Manchester City vs Brentford match stats & report

3–0 Full time

Premier League · England · Regular Season - 36 · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · Ref M. Salisbury

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Manchester City beat Brentford 3–0 in the Premier League on 9 May 2026. Expected goals finished 2.98–0.24. Manchester City had 59% of the ball.

Manchester City vs Brentford match statistics

Manchester CityBrentford

59% Ball possession 41%
2.98 Expected goals (xG) 0.24
25 Total shots 4
10 Shots on target 2
7 Shots off target 1
8 Blocked shots 1
15 Shots inside the box 2
10 Corners 2
8 Fouls 14
0 Offsides 2
4 Yellow cards 2
463 Passes 320
86% Pass accuracy 76%
2 Goalkeeper saves 7

Goals and cards

36' Yellow card B. Silva Manchester City
60' Goal J. Doku Manchester City
74' Yellow card N. O'Reilly Manchester City
75' Goal E. Haaland Manchester City
80' Yellow card K. Ajer Brentford
88' Yellow card M. Nunes Manchester City
88' Yellow card J. Henderson Brentford
90' Goal Omar Marmoush (assist E. Haaland) Manchester City
90+5' Yellow card Omar Marmoush Manchester City

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Manchester City

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Pep Guardiola

25 G. Donnarumma

33 N. O'Reilly 6 Nathan Aké 15 M. Guéhi 27 M. Nunes

20 B. Silva 4 T. Reijnders

11 J. Doku 10 R. Cherki 42 A. Semenyo

9 E. Haaland

Bench J. Trafford , Rúben Dias , R. Aït-Nouri , M. Kovačić , J. Stones , P. Foden , Omar Marmoush , Nico , Savinho

Brentford

Confirmed 4-4-2 Keith Andrews

1 C. Kelleher

23 K. Lewis-Potter 22 N. Collins 20 K. Ajer 33 M. Kayode

24 M. Damsgaard 2 A. Hickey 8 M. Jensen 18 Y. Yarmolyuk

9 Thiago 7 K. Schade

Bench H. Valdimarsson , J. Henderson , E. Pinnock , J. Dasilva , R. Nelson , V. Janelt , S. van den Berg , D. Ouattara , K. Furo

Form guide

Manchester City at home

8–0–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.5 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 7.7 per game
Shots on target: 6.0 per game

32% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Brentford away

2–6–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.5 per game
Conceded: 1.6 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 3.8 per game
Shots on target: 3.3 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Manchester City vs Brentford head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
5 Oct 25	Brentford v Manchester City	0–1
14 Jan 25	Brentford v Manchester City	2–2
14 Sep 24	Manchester City v Brentford	2–1
20 Feb 24	Manchester City v Brentford	1–0
5 Feb 24	Brentford v Manchester City	1–3
28 May 23	Brentford v Manchester City	1–0

The full Manchester City vs Brentford head-to-head record