Manchester City vs. Brentford 2/9/22 Premier League Soccer Pick, Predictions, Odds

Manchester City and Brentford face off on Wednesday in an English Premier League showdown at the City of Manchester Stadium. When these two teams faced off on December 29th it was Manchester City that won 1-0. 

Manchester City comes into this game sitting in 1st place in the standings having picked up 57 points. Even though Manchester City has found so much success in their last game against Southampton, they played to a 1-1 draw. Manchester City has scored 55 goals total while their defense has given up 14 goals. Bernardo Silva and Raheem Sterling have been the top two players both scoring seven goals. In this game, Manchester City is going to need to try and get the first goal early and put pressure on Manchester CIty. 

On the other side of this matchup is Brentford who sit in 14th place in the standings having picked up 23 points. Brentford played well to start the season, but they have been having some issues as of late. In the last game against the Wolves, they scored a goal but the defense gave up two goals. Brentford has scored 26 goals total while their defense has given up 38 goals total. Ivan Toney has been the top player for Brentford scoring six goals and adding two assists. In this game, if Brentford wants to come away with a victory, the defense is going to need to be good. 

Brentford’s defense has been awful this season, and Manchester City is going to run up the score in this game. Look for Manchester City to score at least three goals, and that is going to be the difference as Brentford has no answer. Back Manchester City -2.5 to cash.