio Carvalho(14) - Mikkel Damsgaard(24) ⇆ Yehor Yarmoliuk(18) - Bryan Mbeumo(19) - Yoane Wissa(11)⚽️ ⇆ Kevin Schade(7)
Bench: Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson - Ben Mee - Ryan Trevitt - Yunus Konak - Jayden Meghoma - Fábio Carvalho - Mads Roerslev - Yehor Yarmoliuk - Kevin Schade
Match Stats
Possession: 54%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴46%
Shots On Goal: 7 - 5
Shots Attempted: 18 - 8
Fouls: 9 - 3
Yellow Cards: 3 - 1
Red Cards: 0 - 0
Corners: 12 - 3
Saves: 5 - 5
Match Events
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
First Half begins.
1' - Goal! Manchester City 0, Brentford 1. Yoane Wissa (Brentford) header from very close range to the top right corner.
2' - Foul by Christian Nørgaard (Brentford).
2' - Savinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4' - Attempt blocked. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard with a through ball.
8' - Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Ilkay Gündogan.
9' - Attempt saved. Nathan Collins (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a cross.
12' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
13' - Attempt missed. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
15' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Vitaly Janelt.
15' - Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15' - Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
17' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ethan Pinnock.
17' - Offside, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne is caught offside.
19' - ⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 1, Brentford 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
26' - Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
27' - Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Manuel Akanji.
28' - Attempt saved. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a cross.
29' - Attempt saved. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) header from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Christian Nørgaard with a cross.
29' - Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Ederson.
32' - ⚽️ Goal! Manchester City 2, Brentford 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ederson.
34' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Christian Nørgaard.
34' - Attempt blocked. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
34' - Delay in match because of an injury Nathan Collins (Brentford).
35' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.
37' - Attempt saved. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
40' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Keane Lewis-Potter.
41' - Attempt blocked. Jack Grealish (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
41' - Foul by Savinho (Manchester City).
41' - Yoane Wissa (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42' - Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City).
42' - Yoane Wissa (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42' - 🟨 Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42' - Delay in match because of an injury Yoane Wissa (Brentford).
45' - Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
45'+1' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+1' - 🔄 Substitution, Brentford. Kevin Schade replaces Yoane Wissa because of an injury.
45'+2' - Attempt missed. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
45'+2' - Attempt saved. Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Kevin Schade.
45'+4' - Offside, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter is caught offside.
45'+6' - First Half ends, Manchester City 2, Brentford 1.
45' - Second Half begins Manchester City 2, Brentford 1.
45' - 🔄 Substitution, Manchester City. Rodri replaces Mateo Kovacic.
47' - Savinho (Manchester City) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
47' - 🟨 Savinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
48' - Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
48' - Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
56' - Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56' - Foul by Rodri (Manchester City).
64' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Sepp van den Berg.
65' - Attempt missed. Savinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan following a corner.
67' - Attempt saved. Jack Grealish (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
67' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mark Flekken.
69' - Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
69' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mark Flekken.
70' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Mikkel Damsgaard.
70' - Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Savinho.
71' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Nathan Collins.
71' - Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ethan Pinnock.
72' - Attempt missed. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan following a corner.
74' - Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodri.
76' - Attempt saved. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
78' - Attempt missed. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle Walker.
78' - Foul by John Stones (Manchester City).
78' - Fábio Carvalho (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79' - 🟨 John Stones (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81' - Erling Haaland (Manchester City) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
81' - Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
81' - Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
82' - Foul by Nathan Collins (Brentford).
82' - Rodri (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
82' - 🟨 Nathan Collins (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
84' - 🔄 Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Jack Grealish.
84' - 🔄 Substitution, Manchester City. Rúben Dias replaces John Stones.
Not sure if really unlucky, there were 20 minutes in the 2nd half where Man City was really looking like they were going to score a 3rd one. But impressive gamee from Brentford indeed.
I'm surprised they're so high in the ladder at the moment, I see they went under new management recently, is this why?
Last season half the starters were injured. We were absolutely ravaged. Barely made it out of relegation. So I think (even though we already now have 3 injured forwards) were going to do a decent bit better this season. Also the fact we had easyish fixtures helps.
I mean Man City def has better quality, but Brentford managed to play well, and do good both in posession and XG, beating man city, which is impressive.