Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Man City
Match Time & Date:
14/09/2024
10:00 AM
Prediction: 3-0
Brentford
Manchester City will look to retain top position in the Premier League standings when they take on Brentford on Matchday 4. The Citizens made a flying start to the season, but Liverpool are already breathing down their neck. A man to watch in the home team will be Erling Haaland, who scored a late winner for Norway in the Nations League game against Austria, while his compatriot Oscar Bobb remains on the sidelines with injury.
The Bees, on the other hand, continue life without key attacker Ivan Toney, who joined Al Ahli for a fee of €40million. As Brentford are not regarded as good travellers, anything but a routine home win would be a big surprise. Rico Henry is rated doubtful for the match, while both Josh Dasilva and summer signing Igor Thiago remain in the recovery room. In their last meeting at Etihad Stadium Man City defeated Brentford 1-0.
Highlighted Player (Nathan Ake):
Ake is a professional footballer who plays for the Dutch National Team and AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League. The versatile defender who was born on the 18th of February, 1995, started his youth career in 2003 with local club ADO Den Haag. He then moved to Feyenoord in 2007 before joining Chelsea's youth academy four years later.
Ake made his first professional appearance at the age of 17, playing for the Blues in a 0-1 away victory against Norwich on the 26th of December, 2012. Barring a few starts and substitute appearances, Ake spent his next few years at Chelsea mostly in the reserves before being sent out on a one month loan to Reading in 2015. Upon his return, he immediately joined Watford on a season-long loan where his displays earned him the Watford's young player of the season award. Another successful loan spell at Bournemouth succeeded his time at Watford before Chelsea recalled him in January 2017.
At the start of the 17/18 season, the 24-year-old rejoined his current club Bournemouth permanently on a five-year contract worth 20 million pounds. On the International stage, Ake has represented the Netherlands at every youth level and has even captained the under-17 and under-19 sides. He made his first senior appearance on the 31st of May, 2017, featuring in Hollands 2-1 friendly win over Morocco.
Highlighted Team (Brentford):
Based in London, Brentford compete in the Championship and they were founded in 1898. Griffin Park has been the home ground of the club since 1904 and the capacity of the venue is 12,300.
The Bees have yet to play in the Premier League and it has to be noted that they made it to the FA Cup sixth round on four occasions (1937/1938, 1945/1946,1948/1949, 1988/1989). Brentford played in the League Cup round 4 in the 1982/1983 and 2010/2011 season and that is the club’s biggest success in the competition.
Brentford’s main rivals are Fulham and Queens Park Rangers and they take on each other in the West London Derby. The rivalry with the Cottagers is probably the biggest and you should bear in mind that the clashes between the two teams have their history of crowd violence. The colour of Brentford’s shirts is red and white and they wear black shorts.
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