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Manchester City v Brentford : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Etihad Stadium, Manchester

the Etihad Stadium is the setting on Saturday evening, as Josep Guardiola i Sala's Manchester City host Keith Andrews's Brentford in the English Premier League. Premier League statistics are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) history included too. It's all on this page, with data visualisations and the best odds available for every betting markets using the tabs.

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Manchester City's next match is v Bournemouth at 19:30 on Tuesday 19th May
Brentford's next match is v Liverpool at 16:00 on Sunday 24th May
The last English Premier League meeting between Man City and Brentford was on Saturday 9th May 2026
English Premier League
May 9th 2026
Man City 3
0 Brentford
 
J. Doku 60'
E. Haaland 75'
O. Marmoush 90'
 
MCI
BRE
Shots On
10
2
Shots Off
7
1
Corners
10
2
Possession
58%
42%
Fouls
8
14
Yellow/red cards
4/0
2/0
 
Man CityBrentford
 
N. Aké
T. Reijnders (P. Foden 60')
M. Cherki (O. Marmoush 60')
E. Haalandfootball icon
J. Dokufootball icon (S. Moreira de Oliveira 90')
M. Guehi
G. Donnarumma
M. Nunes
N. O'Reilly
B. Silva
A. Semenyo
C. Kelleher
(V. Janelt 61') A. Hickey
M. Jensen
K. Schade
Thiago
K. Vassbakk Ajer
N. Collins
M. Kayode
(J. Henderson 79') Y. Yarmoliuk
(Dango Ouattara 68') M. Damsgaard
K. Lewis-Potter

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As Josep Guardiola i Sala readies his troops ahead of kick-off, we predict a combined total of over 3 goals scored during the fixture. Statistics imply both teams have the weapons to deliver up top, with goals in plentiful supply of late. With a real favourite to win the match, we really like the look of over 2.5 goals.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Man City are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 58% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.36.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Man City
58%
4/111/50
Draw
21%
9/21/50
Brentford
21%
6/11/50
Man City 2-1
10%
9/115/2
Draw 1-1
10%
11/17/1
Man City 2-0
9%
9/11/2
Man City 1-0
9%
12/111/8
Man City 3-1
7%
10/120/1
Man City 3-0
6%
11/110/3
Draw 2-2
6%
16/145/1
Brentford 2-1
6%
22/140/1
Brentford 1-0
5%
28/111/1
Draw 0-0
4%
25/13/1
Man City 3-2
4%
20/180/1
Man City 4-1
3%
16/160/1
Man City 4-0
3%
18/118/1
Brentford 2-0
3%
40/133/1
Brentford 3-2
2%
40/1150/1
Over 2.5 Goals
61%
4/116/4
Under 2.5 Goals
39%
11/510/21
Home 1st Goal
55%
4/111/2
Away 1st Goal
43%
15/84/1
No 1st Goal
3%
25/129/10
BTTS - Yes
59%
4/714/1
BTTS - No
41%
5/41/80
BTTS - Home Win
30%
7/511/2
BTTS - Draw
17%
5/140/1
BTTS - Away Win
12%
17/2125/1
Home/draw
79%
1/101/50
Away/draw
42%
2/11/50
Home/away
79%
1/71/50
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
1/1011/20
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
6/113/10
Over 3.5 Goals
39%
10/1119/4
Under 3.5 Goals
61%
10/111/8
Over 4.5 Goals
21%
2/133/1
Under 4.5 Goals
79%
2/51/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
4/1100/1
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/61/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/802/9
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
22/13/1
Home DNB
73%
1/71/1000
Away DNB
36%
9/2125/1
Man City win to nil
28%
7/4-
Brentford win to nil
9%
14/1-
Man City / Man City
43%
20/2119/4
Man City / Brentford
2%
40/155/1
Man City / Draw
5%
16/128/1
Draw / Man City
17%
15/44/5
Draw / Brentford
6%
16/18/1
Draw / Draw
9%
17/229/10
Brentford / Man City
5%
16/125/1
Brentford / Brentford
8%
12/128/1
Brentford / Draw
5%
18/128/1
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man City have played 34 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 32 games against teams below in the table, having won 20, drawn 7 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 14 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Man City have outscored their opponents by 69 goals to 52 goals.

Home League Performance

Man City have played 16 games at home winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 38 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 12 goals at home.

Brentford are in 7th position in the Premier League on 51 points having played 35 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 27 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 21 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 2 and won 5. Brentford have conceded 10 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Man City
Brentford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal3624754279 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
2
Man City3623854377 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
3
Man Utd37191171668 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1A
4
A Villa3718811662 
May 24
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
5
Liverpool37178121059 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-2F
May 24
6
Bournemouth3613167455 
w
 
3-1F
May 19
w
 
4-1F
d
 
0-00-0
7
Brighton37141112953 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1F
8
Brentford37141013352 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
-
-
9
Sunderland37131212-751 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1F
10
Chelsea36131013649 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-3F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
11
Newcastle3714716049 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-1A
w
 
2-3A
12
Everton37131014-249 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
3-3F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
2-4F
13
Fulham3714716-649 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
4-5F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1F
14
Leeds37111412-447 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
15
C Palace37111214-945 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-0A
16
Nottm Forest37111016-343 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-1A
17
Spurs3691116-938 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
18
West Ham379919-2236 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-2F
19
Burnley364923-3621 
w
 
