Manchester City and Brentford have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Cityzens dropped potentially precious points in the title race with a 3-3 draw at Everton on Monday and will be two points behind Arsenal with three matches remaining each for the top two if they win.
Brentford ended a seven-match winless run in all competitions by beating West Ham 3-0 at home last Saturday and are firmly in contention for European qualification.
101GreatGoals.com has the team news and starting line-ups as Man City face Brentford in the Premier League.
Man City confirmed team vs Brentford
Josko Gvardiol and Rodri miss out for City but fellow pre-match injury doubt Ruben Dias is on the bench.
Abdukodir Khusanov is also injured, so Nathan Ake starts in central defence in one of two changes. Nico Gonzalez also starts at the expense of Tijjani Reijnders.
Manchester City starting XI: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Marc Guehi, Nathan Ake, Nico O’Reilly, Bernardo Silva, Tijjani Reijnders, Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland
Man City substitutes: James Trafford, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Omar Marmoush, Mateo Kovacic, Nico Williams, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Phil Foden
Brentford full line up vs Manchester City
Brentford also make two changes, bringing in Kristoffer Ajer and Aaron Hickey for Sepp van den Berg and Dango Ouattara.
Rico Henry remains out but Jordan Henderson and Vitaly Janelt return from injury on the bench.
Brentford starting XI: Caoimhin Kelleher, Aaron Hickey, Nathan Collins, Kristoffer Ajer, Michael Kayode, Mathias Jensen, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Mikkel Damsgaard, Keane Lewis-Potter, Igor Thiago
Brentford substitutes: Hakon Valdimarsson, Kevin Schade, Sepp van den Berg, Ethan Pinnock, Jordan Henderson, Josh Dasilva, Reiss Nelson, Dango Ouattara, Vitaly Janelt, Kaye Furo
Where to watch Man City vs Brentford: TV channel, live online streams
The match kicks off at 17:30 GMT (12:30 ET / 09:30 PT) on Saturday, with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
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Here’s the full list of Premier League broadcasters in different territories.
Manchester City vs Brentford stats
- Manchester City have scored in eight of their nine Premier League games against Brentford but their average of 1.4 goals per game against the Bees (13 in 9) is their lowest against any opponent they’ve faced under head coach Pep Guardiola
- Having lost their first Premier League home match of the season 2-0 against Tottenham, City are unbeaten in their last 15 at the Etihad (W12 D3), scoring at least twice in 13 of those 15 games
- They have dropped 17 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season, which is their most in a single campaign since 2008/09 (20)
- Phil Foden has only scored more Premier League goals for City against Brighton (8) than he has against Brentford (7), though only one of his seven against the Bees has come at the Etihad Stadium
- All 50 of Jeremy Doku’s chances created for City this season have been from open play, which is the most chances created by any player without any coming from set pieces
- Brentford have lost three of their four Premier League away games against City, the exception being a 2-1 win in November 2022
- They are winless in four league matches in all competitions over 90 minutes, drawing three of those games before losing at Manchester United on April 27
- Keith Andrews’ side have four clean sheets in their last eight matches in all competitions and have conceded exactly twice in each of the other four games during that sequence
- Only Liverpool (19) have scored more goals during the final 15 minutes of Premier League games than Brentford (18) this season
- Igor Thiago has 22 goals from 79 shots in the Premier League this season, a conversion rate of 27.9% Of the 67 players to have scored at least 20 in a season since 2003/04, only four have had a better conversion rate than the Brazilian
