Man City vs Brentford 2024-25 English Premier League

Manchester City

19': Erling Haaland
32': Erling Haaland

FT
2 - 1

Brentford

1': Yoane Wissa

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

Erling Haaland of Manchester City scores his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Brentford FC [1296x729]

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
+21	Arsenal	17	39	2
+25	Manchester City	17	37	4
+9	Aston Villa	17	36	3
+12	Chelsea	17	29	4

Full Table

Statistics

BRE		MNC
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

Manchester City (4-2-3-1)

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

Substitutes:

Rúben Dias, James McAtee, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Stefan Ortega, Phil Foden, Jérémy Doku, Matheus Nunes, Josko Gvardiol.

Brentford (5-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Mark Flekken (GK)
5	Ethan Pinnock
22	Nathan Collins
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