5-1F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
w
 
3-4F
20
Wolves3731024-4119 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-4F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-2F
Win / draw / win form
Man City 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
49
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
16
D
3
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man City2 - 1Arsenal
Man City2 - 2Nottm Forest
Man City2 - 1Newcastle
Man City3 - 0Fulham
Man City2 - 0Wolves
Man City1 - 1Brighton
Man City1 - 1Chelsea
Man City3 - 0West Ham
Man City3 - 0Sunderland
Man City3 - 2Leeds
Man City3 - 0Liverpool
Man City3 - 1Bournemouth
Man City2 - 0Everton
Man City5 - 1Burnley
Man City3 - 0Man Utd
Man City0 - 2Spurs
Man City3 - 1Bournemouth
Man City1 - 0Wolves
Man City2 - 1A Villa
Man City5 - 2C Palace
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
Draw
7
L
1
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMan City3 - 3Everton
AMan City1 - 0Burnley
HMan City2 - 1Arsenal
AMan City3 - 0Chelsea
AMan City1 - 1West Ham
HMan City2 - 2Nottm Forest
AMan City1 - 0Leeds
HMan City2 - 1Newcastle
HMan City3 - 0Fulham
AMan City2 - 1Liverpool
AMan City2 - 2Spurs
HMan City2 - 0Wolves
AMan City0 - 2Man Utd
HMan City1 - 1Brighton
HMan City1 - 1Chelsea
AMan City0 - 0Sunderland
AMan City2 - 1Nottm Forest
HMan City3 - 0West Ham
AMan City3 - 0C Palace
HMan City3 - 0Sunderland
Brentford 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man Utd2 - 1Brentford
Leeds0 - 0Brentford
Bournemouth0 - 0Brentford
Burnley3 - 4Brentford
Newcastle2 - 3Brentford
A Villa0 - 1Brentford
Chelsea2 - 0Brentford
Everton2 - 4Brentford
Wolves0 - 2Brentford
Spurs2 - 0Brentford
Arsenal2 - 0Brentford
Brighton2 - 1Brentford
C Palace2 - 0Brentford
West Ham0 - 2Brentford
Fulham3 - 1Brentford
Sunderland2 - 1Brentford
Nottm Forest3 - 1Brentford
Wolves1 - 1Brentford
Ipswich0 - 1Brentford
Nottm Forest0 - 2Brentford
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBrentford3 - 0West Ham
ABrentford1 - 2Man Utd
HBrentford0 - 0Fulham
HBrentford2 - 2Everton
ABrentford0 - 0Leeds
HBrentford2 - 2Wolves
ABrentford0 - 0Bournemouth
ABrentford4 - 3Burnley
HBrentford0 - 2Brighton
HBrentford1 - 1Arsenal
ABrentford3 - 2Newcastle
ABrentford1 - 0A Villa
HBrentford0 - 2Nottm Forest
ABrentford0 - 2Chelsea
HBrentford3 - 0Sunderland
ABrentford4 - 2Everton
HBrentford0 - 0Spurs
HBrentford4 - 1Bournemouth
ABrentford2 - 0Wolves
HBrentford1 - 1Leeds
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Man City have not lost to Brentford in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Man City since 2022
Man City
Brentford
Goals: Scored
6
3
Games: Scored
4 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
0 / 4
MCI
3
BRE
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man City
Man City2 - 1
Man City1 - 0
1 - 2Brentford
Man City2 - 0
League games at Brentford since 2021
Brentford
Man City
Goals: Scored
4
7
Games: Scored
3 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
2 / 5
MCI
3
D
1
BRE
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Brentford
0 - 1Man City
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 3Man City
Brentford1 - 0
0 - 1Man City
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is fairly strong for Manchester City in their clash with Brentford, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 18 consecutive English Premier League matches.

Man City 2nd Brentford 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
13%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
15%
There is a 60% probability that Man City will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Brentford will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+14
Man City have scored 14% more goals at home than predicted
-4
Brentford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.5
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
Man City
PG (predicted goals)
Brentford
2
1.1
Attack rating
26%
better
MCI
BRE
view stats
Games scored30
24
Failed to score4
11
Scored first28
19
Goals scored69
52
Avg. goals scored2
1.5
Avg. shots per game11
8
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for18
18
Avg. XG for1.9
1.6
KickOff rating
+26%
Defence rating
25%
better
MCI
BRE
view stats
Games conceded20
25
Clean sheets14
10
Conceded first5
12
Goals conceded32
46
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded7
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against13%
15%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.5
KickOff rating
+25%

Man City v Brentford Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Man City Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
33261210
G DonnarummaE HaalandR CherkiB Silva
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Donnarumma GLK33
7
-
M Nunes DEF3315
5
-
M Guéhi DEF1411
2
-
N Aké  DEF17
1
-
N. O'Reilly DEF3353
5
-
B Silva MID3624
10
-
T Reijnders MID2752
2
-
A Semenyo MID1561
1
-
R Cherki MID31412
1
-
J Doku MID2855
-
E Haaland FWD34268
2
-
Subs
J Trafford GLK3
-
R Dias DEF252
3
-
J Stones DEF8
-
R Nouri DEF162
2
-
M Kovacic MID41
-
N González  MID241
6
-
P Foden MID3175
4
-
O Marmoush FWD2033
3
-
S Sávio FWD2211
2
-
Brentford Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
362248
C KelleherI ThiagoM DamsgaardM Kayode
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Kelleher GLK36
1
-
M Kayode DEF3611
8
-
K Ajer DEF271
4
-
N Collins DEF3412
6
-
A Hickey DEF20
1
-
Y Yarmoliuk MID3713
7
-
M Jensen MID3531
3
-
K Lewis-Potter MID3533
1
-
M Damsgaard MID3244
-
K Schade MID3473
6
1
I Thiago FWD37221
7
-
Subs
H Valdimarsson GLK1
-
S Berg DEF312
2
-
E Pinnock DEF4
1
-
J Henderson MID3113
5
-
J Dasilva MID2
-
V Janelt MID2414
7
-
R Nelson FWD91
-
D Ouattara FWD3173
5
-
K. Furo FWD1
-