English Carabao Cup

Manchester City

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Manchester City won.
Manchester City beat Brentford
Brentford 0 – 2 Manchester City
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Match Details

Etihad Stadium (Manchester) · 38,254 fans · Paramount+ View tournament bracket →

Line Score

12T
MNC 11 2
BRE 00 0

Match Leaders

Brentford
  • KA Kristoffer Ajer — 1Total Shots
  • HV Hákon Valdimarsson — 5Saves
  • SV Sepp van den Berg — 55Accurate Passes
Manchester City
  • RC Rayan Cherki — 1Goals
  • S Savinho — 4Total Shots
  • JT James Trafford — 3Saves
  • NA Nathan Aké — 62Accurate Passes

Key Events

88'Substitution, Brentford. Gustavo Nunes replaces Kevin Schade.
88'Substitution, Brentford. Yunus Konak replaces Yehor Yarmoliuk.
86'Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82'Substitution, Manchester City. Charlie Gray replaces Phil Foden.
81'Substitution, Brentford. Romelle Donovan replaces Mathias Jensen.
76'Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Rico Henry.
75'Substitution, Brentford. Aaron Hickey replaces Michael Kayode.
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.
66'Substitution, Manchester City. Bernardo Silva replaces Rayan Cherki.
66'Substitution, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes replaces Nico González.
65'Substitution, Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol replaces Nico O'Reilly.
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.
19'Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Oscar Bobb because of an injury.
16'Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Recent Form

Manchester City W W W W W
Brentford L W L L D

Starting Lineups

Manchester City

  1. JT #1 James TraffordG
  2. NA #6 Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. AK #45 Abdukodir KhusanovCD-R
  4. NO #33 Nico O'ReillyLB
  5. RL #82 Rico LewisRB
  6. RC #10 Rayan CherkiAM
  7. NG #14 Nico GonzálezLM
  8. #4 Tijjani ReijndersRM
  9. DM #63 Divine MukasaF
  10. S #26 SavinhoAM-L
  11. OB #52 Oscar BobbAM-R

Brentford

  1. HV #12 Hákon ValdimarssonG
  2. SV #4 Sepp van den BergCD
  3. NC #22 Nathan CollinsCD-L
  4. KA #20 Kristoffer AjerCD-R
  5. RH #3 Rico HenryLB
  6. MK #33 Michael KayodeRB
  7. VJ #27 Vitaly JaneltCM
  8. MJ #8 Mathias JensenCM-L
  9. YY #18 Yehor YarmoliukCM-R
  10. KS #7 Kevin SchadeCF-L
  11. MD #24 Mikkel DamsgaardCF-R

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