Manchester City 2-0 Brentford: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 9 February 2022
Result
Manchester City 2-0 Brentford
Premier League · Wednesday 9 February 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester City 2-0 Brentford: match report
Manchester City beat Brentford 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 9 February 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Riyad Mahrez (40', penalty) and Kevin De Bruyne (69'). Brentford did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 57 points from 23 and Brentford 14th on 23 points from 23. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 93 points, and Brentford 13th with 46.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brentford in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to João Cancelo of Manchester City (8.3), ahead of Kevin De Bruyne (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 0 draws and 0 for Brentford.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Brentford's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 40'Penalty goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 69'Goal · Kevin De Bruyne
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Ederson, John Stones, Rúben Dias, Aymeric Laporte, João Cancelo, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling
Brentford line-up (3-5-2)
David Raya, Kristoffer Ajer, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Mads Roerslev, Frank Onyeka, Christian Nørgaard, Mathias Jensen, Rico Henry, Sergi Canós, Saman Ghoddos