Brentford vs Manchester City prediction | 5 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Brentford
Ranking: #18 overall, #8 in England

85.4 → 83.7 (-1.7 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 30 Aug Leeds Utd (A) 85.0 +0.2
1-1 05 Sep Sunderland (H) 84.1 -0.9
2-2 12 Sep Bournemouth (A) 83.5 -0.6
3-0 18 Sep Chelsea (H) 84.4 +0.9
2-2 10 Oct Aston Villa (A) 83.7 -0.7
Manchester City
Ranking: #5 overall, #2 in England

90.5 → 91.2 (+0.7 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-2 08 Sep Porto (A) 91.6 +0.7
0-1 13 Sep Man United (A) 91.6 0.0
5-3 20 Sep Sunderland (H) 90.4 -1.2
0-3 11 Oct Liverpool (A) 90.8 +0.4
2-4 14 Oct PSG (H) 91.2 +0.4

Brentford vs Manchester City: by the numbers

There are 13 places between these two in our European rankings, with Manchester City the higher, and 6 places between them in England.

Manchester City arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +0.7 rating points over their last 10 matches against Brentford's -1.7.

Last time these teams played, on 9 May 2026, Brentford lost 0.6 rating points.

Brentford first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 85.4 on 2 May 2026.

The highest Manchester City have ever stood in our European rankings is #1, first reached on 26 July 2018.