The Man City homepage has analyzed Brentford, before the match between the two teams taking place at 10:30 p.m. on October 5.
Location, form
The Bees (Brentford's nickname) are currently 14th in the Premier League rankings. They had impressive home victories against Man United and Aston Villa. In addition, they have lost to Nottingham, Sunderland and Fulham.
Brentford have won four of their last six home Premier League games, scoring at least two goals in five. This achievement comes after a series of eight matches without a win at home stadium Gtech.
Force and coach situation
Brentford entered the new season with big changes, when long-time coach Thomas Frank moved to lead Tottenham.
Their two top attacking stars, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa, have moved to Man United and Newcastle respectively. In addition, captain Christian Norgaard and number one goalkeeper Mark Flekken also left the team.
Instead, the team's leadership appointed Keith Andrews as coach. In terms of force, the team has added experienced midfielder Jordan Henderson, goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, full-back Michael Kayode and winger Dango Ouattara. They are all very important players in the current squad.
Keith Andrews has had a long playing career, playing as a box-to-box midfielder for many clubs such as Wolves, Blackburn Rovers... He has also played 35 times for the Republic of Ireland national team.
Since retiring in 2015, he has been an assistant at MK Dons and the Irish national team before moving to Sheffield United.
He was appointed Brentford's set-piece coach in the summer of 2024 and worked under Frank for a season before taking on the position himself.
Compared to Pep Guardiola of Man City, Andrews is much less famous. But with what they have shown, Andrews promises to create an exciting competition for Guardiola.
Scoring style
Brentford have scored in 13 consecutive Premier League games. In 6 matches this season, they have scored 9 goals, a commendable achievement, because their expected goals in the past matches are only 8.0.
With Andrews's experience in coaching, Brentford is very dangerous in throw-ins, corner kicks and long-range free kicks. They have scored three goals this season after those moves.
Igor Thiago is Brentford's top scorer with four goals since the beginning of the tournament. Man City's Erling Haaland is leading the scoring list with 8 goals.
Both Brentford and Man City have led in goals from quick counter-attacks in the Premier League this season (3 goals per team), in which Brentford's two goals came against Man United in round 6.
Despite a good attack, Brentford's defense has conceded goals in the last 4 matches. In 6 matches, coach Andrews's team has conceded 11 goals, facing 85 shots from the opponent. This is a concern for Brentford fans, because Man City has the strongest attack in the league, having scored 14 goals in 6 matches.
Head-to-head record
In four full seasons since Brentford were promoted to the Premier League, Man City have won five of the eight meetings between the two sides.
Man City have lost just one of their four trips to the Gtech, having won the title in the 2022-23 season.
Man City have scored six goals at Gtech, with Phil Foden scoring all six. Brentford is Foden's favorite opponent.
