In this week 20 match on the 29th of December, Manchester City and Brentford will play a match in London in a clash of the Premier League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. Brentford is fresh off their 2-1 win against Watford. Emmanuel Dennis struck first for Watford in the 24th minute on a feed from Tom Cleverley, then Pontus Jansson tied it up for Brentford in the 84th minute But luckily in the 95th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Bryan Mbeumo. Brentford is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while manchester City sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Newcastle United. Rúben Dias struck first for Manchester City in the 5th minute, then João Cancelo added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Riyad Mahrez At the end of 90 a dissapointed Newcastle United couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester City took the shutout win. Manchester City looks to continue their winning ways, having 9 wins in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
For Manchester City, their top scorers are Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches. Ivan Toney has been the most prolific scorer on Brentford in his last five matches with two goals
Kristoffer Ajer, Tarique Fosu-Henry, Ivan Toney, Joshua Da Silva and David Raya are unavailable to play for Brentford, while Josep Guardiola i Sala’s squad will be without Bernardo Silva, Benjamin Mendy and Kyle Walker.