Brentford and Manchester City are going to face off on Sunday the 28th of May at 4:30 pm in the 38th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in London at the Brentford Community Stadium.
Brentford occupies the 9th position in the table with 56 points. It comes from a 1-3 win against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 14 times, draw 14 times, and lost 9 times.
Manchester City sits in the 1st position in the standings with 89 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 28 times, draw 5 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brentford
Brentford has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 54.05%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (20 times), 3-5-2 (10 times), 5-3-2 (6 times) and (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: David Raya, Rico Henry, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Aaron Hickey, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Brentford would be 26.09.
Pontus Jansson, Christian Nørgaard and Keane Lewis-Potter will definitely miss the match.
Thomas Frank will not be able to have the presence of Ivan Toney who is suspended.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 35.14%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (13 times), 3-2-4-1 (11 times), 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 3-3-1-3 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: Ederson Moraes, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, Manuel Akanji, R. Lewis, Rodri Hernández, Cole Palmer, Kevin De Bruyne, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez and Erling Haaland.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Manchester City would be 27.27.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ Nathan Aké and Phil Foden because of injury.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of Benjamin Mendy who is suspended.
