Brentford v Manchester City, 05 February 2024

Score3-1 to Manchester City
RefereeJarred Gillett
CompetitionPremier League
VenueGtech Community Stadium
Attendance17,096

View Brentford v Manchester City head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 5 Brentford won: 2 Drawn: 0 Manchester City won: 3 Brentford scored: 4 Manchester City scored: 7 . Brentford failed in their attempt to become the first team to win three consecutive games in the Premier League against Manchester City since Liverpool in December 2016.

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

3 Manchester City

Manager: Pep Guardiola

Goals:

Neal Maupay 21 G

Goals:

Phil Foden 45+3 G
Phil Foden 53 G
Phil Foden 70 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mark Flekken
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender Ben Mee
Defender Ethan Pinnock
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder Sergio Reguilón
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Forward Neal Maupay
Forward Ivan Toney

Starting lineup:

Ederson Goalkeeper
Nathan Aké Defender
Joško Gvardiol Defender
Rúben Dias Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Rodri Defender/Midfielder
Julián Alvarez Midfielder/Forward
Bernardo Silva Midfielder/Forward
Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder/Forward
Phil Foden Midfielder/Forward
Erling Haaland Forward

Substitutions:

Keane Lewis-Potter for Vitaly Janelt 76
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Mads Roerslev 76
Mikkel Damsgaard for Mathias Jensen 77
Kristoffer Ajer for Sergio Reguilón 79
Shandon Baptiste for Neal Maupay 90+1

Substitutions:

Jérémy Doku for Bernardo Silva 71
Mateo Kovačić for Erling Haaland 86

Cards:

Neal Maupay 31 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender Benjamin Fredrick
Defender Mathias Jørgensen
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Ethan Brierley
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Stefan Ortega
Defender Manuel Akanji
Defender/Midfielder Rico Lewis
Defender/Midfielder Matheus Nunes
Defender/Midfielder John Stones
Midfielder Oscar Bobb
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder/Forward Jérémy Doku
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish

Comments:

League position: 15th . Brentford had now lost eight of their last ten games in all competitions (won one). . Neal Maupay had now scored in his last five games in all competitions after scoring five goals in his preceding 63 club appearances since January 2022. . Phil Foden's hat-trick was the first that the Bees had conceded in a league game since Craig Curran of Tranmere Rovers on 5 May 2007 in League One; longer than any other team currently in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Manchester City had now won their last nine games in all competitions. . They had now won their last four away games in the Premier League despite having been behind in all four. . On his 250th apperance for City in all competitions, Phil Foden scored the second hat-trick of his senior career; also in a 6-3 win against Manchester United in the Premier League in October 2022.

1 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Neal Maupay 21 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mark Flekken
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender Ben Mee
Defender Ethan Pinnock
Defender/Midfielder Christian Norgaard
Defender/Midfielder Mads Roerslev
Defender/Midfielder Sergio Reguilón
Midfielder Vitaly Janelt
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Forward Neal Maupay
Forward Ivan Toney

Substitutions:

Keane Lewis-Potter for Vitaly Janelt 76
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Mads Roerslev 76
Mikkel Damsgaard for Mathias Jensen 77
Kristoffer Ajer for Sergio Reguilón 79
Shandon Baptiste for Neal Maupay 90+1

Cards:

Neal Maupay 31 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha
Defender Benjamin Fredrick
Defender Mathias Jørgensen
Defender/Midfielder Kristoffer Ajer
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Keane Lewis-Potter
Midfielder Shandon Baptiste
Midfielder Ethan Brierley
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard

Comments:

League position: 15th . Brentford had now lost eight of their last ten games in all competitions (won one). . Neal Maupay had now scored in his last five games in all competitions after scoring five goals in his preceding 63 club appearances since January 2022. . Phil Foden's hat-trick was the first that the Bees had conceded in a league game since Craig Curran of Tranmere Rovers on 5 May 2007 in League One; longer than any other team currently in the Premier League.

3 Manchester City

Manager: Pep Guardiola

Goals:

Phil Foden 45+3 G
Phil Foden 53 G
Phil Foden 70 G

Starting lineup:

Ederson Goalkeeper
Nathan Aké Defender
Joško Gvardiol Defender
Rúben Dias Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Rodri Defender/Midfielder
Julián Alvarez Midfielder/Forward
Bernardo Silva Midfielder/Forward
Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder/Forward
Phil Foden Midfielder/Forward
Erling Haaland Forward

Substitutions:

Jérémy Doku for Bernardo Silva 71
Mateo Kovačić for Erling Haaland 86

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Stefan Ortega
Defender Manuel Akanji
Defender/Midfielder Rico Lewis
Defender/Midfielder Matheus Nunes
Defender/Midfielder John Stones
Midfielder Oscar Bobb
Midfielder Mateo Kovačić
Midfielder/Forward Jérémy Doku
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Manchester City had now won their last nine games in all competitions. . They had now won their last four away games in the Premier League despite having been behind in all four. . On his 250th apperance for City in all competitions, Phil Foden scored the second hat-trick of his senior career; also in a 6-3 win against Manchester United in the Premier League in October 2022.