Manchester City vs Brentford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th September 2024

The new Premier League season continues on Saturday with Manchester City taking on Brentford at Etihad Stadium. The reigning champions look to make home advantage to help get their title defence off to a solid start.

The two teams enter the match at Etihad Stadium with three points separating them in the Premier League standings.

The Sky Blues currently rank as number 1 in the Premier League table, having nine points after three matches. Brentford trail them by three points, leaving the latter ranked at number 6.

The last time Manchester City played Brentford, they booked three points to their account and look well primed to secure another win this coming Saturday.

Manchester City arrive at their next Premier League match, averaging a sensational 3.4 goals per game in their last ten matches in which, they scored a delicious total of 34 goals, while also conceding five. That amounts to an average of 0.5 per game in which, they kept their opponents from scoring five times.

Brentford travel to their next away match on Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 19 goals, whilst shipping 14 goals against. An average of 1.4 goals against a game. They hung on to two clean sheets in this streak.

The Sky Blues had a good reading on Brentford in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-1 and 1-0, respectively.

Manchester City vs Brentford Prediction

Manchester City Form

Manchester City swept all aside in their last three matches and started off by winning 0-2 against Chelsea. They went on to defeat Ipswich 4-1 and made it three on the spin against West Ham in a 1-3 victory. Manchester City showed little mercy in their past six matches at the Etihad Stadium, of which they won five and drew once. Going undefeated, they hit the target 21 times, while letting in five themselves.

Manchester City ran away with the title last season and naturally enter the new campaign as favourites to repeat the feat. A strong start to the season could lay the foundations.

Brentford Form

In their last three matches, Brentford lost against Liverpool by 2-0, beat Colchester by 0-1 winning 3-1 against Southampton. Brentford claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches reads ten goals conceded and 11 scored.

A second place finish is the absolute minimum Manchester City should achieve this coming season where the main target is of course the title.

Anything but a home win would be a stunning result, and we back Manchester City not to be stunned, just like we back numerous goals to be scored when they face Brentford.

Manchester City vs Brentford Squads

Manchester City Squad

The 53-year-old coach of the home team, Pep Guardiola, will select the lineup against Brentford from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Ederson (0/3), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/0), John Stones (0/1), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (0/0), Josko Gvardiol (0/3), Kyle Walker (0/1), Manuel Akanji (0/3), Nathan Ake (0/1), Rico Lewis (0/3), Ruben Dias (0/3), Bernardo Silva (0/3), Ilkay Gundogan (0/2), Jack Grealish (0/2), James McAtee (0/1), Jeremy Doku (0/3), Kevin De Bruyne (1/3), Mateo Kovacic (1/3), Matheus Nunes (0/2), Oscar Bobb (0/0), Phil Foden (0/1), Rodri (0/0), Savinho (0/2), Erling Haaland (7/3).

Brentford Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Brentford players that the manager Thomas Frank will choose from for the upcoming game:

Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson (0/0), Mark Flekken (0/3), Matthew Cox (0/0), Aaron Hickey (0/0), Ben Mee (0/0), Ethan Pinnock (0/3), Jayden Meghoma (0/0), Ji-Soo Kim (0/0), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/3), Mads Roerslev (0/3), Nathan Collins (0/3), Rico Henry (0/0), Sepp van den Berg (0/1), Christian Noergaard (0/3), Edmond-Paris Maghoma (0/0), Joshua Dasilva (0/0), Mathias Jensen (0/3), Mikkel Damsgaard (0/3), Ryan Trevitt (0/0), Vitaly Janelt (0/3), Yegor Yarmolyuk (0/0), Yunus Emre Konak (0/0), Bryan Mbeumo (3/3), Fabio Carvalho (0/3), Gustavo Gomes (0/0), Keane Lewis-Potter (0/3), Kevin Schade (0/3), Thiago Rodrigues (0/0), Yoane Wissa (2/3).

Manchester City vs Brentford Team News

Manchester City just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Brentford at Etihad Stadium.

Sidelined with an injury, Manchester City can't field Mateo Kovacic on Saturday against Brentford.

Brentford are looking at six players missing out on their match on Saturday at Etihad Stadium. Gustavo Gomes is ineligible for selection in the Brentford squad, as he is suspended.

Names like Ben Mee, Joshua Dasilva, Aaron Hickey, Kevin Schade and Rico Henry most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Manchester City.

Manchester City vs Brentford Lineups

Manchester City vs Brentford H2H

Manchester City won the last two meetings against Brentford, as they followed up a 3-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 1-0 score. Manchester City enter the match against Brentford with a 4-0-2 record in their previous six encounters. A win rate of 67%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Manchester City vs Brentford Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out two times in the last six matches between Manchester City and Brentford.

Manchester City vs Brentford Betting Tips

Manchester City against Brentford is also a battle between Erling Haaland and Yoane Wissa with both in decent form. The former scored nine while the latter has four Premier League goals in their last six games respectively.

In their last 10 matches at Etihad Stadium across all tournaments Manchester City won five times, drew two and lost three times. Brentford claimed four wins, three draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Manchester City managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the games at Etihad Stadium, Brentford kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals came out two times in the last six encounters between these two teams. Manchester City managed an average of 1.34 goals, with Brentford averaging 0.67 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet two times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Manchester City’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.5 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Brentford, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of two times goals per game.