Brentford 1 Manchester City 0 – Bees Breakdown’s Tactical Breakdown
Beesotted contributors The Gowler and Paul Kowalczyk (@BeesBreakdown) give us the tactical and statistical lowdown of Brentford?s win against Manchester City.
On the final matchday, Brentford came out in their 5-3-2, but were missing Mathias Jensen to a minor injury. The Bees started Zanka, Pinnock, and Mee as the centerbacks, with Hickey and Henry the wingbacks. The midfield trio was Damsgaard, Janelt, and Onyeka. Mbeumo and Wissa were the pair up top.
Manchester City, having already won the league, featured a heavily rotated squad. Still, City?s spent more on just 3 players in their starting XI than Brentford did on their entire starting XI. City started in a 3-2-4-1, with Alvarez up top. Gomes, Foden, Palmer, and Mahrez were the advanced midfielders and wingers, while Phillips and Lewis the defensive midfielders. Ake, Laporte, and Walker made up the back three. 3rd Minute
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Quick Stats:
Possession: Brentford 34% – 66% Manchester City
xG: Brentford 1.3 ? 1.6 Manchester City
xGOT: Brentford 1.31 ? 0.44 Manchester City
Shots: Brentford 11 ? 17 Manchester City
Shots on Target: Brentford 4 ? 2 Manchester City
Clearances: Brentford 17 ? 15 Manchester City
Other Brentford stats:
Interceptions: 10
Aerial duels won: 12 (50%)
Summary
Brentford ended the season doing the double over the Premier League Champions and a potential treble winning side. Brentford did what they could do to get European fo...
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