Brentford 0-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2025

Result

Brentford 0-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2025, 15:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Brentford 0-1 Manchester City: match report

Brentford lost to Manchester City 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 October 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Erling Haaland of Manchester City in the 9th minute.

Discipline: Brentford received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 16th on 7 points from 6 and Manchester City 9th on 10 points from 6. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Manchester City 2nd with 78.

Brentford lined up in a 5-3-2 and Manchester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Phil Foden of Manchester City (7.8), ahead of Rúben Dias (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brentford wins, 1 draw and 5 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Brentford's last five read W-L-D-L-W and Manchester City's W-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Kevin SchadeBrentford
  • 70'Yellow card · Jordan HendersonBrentford
  • 77'Yellow card · Matheus NunesManchester City
  • 83'Yellow card · Nico O'ReillyManchester City
  • 84'Yellow card · Dango OuattaraBrentford

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Brentford 2, draws 1, Manchester City 5.

Team news

Brentford line-up (5-3-2)

Caoimhín Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Kristoffer Ajer, Sepp van den Berg, Nathan Collins, Aaron Hickey, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Jordan Henderson, Mikkel Damsgaard, Igor Thiago, Kevin Schade

Manchester City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Rodri, Oscar Bobb, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden, Savinho, Erling Haaland