New season, but Manchester City still follow the old path, when winning in the first 3 matches of the Premier League 2024-2025. This is the second consecutive season they do that and aim to equal the 6-game winning streak like last season.
Hosting Brentford tonight, having won their last 12 Premier League games, it seems like a formality for Pep Guardiola's team.
What's impressive about that run of 12 games is that they've won by at least two goals, although they've only done so in two of their six Premier League meetings with Brentford (W4 L2).
The reigning champions are highly rated for their ability to “smash” the Bees as they are unbeaten in 31 home matches in the Premier League (W25, D6). Interestingly, it was Brentford who last beat them at the Etihad in November 2022.
It remains one of Brentford's most memorable results in the Premier League, and after a decent start to the 2024-25 campaign (W2 L1), they should head north with some confidence.
But after losing star Ivan Toney (to Saudi Arabia), Brentford has a big hole to fill in attack.
Defense has also been a problem for Brentford recently, with only one clean sheet in their last 15 away games (W3 D1 L11).
Going up to two seems unlikely as in their short Premier League history, Thomas Frank's men have never kept a clean sheet away to the North West-based club.
Link to watch Man City vs Brentford live
https://xem.kplus.vn/discovery/Channels_subpage_SPORT1?internalTitle=Channels_K%2BSPORT1
