Manchester City vs Brentford (Premier League): Match Preview, Team News, Stats, Head to Head, How to Watch
Manchester City vs Brentford (Premier League): Match Preview, Team News, Stats, Head to Head, How to Watch Manchester City will host Brentford at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening in search of a a crucial three points to stay in the Premier League title race. Pep Guardiola ’s side had to walk away with only one point after a 3-3 draw against Everton on Monday night at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, denting their hopes of a ninth Premier League title. The visitors opened their scoring with Jeremy Doku finding the back of the net in the 43rd minute, concluding the first-half in City’s favor.
Everton’s first equalizer of the match came with Thierno Barry ’s goal in the 68th minute. Jake O’Brien took the lead for the homeside in the 73rd minute, followed by Barry scoring another in the next eight minutes. As the Toffees were ahead by two goals, Erling Haaland ’s left-footed shot to the high centre of the goal in the 83rd minute brought back some hope for Manchester City .
And while it appeared Everton had the win in the bag, Doku completed his brace, netting City’s much-needed late equalizer deep into stoppage time. While City maintained their five-match undefeated streak in the Premier League with this draw, the result was still a setback for them in their title race against Arsenal this season. Now, City ideally need to win all of their remaining four league games this season in order to lift the trophy, starting with their clash against Brentford and here’s everything you need to know for the upcoming high-stakes match this weekend.
Match Details Manchester City will face Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday 9 May at 17:30 UK at Etihad Stadium. Match Officials Michael Salisbury will take charge of the encounter as referee, the Premier League have confirmed. You can find the full list of match officials below: Match Officials: Michael Salisbury to referee Manchester City vs Brentford Team News City continued to miss Josko Gvardiol (tibial fracture) and Ruben Dias (hamstring) against Everton at the start of the week, while there remain doubts over Rodri ’s availability for Saturday evening after the midfielder was not named in the matchday squad in Merseyside.
However, Gvardiol and Dias took part in full first-team training on Friday to give themselves a chance of making the wider squad against Brentford, with Rodri notably missing out. As for Brentford, Antoni Milambo and Fabio Carvalho have been sidelined with knee injuries. The Bees could also be without Jordon Henderson (unspecified) and Rico Henry (thigh), with updates on their fitness expected when manager Keith Andrews previews the fixture in a press conference on Friday afternoon.
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