English Premier League

Man City vs Brentford 2024-25 English Premier League

  • 19': Erling Haaland
  • 32': Erling Haaland
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2 - 1
  • 1': Yoane Wissa

Haaland strikes twice as Man City come from behind to beat Brentford

Manchester City beat Brentford 2-1 at home on Saturday to maintain their perfect start to the Premier League season after Erling Haaland netted twice following the fastest goal of the season from the visitors.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Goal! Manchester City 0, Brentford 1. Yoane Wissa (Brentford) header from very close range to the top right corner.
  • 19': Goal! Manchester City 1, Brentford 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 32': Goal! Manchester City 2, Brentford 1. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ederson.
  • 42': Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Substitution, Brentford. Kevin Schade replaces Yoane Wissa because of an injury.
  • 45': Substitution, Manchester City. Rodri replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  • 45': Substitution, Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol replaces Rico Lewis.
  • 47': Savinho (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 72': Substitution, Brentford. Fábio Carvalho replaces Vitaly Janelt.
  • 72': Substitution, Brentford. Mads Roerslev replaces Kristoffer Ajer.
  • 79': John Stones (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Nathan Collins (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
  • 84': Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Jack Grealish.
  • 84': Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmoliuk replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
  • 84': Substitution, Manchester City. Rúben Dias replaces John Stones.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes replaces Savinho because of an injury.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Brentford 1.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 52,148

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
0 Arsenal 0 0 0
0 Aston Villa 0 0 0
0 AFC Bournemouth 0 0 0
0 Brentford 0 0 0
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Statistics

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3 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
3 Corner Kicks 12
5 Saves 5
46.2 Possession 53.8
8 SHOTS 18
5 ON GOAL 7
0.6 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
398 Accurate Passes 485
468 Passes 544
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
6 Accurate Crosses 1
12 Crosses 15
0.5 Cross % 0.1
60 Long Balls 36
29 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 5
15 Effective Tackles 5
20 Tackles 12
0.8 Tackle % 0.4
9 Interceptions 5
22 Effective Clearances 12
22 Clearances 12

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
31 Ederson (GK)
25 Manuel Akanji
5 John Stones Yellow Card
82 Rico Lewis
2 Kyle Walker
17 Kevin De Bruyne
19 Ilkay Gündogan
8 Mateo Kovacic Yellow Card
9 Erling Haaland
10 Jack Grealish
26 Savinho Yellow Card

BRE Brentford (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Mark Flekken (GK)
5 Ethan Pinnock
22 Nathan Collins Yellow Card
4 Sepp van den Berg
23 Keane Lewis-Potter
20 Kristoffer Ajer
6 Christian Nørgaard
27 Vitaly Janelt
24 Mikkel Damsgaard
19 Bryan Mbeumo
11 Yoane Wissa

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