Manchester City vs Brentford Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 05/09/26

Manchester City’s Premier League title hopes took a major blow on Monday night as they were held to a 3-3 draw at Everton, but they can move back to within 2 points of leaders Arsenal, temporarily at least, with a home success over Brentford. City did show plenty of battling spirit against Everton, coming from 3-1 down and snatching a point thanks to Jeremy Doku’s last-gasp equalizer, while that strike also extended their unbeaten run in the EPL to 12 games. 8 of those matches have ended in victory and Pep Guardiola will expect his side to bounce back against a Brentford team they have beaten in 5 of the last 6 meetings.

However, the Bees have tended to be competitive against the Citizens, with Man City not beating Brentford by more than a 2-goal margin across any of their last 9 meetings. That’s not to say City won’t score their fair share of goals – they average more than 2 per game at the Etihad Stadium this season – but Brentford are capable of getting on the scoresheet as well.

The Bees are still very much in the hunt for European qualification, and they are fresh from putting 3 past West Ham last weekend, a match that saw leading scorer Igor Thiago grab his 22nd top-flight goal of the campaign – only City’s Erling Haaland has more. Brentford have scored on 2 of their last 3 league visits to the Etihad, and Keith Andrews will demand a positive performance from his side. All things considered, Man City to win and both teams to score at +130 odds looks the best bet.

Manchester City vs Brentford prediction: Man City ML & BTTS (+130) available at time of publishing. Playable to +125.

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