Manchester City vs Brentford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th February 2024

Brentford visit Etihad Stadium on Tuesday for a Premier League fixture with home side Manchester City.

The Sky Blues approach this postponed round 18 as number three in the Premier League table with 53 points on their account so far. With 24 rounds behind them, Brentford have amassed 25 points, placing them as number 14 in the standings.

Entering the match as a favourite, Manchester City will be highly motivated to extend their unbeaten streak that they currently have in this Premier League campaign. They should be in with a decent chance of adding another win to their account. The visitors will undoubtfully make their life as unpleasant as possible, however, they will have it very difficult considering the current form of the hosts.

Manchester City show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.1 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 21 goals, whilst they allowed ten goals against, for an average of one per outing. They pulled off two clean sheets.

Brentford are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 13 goals in the past ten outings, for an average of 1.3 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 24 goals, and while Brentford claimed one clean sheet, they conceded an average of 2.4 goals per match.

Manchester City triumphed in a 3-1 win against Brentford, the last time they faced off. However, Brentford secured a 1-0 win in the match before that.

Manchester City vs Brentford Prediction

Manchester City Form

In their last three matches, Manchester City won 2-0 and 1-3 against first Everton then FC Copenhagen, before drawing 1-1 against Chelsea. Manchester City won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League, while also drawing three. They suffered zero defeats, while they scored 13 and conceded seven goals.

Brentford Form

Brentford are currently a little too inconsistent for their own good. Against Manchester City, they lost 1-3, before winning 0-2 against Wolverhampton. They came out on the losing end once again in a 1-4 defeat against Liverpool. Brentford managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 12 time and letting in six.

Both Manchester City and Brentford have been scoring freely over the past weeks, and we anticipate a very entertaining match. They usually throw caution to the wind, when clashing with each other.

Manchester City took 34 points from their last 13 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to 11 wins after scoring 36 times and conceding 11. Brentford won two matches and picked up seven points from their last 12 encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League. They scored 14 goals and conceded 25. Manchester City have a record of 16 wins, five draws and three defeats in the Premier League this season. Brentford have a record of seven wins, four draws and 13 defeats in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs Brentford Squads

Manchester City Squad

The 53-year-old Guardiola will select the starting eleven against Brentford from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season:

Ederson (0/23), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/2), John Stones (0/10), Josko Gvardiol (0/18), Kyle Walker (0/23), Manuel Akanji (2/17), Max Alleyne (0/0), Nathan Ake (2/20), Rico Lewis (1/10), Ruben Dias (0/20), Sergio Gomez (0/3), Bernardo Silva (6/20), Jack Grealish (3/14), Kevin De Bruyne (1/6), Mahamadou Susoho (0/0), Mateo Kovacic (0/17), Matheus Nunes (0/12), Micah Hamilton (0/0), Phil Foden (8/24), Rodri (6/21), Erling Haaland (16/19), Jeremy Doku (2/16), Julian Alvarez (8/24), Oscar Bobb (1/7).

Brentford Squad

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

Ellery Balcombe (0/0), Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson (0/0), Mark Flekken (0/23), Thomas Strakosha (0/2), Aaron Hickey (0/9), Ben Mee (2/14), Ethan Pinnock (1/23), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/16), Mads Roerslev (0/20), Mathias Joergensen (0/4), Nathan Collins (1/20), Rico Henry (0/5), Sergio Reguilon (0/13), Bryan Mbeumo (7/15), Christian Noergaard (2/22), Frank Onyeka (0/17), Joshua Dasilva (0/0), Mathias Jensen (3/19), Mikkel Damsgaard (0/11), Ryan Trevitt (0/0), Shandon Baptiste (1/9), Vitaly Janelt (0/24), Yegor Yarmolyuk (0/15), Yoane Wissa (4/20), Yunus Emre Konak (0/0), Ivan Toney (4/5), Keane Lewis-Potter (2/18), Kevin Schade (1/5), Neal Maupay (5/21), Saman Ghoddos (1/15).

Manchester City vs Brentford Team News

Manchester City seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment on Tuesday.

Manchester City-players Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol won't be playing in the upcoming match against Brentford at Etihad Stadium due to nursing various injuries.

Brentford have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match on Tuesday against Manchester City. Ivan Toney is suspended from the Brentford squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Brentford need to do without Joshua Dasilva, Bryan Mbeumo, Aaron Hickey, Kevin Schade and Rico Henry, who are not fit enough to travel to Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City vs Brentford Lineups

Manchester City vs Brentford H2H

It finished with a 1-3 win for Manchester City in the most recent meeting between the two sides. Will they be able to put the brakes on their opponent again this coming Tuesday at Etihad Stadium, or will Brentford manage to assert some revenge? The Sky Blues picked up three wins in their previous five matches against Brentford, while the latter claimed two wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 11/2.

Manchester City vs Brentford Results

In two of the previous five matches between Manchester City and Brentford both teams scored.

Manchester City vs Brentford Betting Tips

Erling Haaland enjoys a great season with 16 league goals to his name, and he will be a handful for even the best of defences.

Manchester City won six of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing four and losing zero as well. Brentford won two from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost seven in this run. Goals are flowing freely for Manchester City on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target six times in Brentford''s last 10 league games away from home.

In the past five encounters between Manchester City and Brentford over 2.5 goals came out two times, with Manchester City scoring an average of 1.4 goals per game. Brentford averaged 0.8 goals, while both teams scored two times. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Manchester City, who scored an average of 2.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches Brentford played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.5 goals themselves during this run.