Manchester City 3-0 Brentford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 May 2026

Result

Manchester City 3-0 Brentford

Premier League · Saturday 9 May 2026, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 3-0 Brentford: match report

Manchester City beat Brentford 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 May 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Jérémy Doku opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Jérémy Doku (60'), Erling Haaland (75') and Omar Marmoush (90+2'). Brentford did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 4 yellow cards; Brentford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 71 points from 34 and Brentford 8th on 51 points from 35. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Brentford 9th with 53.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brentford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jérémy Doku of Manchester City (9.0), ahead of Caoimhín Kelleher (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Brentford.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaManchester City
  • 60'Goal · Jérémy DokuManchester City · 1-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Nico O'ReillyManchester City
  • 75'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 2-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Kristoffer AjerBrentford
  • 88'Yellow card · Jordan HendersonBrentford
  • 88'Yellow card · Matheus NunesManchester City
  • 90+2'Goal · Omar MarmoushManchester City · 3-0
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Omar MarmoushManchester City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 1, Brentford 2.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Marc Guéhi, Nathan Aké, Nico O'Reilly, Tijjani Reijnders, Bernardo Silva, Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

Brentford line-up (4-4-2)

Caoimhín Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Keane Lewis-Potter, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Aaron Hickey, Mathias Jensen, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago