Will City provide the next goal festival?
Promoted Brentford challenge Manchester City at home at the Community Stadium and will be looking to cause problems for the league leaders. On a good day, the “Bees” are certainly capable of doing so, as the hosts are playing a decent season and are right on target.
Ahead of Brentford’s game against Manchester City, the odds indicate a clear favourite for the Skyblues. That seems unsurprising, the visitors are not only superior in terms of the table and form, but also much better individually.
Brentford come into this game with a defeat at Brighton behind them and will now be hoping to make amends. However, against arguably the strongest opponent they can currently catch, a good performance would already be very positive.
Brentford – Statistics & current form
Brentford don’t always play like an ordinary up-and-comer, have some good qualities with the ball and try to pull off their own style even against bigger opponents. Sometimes top clubs could be defeated, for example Arsenal right at the start. The “Bees” also want to hold their own against Manchester City and will show a game in which they should at least not be afraid.
The odds of the best bookmakers show how difficult this game will be. A win for the hosts is consistently priced with quotes that are in double figures. A lot will have to come together for a surprise to come within reach. However, Brentford have performed well in recent home games, winning two in a row.
In general, this team is difficult to play against. Brentford has some good statistics and is one of the teams with the most runs. The good defence should also be emphasised. From the bottom half of the table, only Southampton conceded fewer goals than the Bees. This solid basis should be enormously important against City.
Brentford: The league position is positive
Currently, some problems arise when looking at the Premier League table, of course. Due to many match cancellations, the picture is a bit mixed up, some teams have two or even three games less on their account. 20 points from 17 games does not mean that the Bees are safe, but the distance to the relegation places is comfortable.
Brentford play a little better at home than away and have won three of their five games this season. Now, however, an absolute heavyweight of the Premier League comes to the Community Stadium. That’s why, ahead of Brentford’s game against Manchester City, our prediction is that more than 2.5 goals will be scored in this match.
Predicted line-up of Brentford:
Fernandez – Ajer, Pinnock, Jansson – Canos, Jensen, Janelt, Henry – Mbeumo, Bidstrup – Toney
Last matches played by Brentford:
Premier League
12/26 2021 – Brighton 2 – 0 Brentford
Carabao Cup
12/22 2021 – Brentford 0 – 2 Chelsea London
Premier League
12/10 2021 – Brentford 2 – 1 Watford
12/05 2021 – Leeds 2 – 2 Brentford
12/02 2021 – Tottenham 2 – 0 Brentford
Manchester City – Statistics & current form
Manchester City are once again playing a very good season in England and are currently leading the table. Together with Liverpool and Chelsea, the Skyblues are currently contesting the Premier League championship. The odds are in favour of the visitors, and the bookmakers also see Guardiola’s team in the lead in the fight for the title in England.
This does not come as a surprise, as City lead the league in many statistics. Despite conceding three goals against Leicester City, Manchester City have the best defence and have conceded only twelve goals. In addition, the aforementioned game was won 6:3. The attack is also in very good form – previously there was a 7:0 against Leeds United, among others.
The last matches against promoted teams were also very positive for Manchester City away from home. They have won three in a row, scoring 11 goals to 1. The Skyblues are therefore ready for the task in Brentford. The visitors go into the upcoming fixture with a six-point lead over Liverpool, with one more game played.
Manchester City: spectacle is the order of the day at the moment
There are still things that can be improved, though. Most recently, Pep Guardiola was not happy with his side conceding three goals in the space of just over 20 minutes after beating Leicester 4-0 at half-time and making the game tense again. The requirement is to control such games and bring them over the line in a confident manner.
In any case, there have been an extremely high number of goals in the last few games. In three consecutive games involving Manchester City, there were 20 goals. This shows that the balance is a little lacking, but also that the offensive is currently playing brilliantly. A bet on “both teams score” does not seem out of the question based on these statistics.
Predicted Manchester City line-up:
Ederson – Cancelo, Ruben Dias, Aké, Zinchenko – Rodri, Gündogan, de Bruyne – Foden, Gabriel Jesus, Mahrez
Last matches played by Manchester City:
Premier League
12/26 2021 – Manchester City 6 – 3 Leicester
12/19 2021 – Newcastle United 0 – 4 Manchester City
12/14 2021 – Manchester City 7 – 0 Leeds
12/11 2021 – Manchester City 1 – 0 Wolverhampton
Champions League Grp. A
12/07 2021 – RB Leipzig 2 – 1 Manchester City
Brentford – Manchester City Direct Comparison / H2H Balance
These teams have rarely met in the past. 13 times the clubs faced each other directly, Manchester City won seven of those matches. Brentford have five wins and one draw. The last time the teams played each other in the league was in 1938.
Brentford – Manchester City betting tips
Brentford on a good day can cause Manchester City problems, especially if the visitors offer something. Normally, though, the favourites should have advantages on their side and win at the promoted side after a very strong season so far.
In the end, almost everything speaks for the Skyblues, who have not been stingy with goals in recent games. Therefore, before the game Brentford against Manchester City our tip is that more than 2.5 goals will fall.
