Manchester City host Brentford in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals this evening, with both sides arriving at the Etihad hoping to book a place in the first cup semi-final of the season.
Pep Guardiola’s side are in fine form of late, having beaten Real Madrid and Crystal Palace last week to consolidate their Champions League standing while maintaining pressure on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
And tonight they could book yet another semi-final in a competition they have done well in under Guardiola, with the Spaniard having won the League Cup four times since 2017/18.
City’s opponents are a Bees side that are struggling under Keith Andrews in the Premier League, sitting in 15th, but with City likely to make changes to the starting XI, they will be wary of the potential for an upset at the Etihad tonight.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.
When is Manchester City vs Brentford?
The match is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 17 December at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. Kick-off is set for 7.30pm GMT.
How can I watch it?
Viewers in the UK can watch the match live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Ultra HDR, with coverage starting at 7pm GMT. Subscribers can also stream the action online via NOWTV.
If you’re not a Sky customer, you can grab a NOWTV Day Pass here to watch without a subscription.
Confirmed line-ups
Man City XI: Trafford, Lewis, Khusanov, Ake (C), O’Reilly, Nico, Reijnders, Bobb, Cherki, Savinho, Mukasa.
Brentford XI: Valdimarsson; Kayode, Collins, van den Berg, Ajer, Henry, Jensen, Yarmoliuk, Janelt, Damsgaard, Schade.
Team news
Pep Guardiola has made seven changes to the side that beat Crystal Palace last week, with wholesale changes in each area of the pitch. James Trafford replaces Giangluigi Donnarumma in goal, while three defensive changes see Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov and Nathan Ake come in for Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol.
Oscar Bobb replaces Bernardo Silva in midfield, while Phil Foden and Erling Haaland drop out of the attack in favour of Savinho and Divine Mukasa.
Keith Andrews had made six changes from the visitors’ draw to Leeds at the weekend, with Caoimhín Kelleher replaced in goal by Hákon Valdimarsson while Kristoff Ajer and Rico Henry come into defence for Aaron Hickey and Jordan Henderson.
In the attacking positions, Igor Thiago, Dango Ouattara and Keane Lewis-Potter make way for Yehor Yarmolyuk, Mikkel Damsgaard and Kevin Schade, with the former dropping back into midfield.
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