In this week 16 match, on Sat Nov 12th, Brentford will travel to Manchester to battle Manchester City in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. 2nd placed Manchester City is fresh off their 2-1 win against Fulham. Julián Álvarez struck first for Manchester City in the 16th minute on a feed from İlkay Gündoğan, then Andreas Pereira tied it up for Fulham in the 28th minute. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10 matches, while brentford sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest. Morgan Gibbs-White struck first for Nottingham Forest in the 20th minute, but Bryan Mbeumo got the equalizer for Brentford in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time . Brentford is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Manchester City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Brentford’s most prolific scorer has been Ivan Toney. The English attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. Manchester City’s most prolific scorer has been Erling Braut Håland. The Norwegian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Kyle Walker, João Cancelo, Manuel Akanji and Kalvin Phillips are unavailable to play for Josep Guardiola i Sala’s team, while Thomas Frank’s Brentford squad will be without Aaron Hickey, Thomas Strakosha and Charlie Goode.