English Carabao Cup

Man City vs Brentford 2025-26 English Carabao Cup, Quarterfinals

  • 32': Rayan Cherki
  • 67': Savinho
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2 - 0

Cherki channels Haaland in leading Man City to Carabao Cup semifinals

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Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 16': Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 19': Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Oscar Bobb because of an injury.
  • 32': Goal! Manchester City 1, Brentford 0. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  • 65': Substitution, Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol replaces Nico O'Reilly.
  • 66': Substitution, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes replaces Nico González.
  • 66': Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Rayan Cherki.
  • 67': Goal! Manchester City 2, Brentford 0. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders following a fast break.
  • 75': Substitution, Brentford. Aaron Hickey replaces Michael Kayode.
  • 76': Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Rico Henry.
  • 81': Substitution, Brentford. Romelle Donovan replaces Mathias Jensen.
  • 82': Substitution, Manchester City. Charlie Gray replaces Phil Foden.
  • 86': Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Substitution, Brentford. Yunus Konak replaces Yehor Yarmoliuk.
  • 88': Substitution, Brentford. Gustavo Nunes replaces Kevin Schade.

Game Information

Competition: English Carabao Cup

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England

Statistics

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5 Fouls 8
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
7 Offsides 0
1 Corner Kicks 5
5 Saves 3
39.7 Possession 60.3
3 SHOTS 15
3 ON GOAL 7
1.0 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
345 Accurate Passes 565
413 Passes 631
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 1
9 Crosses 8
0.1 Cross % 0.1
44 Long Balls 45
18 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
0 Blocked Shots 3
12 Effective Tackles 11
22 Tackles 18
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
4 Interceptions 4
19 Effective Clearances 22
19 Clearances 22

Line-Ups

MNC Manchester City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 James Trafford (GK)
6 Nathan Aké
45 Abdukodir Khusanov Yellow Card
33 Nico O'Reilly
82 Rico Lewis
10 Rayan Cherki
14 Nico González
4 Tijjani Reijnders
63 Divine Mukasa
26 Savinho
52 Oscar Bobb

BRE Brentford (5-3-2)

No. Name
12 Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson (GK)
4 Sepp van den Berg
22 Nathan Collins
20 Kristoffer Ajer
3 Rico Henry
33 Michael Kayode
27 Vitaly Janelt
8 Mathias Jensen
18 Yehor Yarmoliuk
7 Kevin Schade
24 Mikkel Damsgaard

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