In this 24th week match, on Wednesday Feb 9th, Manchester City will host Brentford at Etihad Stadium in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 1st placed Manchester City is fresh off their 4-1 win against Fulham. Carvalho struck first for Fulham in the 4th minute, then İlkay Gündoğan tied it up for Manchester City in the 6th minute on a feed from Riyad Mahrez Finally they completed the comback victory in the 13th minute on a goal by John Stones to cap off a wild match. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, with 9 wins in their last 10 matches, while brentford sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-4 loss against Everton. Yerry Mina struck first for Everton in the 31st minute, then Richarlison added another in the 48th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Brentford Community Stadium, Manchester City was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Phil Foden struck first for Manchester City in the 16th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Brentford was frustrated by Manchester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester City ended the match with the shutout victory.
Ivan Toney has been the most prolific scorer on Brentford in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Manchester City’s most prolific scorer has been Riyad Mahrez. The midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Josep Guardiola i Sala’s Manchester City squad will be without Benjamin Mendy and Oleksandr Zinchenko, while Thomas Frank’s squad will be without Tarique Fosu-Henry, Joshua Da Silva, Charlie Goode and David Raya.