Manchester City have excelled Brentford so far, but every match begins at 0-0. Here's all the data you need before kickoff:
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (39) in Premier League
- Brentford have yet to win a game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Manchester City and Brentford.
Manchester City form and stats
7-0-0 is the performance here at Etihad Stadium so far in the Premier League, giving Manchester City a total of 21 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results! After failing to beat AFC Bournemouth here at Etihad Stadium, City has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.
Manchester City's previous match was a Carabao Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-0 against Chelsea. The home side hope to to continue in that form. The goalie Ortega was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.42 out of ten. Ortega topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Fulham in a game that was won 2-1.Everyone expects Manchester City to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 15 games: 13 home wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. City have won with at least two goals margin 12 times in similar situations.
Lots of goals? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this team has had three goals or more.
Manchester City always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Etihad Stadium with 29 goals in 7 league games.
Brentford form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brentford so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-3 (win-draw-lose).
Brentford delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Gillingham in their previous match; a Carabao Cup fixture. Attacker Damsgaard got a player rating of 8.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Damsgaard served one assist, hit five key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 59 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Nottingham Forest.Brentford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). For Brentford, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): City two wins, zero draws and Brentford zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Haaland 18 goals |   I. Toney 8 goals |  P. Foden 6 goals |
Manchester City missing players
Brentford missing players
| Manchester City | Brentford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 39 | 29 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 69% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 54% | 86% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 29% | 21% |
| 46% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 57% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 7.1 | 8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.8 | 17.4 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| 6.3 | 7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 48% | 59% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 37% |
| 7.3 | 6.4 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.6 | 14.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
- All of Manchester City's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Brentford have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brentford have yet to win a game away.
- Manchester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Brentford have scored away.
- Manchester City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Manchester City have the most points (21) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (29) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals (39) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+22) at home in Premier League
- Manchester City have the the best goal difference (+27) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won all their matches at home so far.
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Fulham | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Brentford | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | West Ham United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | Everton | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Southampton | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | -20 | 10 |
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