Brentford vs Manchester City Prediction: can the Bees get another game going Surprise?

• Otta SupercomputerBacking Manchester City at Brentford, Pep Guardiola's men have a winning probability of 48.9%.
• Guardiola's next victory in the Premier League will be his 250th. In his 350th game in the competition, he will have achieved this goal 74 games less than any other manager.
• After beating Manchester United last week, Brentford can become the first team since Tottenham Hotspur in January 1996 to beat two Manchester clubs in a row in the Premier League.

Erling Harland not happy after Manchester Manchester City equalized twice in a 2-2 UEFA Champions League draw with Monaco on Wednesday, although the Norwegian at least scored twice in the goal.

Harland has now scored 50 goals in 52 Champions League matches, nine more games in the competition than any other player in their first half-century, and more than nine of the 51 clubs that have reached 50 games in the Championship managed in the same time period.

Having also scored twice in last weekend's 5-1 win over Burnley, Harland has scored 11 goals in eight games in all competitions this season, while his eight Premier League goals in the 2025-26 season doubles him as the second-most prolific player in the division (Antoine Semenio, Jaden Anthony and Igor Thiago all have four).

While Harland is firmly on track to improve his feats for the 2024-25 season, City may need to improve at the back to mount a serious challenge for the Premier League title.

Pep Guardiola's side will visit the Gtech Community Stadium to face Brentford in a late kick-off on Sunday and they would do well to be wary that Keith Andrews is improving the Bees.

Brentford beat Manchester United 3-1 in their last game, taking advantage of a series of errors by Ruben Amorim under-fire Thiago scored twice and joined the goal in the last minute Matias Jansen.

They could now become the second team to face both Manchester clubs to win back-to-back Premier League matches Highest points, Tottenham Hotspur are the only team to do so, back in January 1996 (4-1 against Manchester United, 1-0 against Manchester City).

The Bees have won four of their last six Premier League home games (D1 L1), including two of three at Andrews (D1). That followed an eight-game winless run on their own last season under Thomas Frank, who failed to score on five occasions.

Many fear for Brentford, apart from Frank's move to Tottenham, they lost key players Brian Mbemo, Joan Visser, Christian Nogard and Mark Flecken in the recent transfer window.

But after some early problems, Andrews has a side of his own playing a familiar kind of direct, efficient soccer. In fact While Brentford are tied for the fewest shots attempted in a game in the Premier League this season (51), they are tied for sixth in goals scored (9), with only Manchester City (18.4%) with a better shot conversion rate of 17.7%.

City and Brentford are also tied for the most goals scored in a game this season Fast breaks, three each, so Sunday's game could be an end-to-end affair.

Brentford will have to keep their cool if they want to play again Surprisingly, but luckily they have the Premier League's Tiago in the best form as a striker.

The Brazilian scored five goals on just six shots Goals in all competitions this season, as well as the Premier League, He scored four goals in a total of 10 attempts, which gave him The highest shot conversion rate among all players with 10 or more shots (40%).

At the other end, Brentford could have their hands full against the Phil Foden scored seven goals against them in the Premier League League. He's just scored more times against Brighton & Hove Albion (eight), who scored six times against the Bees At Gtech. Foden missed out on Thomas Tuchel's latest England squad as well, so it may feel as though he's got a point to prove.

Manchester City did come within five points of the Premier League last week, thanks to Liverpool's loss to Crystal Palace, but they're looking more vulnerable than they have in recent seasons.

Manchester City are the only team in the Premier League to have spent more than half of their total game time in winning positions this season (55.3%). However, they have spent more than two hours in front of their last two away league games - against Brighton and Arsenal - and have failed to win any of them (D1 L1), while they also conceded a midweek equalizer at Monaco.

If the visitors win, Guardiola will reach a milestone in the Premier League in record time. He is seeking his 250th victory as manager for the game, Sunday's match being his first in the division in charge of Manchester City.

Arsene Wenger holds the record for fewest games as a Premier League manager reaching 250 wins with 423 victories, so Pep Guardiola could surpass that target with a staggering 74 games.

Brentford vs Manchester City Head-to-Head

City had lost only one of their previous four Premier League matches, away to Brentford (W2 D1).

Their only loss at Gtech came in the 2022-23 season, when they had already locked up the Premier League title and rotated their squad before winning the FA Cup and the Champions League trophy.

The win completed a Premier League double for Brentford Manchester City, but since then the Bees have not won any of the club's last four matches Meetings in Match (D1 L3).

Brentford v Manchester City Predictions

Opta supercomputerBacking Manchester City makes it four Premier Sunday League chances to remain unbeaten with the visitors scoring 48.9% to win.

This does mean that Brentford have over 50% to make money However, there is something about the game. They won 27.2% in the pre-game Simulation with a draw of 23.9%.