Travelling to the Etihad Stadium to play Manchester City after they have recently surrendered crucial points in the closing stages of a title bаttle has to be one of the hardest jobs in football.

Pep Guardiola and his team must have felt like losers after their 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Saturday, as they appeared completely defeated when the final siren blew.

If City wins their remaining match against Brentford, the last team to defeat them at home when they won 2-1 thanks to a double from Ivan Toney in November 2022, they will not be able to pass Premier League leaders Liverpool due to their inability to defeat the patchy Blues.

Since then, a number of elite teams, including Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool, have not succeeded in winning at the Etihad.

The Bees defeated City 3-1 a few weeks ago in west London when Phil Foden’s hat-trιck negated Neal Maupay’s opening goal. Although they defeated City last season, the Bees have already fallen short against them this year.

In response, Brentford defeated Wolves 2-0; however, the following weekend, they were defeated 4-1 at home by Liverpool. Although Toney scored his fourth goal in five games since returning from suspension at the beginning of the season, the Reds won handily.

The Bees anticipate a reaction in Manchester, and despite manager Thomas Frank’s astute strategy, it appears to be an enormous undertaking to secure another victory on the road against the reigning champions.

It is evident that the bookmakers feel that way because they are pricing City to win at 1/5 with Coral and bet365 and at just 7/10 with the former company and Ladbrokes to lead HT/FT.

A win by more than three goals is 7/2 with Betfair and Pаddy Power. This may be one of those evenings when Guardiola’s team shows everyone why they are the most feared team in the world on their day.

Erling Haaland, who missed a number of easy goals against Chelsea, is 9/4 with Ladbrokes, Coral, and William Hill to make up for the first goal, while Foden is 21/10 with Pаddy Power to score against Brentford once more.

Back Toney to get a consolation at the same price with the same firms as City has only maintained two clean sheets in their previous seven games.