Julián Álvarez’s Manchester City (one of Lionel Scaloni’s 26 players called up for the World Cup in Qatar) will host Brentford this Saturday in a match corresponding to the 16th day of the Premier League, the last before the stoppage imposed by the World Cup. The game will start at 9:30 and will be broadcast on ESPN and the Star+ platform.
Josep Guardiola’s side have 32 points and are second in the Premier League, two units behind leaders Arsenal. In their last appearance of this tournament, they beat Fulham 2-1 with a goal from Álvarez and one from Norway’s Erling Haaland last Saturday. Subsequently, they defeated Chelsea 2-0 on Wednesday to advance to the last 16 of the English League Cup.
For its part, Brentford is 11th with 16 points, half of those collected on Saturday by the opponent. The Bees come from sitting out of the League Cup after losing on penalties to Third Division Gillingham.
Probable alignments
Manchester City: Ederson; Stones, Akanji, Ake, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan; Bernardo, Haaland, Foden. Coach: Josep Guardiola.
Brentford: Band; Jorgensen, Mee, Pinnock; Roerslev, Jensen, Norgaard, Dasilva, Henry; Mbeumo, Tony. Coach: Thomas Frank.
Source: Clarin
