English Premier League

FT Sunday, October 5, 2025
Manchester City WDWWD 1
–
Brentford LDWLW 0
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MNC101
BRE000
Gtech Community Stadium · 17,140 att. · USA Net · Universo

Match Report

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Haaland maintains scoring form as Man City beat Brentford

Erling Haaland's eighth goal of the season was enough to earn Manchester City all three points form their Premier League clash at Brenford on Sunday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
3
70
Possession
30
10
SHOTS
6
4
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
698
Accurate Passes
249
764
Passes
311
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
9
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.1
30
Long Balls
45
18
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
11
21
Effective Clearances
14
21
Clearances
14

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BRE · 5-3-2

  1. 1Caoimhín KelleherG
  2. 4Sepp van den BergCD
  3. 22Nathan CollinsCD-L
  4. 20Kristoffer AjerCD-R
  5. 2Aaron HickeyLB
  6. 33Michael KayodeRB
  7. 6Jordan HendersonCM
  8. 24Mikkel DamsgaardCM-L
  9. 18Yehor YarmoliukCM-R
  10. 7Kevin SchadeCF-L
  11. 9Igor ThiagoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Frank OnyekaSUB
  2. 27Vitaly JaneltSUB
  3. 12Hákon ValdimarssonSUB
  4. 19Dango OuattaraSUB
  5. 5Ethan PinnockSUB
  6. 8Mathias JensenSUB
  7. 3Rico HenrySUB
  8. 23Keane Lewis-PotterSUB
  9. 14Fábio CarvalhoSUB

MNC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 24Josko GvardiolCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 16RodriDM
  5. 33Nico O'ReillyLB
  6. 27Matheus NunesRB
  7. 47Phil FodenCM-L
  8. 4Tijjani ReijndersCM-R
  9. 26SávioLM
  10. 52Oscar BobbRM
  11. 9Erling HaalandF

Substitutes

  1. 14Nico GonzálezSUB
  2. 8Mateo KovacicSUB
  3. 82Rico LewisSUB
  4. 10Rayan CherkiSUB
  5. 6Nathan AkéSUB
  6. 5John StonesSUB
  7. 11Jérémy DokuSUB
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaSUB
  9. 1James TraffordSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Brentford 0, Manchester City 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
  2. 22' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico González replaces Rodri because of an injury.
  3. 45'+1' Kevin Schade (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 68' Substitution, Brentford. Dango Ouattara replaces Igor Thiago.
  5. 68' Substitution, Brentford. Mathias Jensen replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
  6. 70' Jordan Henderson (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 73' Substitution, Brentford. Frank Onyeka replaces Yehor Yarmoliuk because of an injury.
  8. 74' Substitution, Brentford. Vitaly Janelt replaces Jordan Henderson.
  9. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Oscar Bobb.
  10. 76' Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  11. 77' Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 83' Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 84' Dango Ouattara (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Brentford. Fábio Carvalho replaces Kristoffer Ajer.

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