Manchester City Vs Brentford Prediction: Betting Tips & Odds

With the Premier League title race taking another twist, here are our best Manchester City vs Brentford betting tips and predictions ahead of Saturday's clash at the Etihad Stadium.

Monday night's 3-3 draw at Everton was a crushing blow to Manchester City's title hopes.

The Carabao Cup winners dominated the first half, but struggled to break Everton down until Jeremy Doku's curling strike broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time.

However, a disastrous 15-minute period in the second half saw City concede three goals, as their title challenge looked to be evaporating in front of them.

Erling Haaland then pulled one back, before Doku grabbed an equaliser in the seventh minute of stoppage time to salvage a draw.

The result left City five points behind Arsenal, with just one game in hand.

Now, they host a Brentford side still chasing European football, with just one defeat in their last six Premier League games.

When these two met earlier in the season, City were victorious in both the Carabao Cup and Premier League.

But with the pressure on Pep Guardiola's side on Saturday, could an upset be on the cards?

All odds taken from Betnero at 13:30 UK time on Thursday, 7 May 2026

Manchester City Vs Brentford Prediction

Unsurprisingly, home side Manchester City are the overwhelming favourites for this one with most UK betting sites. The Cityzens are priced at 1.33, compared to Brentford at 7.50, making the London club massive underdogs.

History back up this prediction, with City winning five of their previous six meetings with Brentford on home turf.

Brentford's only win at the Etihad came in 2022, with a 2-1 Premier League victory. Given City's desperate need to take maximum points on Saturday, it's hard to see any result but a home victory.

This won't be a walkover for the hosts, but the quality and intensity City can bring should mean they have enough to get over the line, even if they failed to do so against Everton on Monday.

Prediction: Manchester City 3-1 Brentford

Manchester City Vs Brentford Betting Tips

Below, we have chosen our top three Manchester City vs Brentford betting tips ahead of Saturday's huge clash at the Etihad.

Manchester City & Yes - Result/Both Teams To Score - 6.33

First up, we expect to see Manchester City claim the win, but not without letting Brentford onto the scoresheet.

City showed in their draw against Everton that they can be vulnerable.

While we do expect them to have enough for three points this weekend, Brentford are a solid side capable of causing problems.

We therefore feel that a City win with both teams to score is a very likely outcome.

Jeremy Doku First Goalscorer - 9.50

Our pick for first goalscorer is Manchester City winger, Jeremy Doku. The Belgian has been in superb form of late, scoring twice against the Toffees in a man-of-the-match performance.

Doku's heroics were the only thing that prevented City from falling to a catastrophic defeat at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

He has shown his ability to score out of nothing and is playing incredibly at present.

And, with odds of 9.50, we feel there's good potential for profit if he does grab the opening goal on Saturday afternoon.

Over 11.5 corners - 2.30

Finally, we think there will be a lot of corners in this one.

City are expected to dominate possession and territory, with the vast majority of play happening in the Brentford third.

The result of this, and City's relentless pressure, should mean the hosts forcing plenty of corners as they push for goals.

Conversely, Brentford will know that perhaps their best chance of scoring at the Etihad will come from set pieces, meaning the Bees may also look to play for more corners if and when they do enter the Manchester City third.

The result is that both teams are likely to have a good number of corners, meaning this could be a smart pick.