Man City vs Brentford

9 May 2026 · Premier League · 2025/26 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Jéremy Doku 60’
  • Erling Haaland 75’
  • Omar Marmoush 90+2’

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Brentford. It was goalless at half-time.

Jéremy Doku put Man City ahead from a corner in the 60th minute, Erling Haaland made it 2-0 in the 75th minute, and Omar Marmoush made it 3-0 in stoppage time, set up by Erling Haaland.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 4.44 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Brentford's 0.67 from 4.

Match stats

58% Possession 42%
25 Shots 4
10 Shots on target 2
10 Corners 2
110 Attacks 63
84 Dangerous attacks 38
474 Passes 337
86% Pass accuracy 77%
14 Tackles 24
8 Fouls 14
4 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 2

Key events

Man City Brentford
Kick-off
Jéremy DokuShot on target
3’
Erling HaalandShot on target
26’
Erling HaalandShot on target
28’
Nathan AkéShot on target
28’
Bernardo SilvaArgument
36’
Half-time0-0
Second half underway
55’
ThiagoShot on target
Jérémy DokuRight foot shot1-0 (Man City)
60’
Phil FodenTijjani Reijnders
60’
Omar MarmoushRayan Cherki
60’
61’
Vitaly JaneltAaron Hickey
Phil FodenShot on target
67’
68’
Dango OuattaraMikkel Damsgaard
Nico O'ReillyFoul
74’
Erling HaalandRight foot shot2-0 (Man City)
75’
Erling HaalandShot on target
75’
79’
Jordan Henderson Yegor Yarmolyuk
80’
Kristoffer AjerFoul
Phil FodenShot on target
82’
88’
Jordan Henderson Argument
Matheus NunesArgument
88’
SavinhoJérémy Doku
90’
Omar MarmoushRight foot shot3-0 (Man City)
90+2’
90+4’
ThiagoShot on target
Omar MarmoushTime wasting
90+5’
Full-time3-0

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.44 0.67 60’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), 1-0 60’ 75’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-0 75’ 90+2’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), 3-0 90+2’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.44 0.67 60’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), 1-0 Doku 60’ 75’ Erling Haaland (Man City), 2-0 Haaland 75’ 90+2’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), 3-0 Marmoush 90+2’
Man City 4.44 xGBrentford 0.67 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Man City attacking 
75’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.88 xG, goal 28’ Nathan Aké (Man City), from a corner, 0.77 xG, saved 75’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.65 xG, saved 90+4’ Thiago (Brentford), open play, 0.57 xG, saved 67’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 26’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 20’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 90+2’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 82’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 28’ Erling Haaland (Man City), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 39’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Thiago (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 35’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 3’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 44’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 29’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 60’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 73’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Antoine Semenyo (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Antoine Semenyo (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Aaron Hickey (Brentford), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Nathan Aké (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 75’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.88 xG, goal 28’ Nathan Aké (Man City), from a corner, 0.77 xG, saved 75’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.65 xG, saved 90+4’ Thiago (Brentford), open play, 0.57 xG, saved 67’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.46 xG, saved 26’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 20’ Erling Haaland (Man City), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 90+2’ Omar Marmoush (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 82’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 28’ Erling Haaland (Man City), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 55’ Thiago (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 39’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 35’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Mathis Cherki (Man City), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 3’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 44’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 29’ Bernardo Silva (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Jéremy Doku (Man City), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 44’ Antoine Semenyo (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 54’ Antoine Semenyo (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 24’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Aaron Hickey (Brentford), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Nathan Aké (Man City), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Lineups

Man City 4-2-3-1 Starting XI
Donnarumma
Nunes
Guéhi
Aké
O'Reilly
Reijnders 60’
Silva
Semenyo
Cherki 60’
Doku 90’
Haaland
Brentford 4-4-2 Starting XI
Kelleher
Lewis-Potter
Collins
Ajer
Kayode
Damsgaard 68’
Jensen
Hickey 61’
Yarmolyuk 79’
Thiago
Schade

Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gianluigi Donnarumma GK900 0.000.000
Matheus Nunes DEF900 0.000.072
Nathan Aké DEF902 0.790.021
Marc Guehi DEF900 0.000.000
Nico O'Reilly DEF900 0.000.051
Bernardo Silva MID902 0.080.041
Tijjani Reijnders MID624 0.120.000
Antoine Semenyo MID902 0.060.361
Mathis Cherki MID623 0.190.072
Jéremy Doku MID9014 0.191.016
Erling Haaland FWD90115 2.290.202
Omar Marmoush Sub2811 0.130.651
Phil Foden Sub282 0.580.000
Sávio Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 70% Avg odds 1.34
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.57
Brentford win 13% Avg odds 7.32

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man City DWWWD
Brentford DDDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 0-1 Man City, 05 Oct 25 Next meeting: Brentford vs Man City, 05 Dec 26 (upcoming)  All Man City vs Brentford meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Timeline, lineups and team statistics from Sportmonks. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.