Premier League: Two contenders in reasonably good shape get together for this fixture. Manchester City could have a wee edge with their 1st spot in the league table?
- Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither Brentford nor Manchester City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Brentford form and stats
Brentford have played 8 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). Brentford has recorded two wins in a row here at Brentford Community Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The fans are hoping that Brentford will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Brighton & Hove Albion (placed 9th). Midfielder Canós was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Canós hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was a Carabao Cup defeat to Chelsea (0-2).The match schedule is unforgiving for Brentford as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Aston Villa are visiting.
The Brentford fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. On the other hand, Brentford have conceded 10 goals.
Manchester City form and stats
Manchester City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Manchester City collect 22 points from their 9 away matches in the Premier League. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Tottenham Hotspur game have they lost an away game, meaning City has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Impressive finishing from Sterling (2), Laporte, Gündoğan, Bruyne and Mahrez secured the home win 6-3 against Leicester City in their previous game. A crazy, crazy fixture with lots of goals last time out for City, as mentioned above. 9 goals in that fixture, will this game be as exciting? Attacker Mahrez got a player rating of 8.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Mahrez scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Newcastle United with the score of 4-0.As mentioned earlier, City will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 14 wins (eleven by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
City have another match away in just three sleeps, a Premier League game vs Arsenal. A difficult calendar for the visitors!
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, City are regular goalscorers on their travels. Manchester City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva 7 goals |  R. Sterling 7 goals |  K. De Bruyne 5 goals |
Brentford missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Brentford | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 50 |
| 24 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 76% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 74% |
| 47% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 58% |
| 24% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 44% | 42% |
| 12% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 11% | 26% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 32% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 58% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 12.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20 | 18.8 | 19.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.2 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| 33% | 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | 35% |
| 12.4 | 11.1 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
- Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brentford haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Manchester City have created more than twice as many corners as Brentford.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Brentford.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+38) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Manchester City is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 38 | 47 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 35 | 41 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 41 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | West Ham United | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Brentford | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Southampton | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Everton | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 16 |
| 17 | Watford | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 10 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -31 | 10 |
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