Man City v Brentford LIVE: Premier League result as Erling Haaland goal sends City a point off the top

6 mins: Brentford not afraid to play out from the back themselves, they’ll try to play through City’s press this evening. It’s worked in the past - they’re the team who have most recently beaten City at the Etihad remember, back in December 2022.

Oscar Bobb gets his first touches on his first Premier League start as he runs at Roerslev, gets to the byline but cuts back and plays the ball to a teammate. Decent start for the youngster. City then win a corner.

4 mins: Walker and Reguilon clash near the corner flag and the City man comes out on top. When the ball comes back to him, his cross is deflected straight into the hands of Flekken, however

3 mins: City settling into their patterns of play now. Playing the ball around between Foden, Walker and Rodri.

Strong tackle by Haaland on the right touchline as Reguilon tries to run clear, he cuts inside and curls a shot towards goal but straight at Flekken. Haaland will be desperate to make an impact this evening after missing nine chances against Chelsea.

2 mins: Decent start by Brentford as they get down the left and pump a ball into the box but City’s defence deal with it. High press from Brentford to try and win the ball back, so City go long.

And we’re underway in Manchester. A big game in the Premier League title race.

The teams are out and we’re not far away from kick-off now. Can Brentford spring a shock and throw a cat among the title race pigeons

A reminder of the teams this evening, which includes Oscar Bobb getting his first Premier League start for Man City.

Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Akanji; Rodri, Bernardo; Foden, Alvarez, Bobb; Haaland

Brentford XI: Flekken; Ajer, Zanka, Mee; Roerslev, Onyeka, Norgaard, Janelt, Reguilon; Toney, Wissa

A reminder that tonight’s match is not on TV in the UK and here’s why.

The game wasn’t selected for TV coverage in the UK in December and was scheduled to be a 3pm Saturday kick-off, which is why it is not available to watch this evening even though it has now been moved to a midweek evening slot.

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A couple of starts ahead of this evening’s game, courtesy of Opta.

• Man City are unbeaten in their last 47 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) games at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League (W41 D6) since a 0-1 defeat to Tottenham in May 2010. They have won 26 of their last 27 such fixtures (D1), including each of their last 12 in a row.

• After Manchester City won 3-1 in the reverse meeting earlier this month, Man City v Brentford could become only the third instance of one team beating another twice in the same calendar month in the Premier League, with both of the previous two being achieved by Arsenal (v Bolton in January 2010 and v Wolves in February 2022).

Brentford boss Thomas Frank has backed Phil Foden as the England player most likely to be crowned Ballon d’Or winner.

The 23-year-old scored a hat-trick in Manchester City’s 3-1 win over Brentford earlier this month and the Bees manager was wary of a repeat showing ahead of Tuesday’s meeting between the sides at the Etihad Stadium.

Brentford were the last team to beat the defending Premier League champions at their Etihad home, Ivan Toney scoring the late winner in a 2-1 triumph in November 2022.

And they briefly led Pep Guardiola’s side again at the Gtech Stadium 14 days ago before Foden took over to steal the show with three well-taken strikes.

With 15 goals in 35 games so far in all competitions Foden is one short of his best scoring season for City and has featured in all but one of their league games this term.