Manchester City v Brentford: Confirmed line-ups for Carabao Cup quarter-final
The Cityzens are keen to claim their first bit of silverware in over a year as soon as possible...
Manchester City welcome Brentford to the Etihad for their Carabao Cup quarter-final this evening, with both teams looking to book their spot in the final four.
The Bees travel to Manchester knowing it will be a tough test for Keith Andrews’ side to win out against a team in hot form.
Nonetheless, the West London club will give it their best shot after extending their run to this stage of the competition for the fourth time in six years.
You can get all the team news for the match below, and follow live commentary as well.
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Manchester City team news
Manchester City starting XI: Trafford, Lewis, Khusanov, Ake, O’Reilly, Nico, Reijnders, Bobb, Cherki, Savinho, Mukasa
Manchester City substitutes: Donnarumma, Dias, Haaland, Silva, Gvardiol, Nunes, Foden, Gray, Mfuni
Man City have made seven changes to the site that beat Crystal Palace at the weekend, with academy starlet Divine Mukasa replacing Erling Haaland up front.
James Trafford starts in goal, with Rico Lewis, Abdukodir Khusanov, Nathan Ake, Oscar Bobb and Savinho also selected in Pep Guardiola’s XI.
Haaland, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden are all named on the bench.
Brentford team news
Brentford starting XI: Valdimarsson, Henry, Van den Berg, Ajer, Collins, Kayode, Jensen, Yatmoliuk, Damsgaard, Janelt, Schade
Brentford substitutes: Kelleher, Hickey, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter, Peart-Harris, Konak, Donovan, Arthur, Nunes
Brentford have also rung the changes with six coming into Andrews’ side, with Hakon Valdimarsson starting in goal in place of Caoimhin Kelleher.
Rico Henry, Kirstoffer Ajer, Mikkel Damsgaard, Yehor Yarmolyuk and Kevin Schade are all handed starts.
How to watch Man City v Brentford: TV channel, live online stream
Kick-off on Wednesday is at 19:30 GMT (14:30 ET / 11:30 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Ultra.
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Man City v Brentford EFL Cup stats
- Manchester City have won six of their last seven EFL Cup quarter-final matches
- City have won five consecutive games in all competitions
- Nine of City’s last 10 home matches have ended in victory
- Brentford have reached the EFL Cup quarter-finals for the fourth time in six seasons
- Brentford have lost four consecutive away matches in all competitions
- Brentford have conceded at least two goals in each of those four away defeats
- Manchester City are unbeaten in their last five matches against Brentford
- Brentford have reached the EFL Cup semi-finals only once in their history