Man City vs Brentford prediction and odds ahead of Premier League clash

Pep Guardiola will be expecting his side to make a statement of intent after missing a golden opportunity to leapfrog Premier League leaders Liverpool at the weekend. With the Reds beating Brentford convincingly a the Gtech Community Stadium, it now puts the reigning champions four points behind Jurgen Klopp's side.

City are the clear favourites going into this match at 2/13 with CopyBet while Brentford are 14/1 longhsots to produce a shock at the Etihad Stadium and a draw is 13/2. Guardiola's side have won six of their last eight home games against Brentford in all competitions but did suffer a 2-1 defeat in this fixture last season which is going for 40/1.

Thomas Frank's side meanwhile, seem to be in a sticky situation and have failed to address the issues in defence. In their last five league outings they have conceded 12 times including four at the weekend and three in the reverse fixture against City too.

Man City to win to nil - 10/11

Man City to score over 3.5 goals - 17/10

Erling Haaland to score anytime - 46/100

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City will be looking to close Liverpool's lead to just one point and while they will be frustrated they missed the chance of potentially leapfrogging their title rivals, they will need to make sure the pressure is on with the business end of the season fast approaching.

They will want to send a strong message to Liverpool and Arsenal that they too mean business and are going to push on in this title race with a big win at home against Brentford.

The hosts had 31 attempts on goals and only managed five shots on targets so it is safe to say