Manchester City travel to Brentford on Sunday with momentum to maintain their title chase and Erling Haaland in exceptional form. Haaland has scored four times over the past week and his total this season stands at 17 for club and country.<\/p>\n
Brentford approach the match buoyed by a convincing 3\u20131 victory over Manchester United on 27\/09\/25 and an unbeaten home record so far this term. The Bees have also taken points against Chelsea at the Gtech Community Stadium this season. Keith Andrews will prepare his side to frustrate City at home, while recognising the superior attacking threat across the visitors\u2019 squad.<\/p>\n
Recent results (selected)
\nBrentford: Brentford 3\u20131 Man Utd (27\/09\/25); Fulham 3\u20131 Brentford (20\/09\/25); Brentford 1\u20131 (4\u20132p) Aston Villa (16\/09\/25); Brentford 2\u20132 Chelsea (13\/09\/25); Sunderland 2\u20131 Brentford (30\/08\/25).
\nMan City: Monaco 2\u20132 Man City (01\/10\/25); Man City 5\u20131 Burnley (27\/09\/25); Huddersfield 0\u20132 Man City (24\/09\/25); Arsenal 1\u20131 Man City (21\/09\/25); Man City 2\u20130 Napoli (18\/09\/25).<\/p>\n
Team news
\nBrentford will welcome F\u00e1bio Carvalho back into the squad after he returned to training following his absence from the Man Utd victory. Reiss Nelson is available again after illness, and Gustavo Nunes could make his first appearance of the season as he nears a return.<\/p>\n
Igor Thiago is Brentford\u2019s principal attacking threat. He scored a brace against Man Utd and has five goals in seven appearances this season.<\/p>\n
For City, Rodri was rested for the 5\u20131 win over Burnley but returned to the starting lineup at Monaco and is expected to start again. Omar Marmoush remains unavailable as he recovers from a knee injury, and Rayan Cherki is a long-term absentee. Abdukodir Khusanov and Rayan A\u00eft-Nouri are missing; Matheus Nunes is likely to return at right back after John Stones was used there midweek. Savinho, fresh from signing a new contract, is in line to start.<\/p>\n
Brentford predicted lineup vs. Man City (5-3-2): Kelleher; Kayode, Van den Berg, Collins, Pinnock, Hickey; Jensen, Henderson, Yarmolyuk; Thiago, Schade.<\/p>\n
Man City predicted lineup vs. Brentford (4-1-4-1): Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Rodri; Savinho, Reijnders, Foden, Doku; Haaland.<\/p>\n
TV coverage includes fuboTV and NBC platforms in the United States, Sky Sports channels and NOW TV in the United Kingdom, DAZN and Amazon platforms in Canada, and Max and Amazon Prime Video in Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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