Brentford and Manchester City are going to face off on Wednesday the 29th of December at 8:15 pm in the 20th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in London at the Brentford Community Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by David Coote.
Brentford occupies the 14th place in the league with 20 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 7 times.
Manchester City sits in the 1st position in the standings with 47 points. It comes from a 6-3 win against Leicester City in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 15 times, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Manchester City won the last 9 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 30th of October against Crystal Palace and the score was 0-2.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brentford
Brentford has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 88.24%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (15 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Á. Fernández Llorente, P. Jansson, E. Pinnock, M. Bech Sørensen, D. Thompson, O. Frank, M. Jensen, S. Canós Tenes, Y. Wissa, S. Ghoddos and I. Toney.
If the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Brentford would be 24.91.
Thomas Frank will probably not be able to employ M. Roerslev Rasmussen and B. Mbeumo because of injury.
D. Raya Martin, K. Vassbakk Ajer, C. Goode, V. Janelt, P. Dasilva, T. Fosu and R. Henry will definitely miss the match.
Thomas Frank will not be able to have the presence of C. Nørgaard who is suspended.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 84.21%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (16 times) and 4-2-3-1 (3 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: E. Santana de Moraes, O. Zinchenko, R. Santos Gato Alves Dias, A. Laporte, J. Cavaco Cancelo, F. Rosa, İ. Gündoğan, P. Foden, J. Grealish, B. Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva and G. de Jesus.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Manchester City would be 26.91.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ J. Stones, K. Walker and R. Hernández Cascante because of injury.
K. De Bruyne will definitely miss the match.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will not be able to have the presence of B. Mendy who is suspended.