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BRENTFORD. Manchester City prevailed over Brentford 3-1 thanks to P. Foden who scored in the 45th, 53rd and 70th minute. It was Brentford to score first with a goal from Neal Maupay. Nevertheless, later Manchester City found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with Phil Foden (45′), Phil Foden (53′) and Phil Foden (70′). Manchester City was truly better in terms of ball possession (72%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Brentford Community Stadium stadium in Brentford on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Jarred Gillett with the help of Neil Davies and Darren Cann. The 4th official was Stuart Attwell. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.02 degrees Celsius or 50.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester City had a strong ball possession 72% while Brentford was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was putting more pressure with 98 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 15 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match.​

Brentford shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Manchester City shot 25 times, 15 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Brentford received 1 yellow card (Neal Maupay). On the other side, Manchester City didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Brentford stays with 22 points to hold in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Manchester City will has 49 points like Arsenal to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Brentford will play away with Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 10th of February with a 8-4 head to head in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (5 draws).

Manchester City will host Everton on the 10th of February with a 21-12 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (7 draws).

Brentford – Formation

Brentford started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Thomas Frank decided to play with the following team: Mark Flekken (9.9), Nathan Collins (7.0), Ethan Pinnock (6.7), Ben Mee (7.0), Mads Roerslev (6.7), Mathias Jensen (6.4), Christian Nørgaard (7.0), Vitaly Janelt (6.3), Sergio Reguilón (7.1), Ivan Toney  (6.3) and Neal Maupay (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Zanka, Kristoffer Ajer (6.8), Thomas Strakosha, Mikkel Damsgaard (6.7), Shandon Baptiste, Yegor Yarmolyuk (6.8), Ethan Brierley, Benjamin Fredrick and Keane Lewis-Potter (6.4).

Substitutions

Brentford made 5 changes: Mads Roerslev for Keane Lewis-Potter (76′), Vitaly Janelt for Yegor Yarmolyuk (76′), Mathias Jensen for Mikkel Damsgaard (77′), Sergio Reguilón for Kristoffer Ajer (79′) and Neal Maupay for Shandon Baptiste (90′).

Player of the match: Mark Flekken​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Brentford was the goalkeeper: Mark Flekken. His rating is 9.89. He performed 12 saves.

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson (6.7), Kyle Walker  (7.5), Rúben Dias (8.4), Nathan Aké (7.3), Josko Gvardiol (7.8), Rodri (8.7), Bernardo Silva (7.3), Kevin De Bruyne (8.5), Julián Álvarez (7.5), Phil Foden (10.1) and Erling Haaland (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mateo Kovacic (6.7), Jack Grealish, Stefan Ortega, Manuel Akanji, Matheus Nunes, Oscar Bobb, Rico Lewis, John Stones and Jérémy Doku (6.7).

Substitutions

Manchester City made 2 changes: Bernardo Silva for Jeremy Doku (71′) and Erling Haaland for Mateo Kovačić (86′).

Player of the match: Rodri​

The player that probably impressed the most for Manchester City was Rodri even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.7 with 101 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Brentford – Manchester City – 1-3