Brentford FC vs Manchester City FC, Premier League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2024-25

Brentford FC

2 – 2

Full Time

Manchester City FC

Tue 14 Jan 2025 · 19:30 UTC Brentford Community Stadium 17,048 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 66' Phil Foden

0–2 78' Phil Foden

Yoane Wissa 82' 1–2

Christian Norgaard 90+2' 2–2

Overview

Match Preview

Brentford FC vs Manchester City FC — Premier League at Brentford Community Stadium.

Brentford FC 5 games · 9 pts (2026/27)
Manchester City FC 5 games · 15 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Anthony Taylor
Assistant 1 Gary Beswick
Assistant 2 Adam Nunn

11 games this season 🟨 3.9/game ⚽ 9.5 goals/game 🟥 4 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Manchester City FC	5	15
2	Arsenal FC	5	12
3	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	5	10
4	Brentford FC	5	9
5	Leeds United FC	5	9
6	Liverpool FC	5	9
7	Everton FC	5	9
8	Hull City AFC	5	8
9	Newcastle United FC	5	8
10	Chelsea FC	5	7
11	Ipswich Town FC	5	6
12	Manchester United FC	5	5
13	Nottingham Forest FC	5	5
14	Sunderland AFC	5	4
15	Crystal Palace FC	5	4
16	Aston Villa FC	5	4
17	AFC Bournemouth	5	3
18	Coventry City FC	5	3
19	Fulham FC	5	2
20	Tottenham Hotspur FC	5	2

Head-to-Head

Brentford FC 10 games · Avg 2.3 goals Manchester City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-01-14 Brentford FC 2–2 Manchester City FC 2024-09-14 Manchester City FC 2–1 Brentford FC 2024-02-20 Manchester City FC 1–0 Brentford FC 2024-02-05 Brentford FC 1–3 Manchester City FC 2023-05-28 Brentford FC 1–0 Manchester City FC

Recent Form

Brentford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Jan	Manchester City FC	H	2–2	D
11 Jan	Plymouth Argyle FC	H	0–1	L
04 Jan	Southampton FC	A	5–0	W
01 Jan	Arsenal FC	H	1–3	L
27 Dec	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	A	0–0	D
21 Dec	Nottingham Forest FC	H	0–2	L

Manchester City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Jan	Brentford FC	A	2–2	D
11 Jan	Salford City FC	H	8–0	W
04 Jan	West Ham United FC	H	4–1	W
29 Dec	Leicester City FC	A	2–0	W
26 Dec	Everton FC	H	1–1	D
21 Dec	Aston Villa FC	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Brentford FC		Manchester City FC
#4	Position	#1
9	Points	15
5	Played	5
2 / 3 / 0	W / D / L	5 / 0 / 0
10	Scored	13
4	Conceded	5
+6	GD	+8
1.80	PPG	3.00
40%	Win %	100%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

40% Clean Sheets
Brentford FC this season

40% Clean Sheets
Manchester City FC this season

Brentford FC are 4th (9 pts). Manchester City FC are 1st (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Brentford FC

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

3/1

46-60

3/1

61-75

1/–

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Manchester City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/1

31-45

1/1

46-60

4/1

61-75

–/–

76+

4/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Brentford FC

Kevin Schade	3 G
Vitaly Janelt	2 G
Keane Lewis-Potter	1 G	1 A
Michael Kayode	1 G

Manchester City FC

Erling Haaland	5 G
Rayan Cherki	3 G	2 A
Antoine Semenyo	2 G	3 A
Josko Gvardiol	1 G	2 A
Marc Guehi	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Brentford FC is hosting Manchester City FC for another epic battle.
5' Brentford FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' The travelling Manchester City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' Brentford FC is showing some good football. However, Brentford FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
20' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Brentford FC that had 347 games and scored 511 goals.
30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Rico Henry made 347 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
35' Mads Roerslev, a Denmark , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
40' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Brentford FC and Manchester City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
45' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
50' England international James McAtee has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
55' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
65' Manchester City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
66' Phil Foden does the damage! The net is bulging and Manchester City FC surge ahead!
68' Another change for Brentford FC made on 68 minute. Mathias Jensen leaves to be changed by Kevin Schade.
73' Manchester City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
76' The crowd applauds Mateo Kovacic as he leaves the pitch. Ilkay Gundogan steps in for Manchester City FC.
78' Goal! Phil Foden scores his 98 goal in 439 matches.
79' Brentford FC make a change. Vitaly Janelt trudges off to be replaced by Yegor Yarmolyuk on 79 minutes.
82' Magnificent from Yoane Wissa! That is 84 goals in 437 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
87' James McAtee is replacing Phil Foden for the Manchester City FC side.
88' Time for substitution for Brentford FC. Mads Roerslev is replaced by Rico Henry.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.

Lineups

Brentford FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Thomas Frank

Manchester City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pep Guardiola

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Phil Foden	8
Erling Haaland	4
Ivan Toney	2
Yoane Wissa	2
Christian Norgaard	1
Jeremy Doku	1
Aymeric Laporte	1
Omar Marmoush	1

Head to Head

Brentford FC Form

2025-01-14 Brentford FC 2–2 Manchester City FC D 2025-01-11 Brentford FC 0–1 Plymouth Argyle FC L 2025-01-04 Southampton FC 0–5 Brentford FC W 2025-01-01 Brentford FC 1–3 Arsenal FC L 2024-12-27 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–0 Brentford FC D 2024-12-21 Brentford FC 0–2 Nottingham Forest FC L

Manchester City FC Form

2025-01-14 Brentford FC 2–2 Manchester City FC D 2025-01-11 Manchester City FC 8–0 Salford City FC W 2025-01-04 Manchester City FC 4–1 West Ham United FC W 2024-12-29 Leicester City FC 0–2 Manchester City FC W 2024-12-26 Manchester City FC 1–1 Everton FC D 2024-12-21 Aston Villa FC 2–1 Manchester City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.38 Brentford FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.62 Manchester City FC xG

I would bet for: Brentford FC or Manchester City FC 72% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Brentford FC32% Draw28% Manchester City FC40%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Brentford FC or Draw

60%

Draw or Manchester City FC

68%

Brentford FC or Manchester City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Brentford FC25% Draw44% Manchester City FC31%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

1 – 2

8.7%

2 – 1

7.4%

0 – 1

7.2%

0 – 0

6.7%

0 – 2

6.4%

1 – 0

2 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

4.7%

1 – 3

4.7%

0 – 3

3.4%

3 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Brentford FC

Handicap	Brentford FC covers	Push	Manchester City FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	17%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	58%	—	42%
+1	58%	20%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	13%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Brentford FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Manchester City FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.