Man City injury, suspension news and return dates for Brentford: Dias, Stones, Rodri
On the hunt for a fourth successive victory across all competitions, a rejuvenated Manchester City head down south to tackle Brentford in Tuesday’s Premier League affair.
Pep Guardiola‘s men showed no mercy to a beleaguered Salford City side in Saturday’s FA Cup third-round showdown, pummelling the League Two side 8-0 on a night where James McAtee struck a hat-trick.
That Salford slaughter came in the wake of successive Premier League triumphs over West Ham United and Leicester City, propelling the Citizens up to sixth in the top-flight table, just two points shy of the top four.
Here, Sports Mole rounds up Man City’s latest injury and suspension news ahead of their clash with Brentford, who were upset 1-0 by Plymouth Argyle in cup action at the weekend.
It has been almost four months since Ballon d’Or winner Rodri suffered his devastating ACL injury against Arsenal, but Guardiola has not ruled out the prospect of the Spaniard returning before the season is over.
Prior to the win over Salford, Guardiola confirmed that Oscar Bobb was back in partial training following his leg break, but he will not be rushed back into action and has no chance of making his return at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Ruben Dias hurt his calf in December’s Manchester derby defeat to Manchester United, and Guardiola admitted before the weekend that he did not know when the centre-back would be fit again, but a comeback is anticipated before the end of the month.
John Stones has been troubled by a foot problem for the past few weeks, and having not made the cut against Salford, the England international is expected to miss the trip to West London too.
Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Brentford FC
As disastrous as much of this season has been for Manchester City (especially so by their elite standards), a top four berth can still be salvaged. They are all but certain to not defend their Premier League title this season, but they enter the trip to Brentford FC on Tuesday having won their last two and undefeated in their last three.
Manchester City at Brentford FC FYIs
Kick-off time: 7:30 PM GMT, 14th January 2025, Gtech Community Stadium
Man City Preview Material: Starting XI Prediction Team News
Google Result Probability: Man City 58% Brentford FC 21% Draw 21%
City, heavily favored to win here, are just one point out of fifth pace and two points out of fourth. Brentford FC comes in sitting midtable (11th place) and having won only once in the past five.
City manager Pep Guardiola has some injury concerns to contend with, but he’ll have no issues selecting a strong team here. Especially when you consider the younger, more squad player heavy side he fielded in the 8-0 win over Salford City earlier today.
Squad rotation was done on the weekend, and now it’s time to rotate back for midweek.
Manchester City Starting XI Prediction at Brentford FC
Stefan Ortega; Rico Lewis, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, Josko Gvardiol; Mateo Kovacic; Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne, Savinho; Erling Haaland
