Man City vs. Brentford: Match Preview, Odds & Predictions

When Manchester City and Brentford meet on Matchday 4 in the Premier League, the hosts aim to maintain their lead. 

After a flawless start to the 2024–25 season, reigning Premier League winners Manchester City will welcome Brentford to keep the momentum going.

Erling Haaland has scored seven goals in only three games for Pep Guardiola's team, helping them to a 9-2 aggregate victory against Chelsea, Ipswich, and West Ham. While all was going on, Brentford also had a great start, collecting six points in their first three matches.

Previous Matches and Head-to-head

Liverpool is already hot on the heels of Manchester City's blistering start to the season. Watch out for home team star Erling Haaland, who came off the bench to score the game-winning goal in Norway's Nations League match against Austria; fellow countryman Oscar Bobb is out with an injury.

In contrast, vital attacker Ivan Toney has moved Al Ahli for €40 million, meaning the Bees will continue without him. Given Brentford's reputation as a poor traveler, seeing anything other than a typical home victory would be shocking. Igor Thiago, who was signed in the offseason, and Josh Dasilva are both out with injuries, while Rico Henry is considered questionable to play. Man City won their most recent match against Brentford, 1-0, at Etihad Stadium.

Man City x Brentford Team News

In the match against West Ham, Rodri was back in the lineup, although he didn't see any action as a substitute. In other news, Phil Foden should be able to play again after the international break, while Mateo Kovacic played the whole match despite taking a knock. Oscar Bobb will not be playing for City in the future.

Brentford is without Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry, Aaron Hickey, and Thiago due to injuries. However, the Bees have been able to rely on the goal-scoring exploits of Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo, who have scored five goals each in the Premier League.

Our Predictions

Man City to win HT @ 1.50 on Sky247.ng

Man City are off to a good start, but they face Brentford, a team they haven't had much success against recently. Man City has failed to score more than two goals in six encounters since the Bees' promotion. However, out of those six encounters, they have won four and lost only twice.

Erling Haaland anytime goalscorer @ 1.50 on Sky247.ng

In his first three Premier League games this season, Erling Haaland has scored seven goals, including hat tricks in consecutive matches against Ipswich and West Ham.

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