Week 16 brings us a match on Nov 12th, where Manchester City will host Brentford in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Manchester City recorded a 2-1 win against Fulham. Julián Álvarez struck first for Manchester City in the 16th minute, then Andreas Pereira tied it up for Fulham in the 28th minute. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10, while 11th placed Brentford is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest. Morgan Gibbs-White struck first for Nottingham Forest in the 20th minute, but Bryan Mbeumo got the equalizer for Brentford in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time . Brentford is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Manchester City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Brentford’s most prolific scorer has been Ivan Toney. The English attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Erling Braut Håland has been the most effective weapon for Manchester City lately. The Norwegian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last five matches
Josep Guardiola i Sala’s Manchester City squad will be without Kyle Walker, João Cancelo, Manuel Akanji and Kalvin Phillips, while Aaron Hickey, Thomas Strakosha and Charlie Goode are unavailable to play for Thomas Frank’s team.