Man City vs Brentford live early team news, start time and how to watch

Manchester City will hope to bounce back from their frustrating draw with Chelsea when they take on Brentford tonight.

City dominated the statistics against Chelsea at the weekend but had to settle for a point after Rodri cancelled out Raheem Sterling's opener. Erling Haaland was guilty of missing a number of chances, but Pep Guardiola has defended his striker and few would bet against him finding the net against Brentford.

John Stones and Bernardo Silva could return to the starting line-up after sitting on the bench against Chelsea, but Jack Grealish and Josko Gvardiol will sit out again with injury.

Phil Foden inspired City to a 3-1 win against Brentford recently, with this game rearranged from December when City won the Club World Cup. The Blues sit four points behind leaders Liverpool, who also play this week, but the sides will end the week level on games played when Liverpool play in the Carabao Cup final at the weekend.

Brentford were the last team to win at the Etihad in November 2022, before a remarkable run of 34 games unbeaten at home in all competitions, of which 29 have been wins.

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City are 15 games unbeaten, but the mood may be a little nervous after the frustrating draw with Chelsea at the weekend.

Pep Guardiola says that, on reflection, he is happy with City's performance and believes they were unlucky not to win in the end.

Getting three points against Brentford will be important in order to keep up with Liverpool, who are four points clear of the Blues in the table. Victory tonight will