English Premier League

Brentford vs Man City 2021-22 English Premier League

Brentford
    FT
    0 - 1
    Manchester City
    • 16': Phil Foden

    Manchester City beat Brentford to extend Premier League lead over Chelsea, Liverpool

    Manchester City beat Brentford 2-1 to extend their lead atop the Premier League standings.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 16': Goal! Brentford 0, Manchester City 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
    • 17': VAR Decision: Goal Manchester City - Brentford 0-1 Manchester City (Phil Foden).
    • 45': Second Half begins Brentford 0, Manchester City 1.
    • 69': Substitution, Brentford. Sergi Canós replaces Yoane Wissa.
    • 75': Substitution, Brentford. Mads Bidstrup replaces Frank Onyeka.
    • 82': Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Dominic Thompson because of an injury.

    Game Information

    Competition: English Premier League

    Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
    Location: London, England
    Attendance: 17,009

    English Premier League Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    +20 Arsenal 16 36 2
    +22 Manchester City 16 34 4
    +8 Aston Villa 16 33 3
    +12 Chelsea 16 28 4
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    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 12
    0 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 0
    5 Corner Kicks 3
    3 Saves 2
    76.3 Possession 23.7
    12 SHOTS 6
    3 ON GOAL 2
    0.3 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    634 Accurate Passes 136
    716 Passes 217
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.6
    3 Accurate Crosses 1
    21 Crosses 10
    0.1 Cross % 0.1
    45 Long Balls 59
    26 Accurate Long Balls 16
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
    4 Blocked Shots 2
    4 Effective Tackles 6
    11 Tackles 17
    0.4 Tackle % 0.4
    8 Interceptions 16
    10 Effective Clearances 17
    10 Clearances 17

    Line-Ups

    BRE Brentford (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    40 Álvaro Fernández (GK)
    18 Pontus Jansson
    29 Mads Bech Sørensen
    5 Ethan Pinnock
    15 Frank Onyeka
    26 Shandon Baptiste
    8 Mathias Jensen
    2 Dominic Thompson
    30 Mads Roerslev
    17 Ivan Toney
    11 Yoane Wissa
    Substitutes:
    Marcus Forss, Fin Stevens, Myles Peart-Harris, Mads Bidstrup, Matthew Cox, Sergi Canós, Saman Ghoddos.

    MNC Manchester City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    31 Ederson (GK)
    14 Aymeric Laporte
    3 Rúben Dias
    6 Nathan Aké
    27 João Cancelo
    25 Fernandinho
    20 Bernardo Silva
    17 Kevin De Bruyne
    10 Jack Grealish
    47 Phil Foden
    9 Gabriel Jesus
    Substitutes:
    Riyad Mahrez, Luke Mbete, Zack Steffen, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Raheem Sterling, Scott Carson, Ilkay Gündogan, Cole Palmer.

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