Manchester City have won three out of three this season to assume a familiar position at the top of the Premier League.
Erling Haaland is in lethal form and followed his strike against Chelsea on the opening weekend with back-to-back hat-tricks in the victories over Ipswich Town and West Ham.
Nevertheless, Thomas Frank's Brentford have often proved problematic opponents for City. They were the only team to defeat Pep Guardiola's treble winners twice in 2022/23 and narrowly fell to a tense 1-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium last season when Haaland got the decisive goal.
The Sporting News looks at the confirmed team news, the latest on injuries, and the confirmed lineups for this fixture.
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Man City vs. Brentford lineups, confirmed starting 11, confirmed team news
Jack Grealish made his first start of the season at West Ham before the international break and was then on the scoresheet as England beat the Republic of Ireland in Dublin. The 29-year-old kept his place, even as Savinho returned from the knee complaint that ruled him out at the London Stadium.
Phil Foden has not featured since the opening weekend of the season due to illness and sat out England's games with Ireland and Finland. Guardiola has the PFA Player of the Year on the bench if required, alongside fellow Ballon d'Or nominee Rodri.
Defender Nathan Ake was injured in the Netherlands' UEFA Nations League match against Germany this week, while John Stones and Kyle Walker come in for their first club starts of the campaign. Haaland was granted leave following the death of a close family friend by cleared to start by Guardiola.
Man City XI (3-3-3-1, right to left): Ederson (GK) — Walker, Stones, Akanji — Kovacic, Gundogan, Lewis — Savinho, De Bruyne, Grealish — Haaland.
Injured: Nathan Ake, Oscar Bobb
Suspended: None
This is Brentford's first game since attacking talisman Ivan Toney completed his move to the Saudi Pro League but the England striker did not feature as Frank's men racked up six points from their opening three games.
Haaland is the only player to have scored more than Bryan Mbeumo's three so far this term. Summer signing Sepp van den Berg comes into bolster a defence where Kristoffer Ajer is fit to start.
Brentford XI (5-2-3, right to left): Flekken (GK) — Ajer, Van den Berg, Collins, Pinnock, Janelt — Norgaard, Damsgaard — Mbeumo, Wissa, Lewis-Potter
Injured: Rico Henry, Igor Thiago, Josh Dasilva, Aaron Hickey
Suspended: None
Man City vs. Brentford live stream, TV channel
Here's how to watch this Premier League match across selected areas of the world's major regions:
| Region | TV | Streaming |
| USA | — | Peacock |
| Canada | — | Fubo |
| UK | — | — |
| Australia | — | Optus Sport |
| India | — | JioTV, Hotstar VIP |
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