Manchester City Form and Line-up
For three rounds Manchester City went without dropping points while Arsenal were losing almost at every step, but in the 35th round it was the turn of the home side to be tearing their hair out. By the 83rd minute the team were actually losing 1:3 away to Everton, and only goals from Erling Haaland (83rd minute) and Jeremy Doku (97th minute) salvaged at least a point. Three days later comes the rescheduled meeting with Crystal Palace — that looks a bit easier.
Key numbers:
City are unbeaten in domestic competitions in 18 matches (14 wins and three draws).
The longest winless home run this season has consisted of two matches (twice).
Only once in their previous six games in all competitions have Pep Guardiola's side scored fewer than two goals.
If matches lasted only until half-time, City would already have secured the title (+13 points).
Probable Manchester City Line-up
(4-2-3-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma — Nico O'Reilly, Marc Guehi, Abdukodir Khusanov, Matheus Nunes — Nico Gonzalez, Bernardo Silva — Jeremy Doku, Rayan Cherki, Antoine Semenyo — Erling Haaland
Absentees: Rodri, Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias
Brentford Form and Line-up
Since the beginning of February Brentford have almost without interruption occupied seventh place, which allows them to play in the Conference League next season. For a club that has never featured in European competitions, that would be a success. Over the last eight rounds the visitors have lost only once — to Manchester United in the penultimate round. The meeting with Arsenal (at home) came in February: on that occasion they did not let themselves be beaten (1:1).
Key numbers:
Since the start of spring Brentford have drawn five times and kept four clean sheets.
Including the FA Cup, the Bees have gone four away matches without a win.
Brentford are among the three weakest teams in the Premier League for converting expected goals (xG) — -10.58.
Igor Thiago is the second-top scorer in the Premier League (22 goals) behind Erling Haaland (City, 25 goals).
Probable Brentford Line-up
(4-2-3-1): Caoimhin Kelleher — Michael Kayode, Sepp van den Berg, Nathan Collins, Keane Lewis-Potter — Egor Yarmolyuk, Mathias Jensen — Dango Ouattara, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade — Igor Thiago.
Absentees: Jordan Henderson, Rico Henry, Antonio Milambo, Fabio Carvalho.
